Parents urge Uganda to release Kenyan children held for illegal fishing

Lake Victoria.

Lake Victoria. Four Kenyan children are being held in Uganda for engaging in illegal fishing on the lake. PHOTO | FILE

Four Kenyan children are being held in Uganda’s Luzira Maximum Security Prison for engaging in illegal fishing on that country’s side of Lake Victoria.

The four include two secondary school students, one of whom is a KCSE candidate, and two in Standard Eight.