Girls are forced into early marriages among the Karimojong community to help their parents generate wealth. FILE PHOTO | AFP
When she was growing up in Karamoja in Uganda’s northeastern region, Rachael Lokang’s dream was to be a nurse.
But her poor mother could not even afford the fees to join secondary school. Some well-wishers, however, supported her through primary school and In 2015, at 16, Ms Lokang scored an aggregate 19 at Muroto Municipal Primary School.
