engage in community outreach, sensitization programmes, counselling in communities and schools. Some locations also have Police Community Liaison Officers under the Community Policing Programme whose duties include intervention in juvenile crime cases as well as educating the public on legal issues generally and those pertaining to children specifically. 2.1.4 The Remand Homes Uganda has instituted remand and detention centres for children who have to be incarcerated. The remand homes where they exist are supposed to operate on a regional basis while the National rehabilitation Centre is a national institution. This is an effort to separate children from adult criminals who not only can abuse them but can also drill them into being hard core criminals. The greatest challenge currently is the limited number of functional remand homes which only exist in Kampala, Kabale, Mbale, Kabarole and Gulu, which is still impacting on the administration of juvenile justice. Children are forced to move very far from their homes therefore detaching them from parental visits and that of the PSWO. It also affects the speed at which cases regarding children are settled due to large numbers in one place. The other challenge is the technical skill of deciding which child should be incarcerated and which one shouldn‟t. Lack of knowledge for interpretation of the legal framework is a major cause of incarceration of children whose cases can be handled in community. 2.1.4 The PEAP Framework Uganda in the past had a specific framework for all actors to protect the rights of children in areas of survival, development, protection and participation, the Uganda National Plan of Action for Children (UNPAC). Following the embracing of Sector wide approaches, Uganda developed a Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) that is the overarching national planning framework. Children‟s concerns have been integrated into the PEAP and are therefore in the Sector Investment Plans through which all funding is channelled. Mainstreaming child rights issues in macro economic policies is one way to which resources can be channelled to promote the realization of child rights as provided for in the charter and other principal frameworks. In addition to the PEAP and sector strategic plans, other recently developed policies that promote the rights and welfare of children are:       Universal Primary Education (UPE) 1997, providing for free tuition to all children in primary school The Gender Policy 1997, which has since been revised. It provides for gender mainstreaming and an action plan to implement it. It recognises disparities that need to be addressed in order to eliminate disparities among children. The Youth Policy 1995 recognising specific issues that apply to children including adolescent reproductive health needs. The National Orphans and other Vulnerable Children Policy (NOP) 2004, which highlights the plight of these unique groups and designs how to address them in order to have the rights and welfare of these categories of children realised. The Revised National Strategic Framework on HIV/AIDS Activities in Uganda that guides intervention on HIV/AIDS. Children are largely infected by HIV/AIDS through their mothers, thus the promotion of PMTCT. Children are also affected by HIV/AIDS A draft National Child Labour policy aiming at guiding employers, parents, communities and children on employment issues relating to children. Children are often exploited by employers. 8