there are three pieces of legislation currently governing child sacrifice in uganda. the most recent of these was the october 2009 prevention of trafficking in persons act, this contained relevant sections on trafficking for the use of body parts. prior to this there was only the witchcraft act of 1957 and the children’s act 1997. child sacrifice through witchcraft has been allowed because the authorities did not implement the witchcraft act on the ground. the act itself is hard to try anyone under because of its vague expression. child sacrifice is not specifically mentioned in it. this means that giving a maximum sentence for the murder of a child by sacrifice is extremely difficult and the courts rarely use it.