Section 231 of the Penal Code Act of Uganda (1995) states, “any person who conveys any person beyond the limits of Uganda without the consent of that person or some person legally authorised to consent on behalf of that person is said to Kidnap that person from Uganda.” Section 234 of the Penal Code Act states, “any person who kidnaps or abducts any person from Uganda or from the lawful guardianship is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for 10 years.” Section 241 of the 1995 Penal Code Act of the republic of Uganda goes on to state, `Any person who imports, exports, removes, buys or sells or disposes of any person as a slave or accepts, receives or detains against his will any person as a slave is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fifteen years.” It has been reported that the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) uses the principle means of recruitment, the kidnapping of children whom they enrol by force in the fighting.
L'article 231 de la loi sur le Code pénal (1995) dispose que "toute personne qui emmène une autre personne au-delà des frontières ougandaises sans son consentement ou sans le consentement de la personne légalement responsable à cet égard est considérée comme enlevant cette personne d'Ouganda. "