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Uganda's Ghetto Kids journey from slums to stardom

Akram Muyanja (C), 13, a member of the Ugandan dance group "the Ghetto Kids", practising dance routines in Kampala. AFP - STUART TIBAWESWA

A group of six Ugandan street children from the capital Kampala have reached the grand finale of the hit UK television show Britain's Got Talent – a further step in proving their lives are "changing for the good".

The children of the Ghetto Kids troupe are aged six to 13. They have already wowed the Britain's Got Talent judges and viewers with their energetic dance medley, colourful costumes and beaming smiles.

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