Kitgum woman MP Beatrice Anywar has asked government to set up protective homes for nodding syndrome people in Kitgum.
Anywar said that several of girls who are victims of nodding syndrome were defiled by some men and the latest incidents are reported to have happened on the 50 years of Independence Day celebrations.
Addressing journalists at parliament, Anywar said that three girls were raped on the night of Independence Day but no cases have been brought to court for mention despite arrests made a week ago.
She alleged that there are some nodding girls who are pregnant while three others recently gave birth but the fathers of these babies are not known to the parents.
Anywar added that the nodding disease victims lack food and asked government to give food to these families.
Anywar re-echoed her call to the government to intensify its campaign against nodding disease.
She said that there are recent cases of nodding disease that have been registered in Kitgum district.
He asked government to put more funds in research on nodding and if possible take some of the victims abroad for more research to be conducted.
Experts from center for disease control and world health organization have however have not yet come out with clear causes of the nodding disease.
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