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Four minors deserted in Kenya reunited with families in Uganda

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Ugandan officials linked the abandonment of the children to widespread poverty in the region. [iStockphoto]

Officials from the County Government of Turkana have reunited four Ugandan minors with their families after they were abandoned in Kenya.

The children, aged between three and nine years old, were rescued and taken to the Lodwar Children Rescue Centre, where efforts were made to locate their families across the border.

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