The Police annual crime rate report has indicated that 4,460 people were killed in Uganda in the year 2020, representing an average of 12 people murdered every day.
According to the report released on Monday by the Inspector General of Police John Martins Okoth Ochola, 1,358 were killed through beating, 634 hit by blunt objects like iron bars and clubs , 436 strangled, 346 hacked, 249 shot dead whereas 55 were poisoned to death and 45 were killed in ritual murders.
“There was an increase in the categories of murder by shooting (37.5% increase), murder by strangulation (2.8% increase) and murder by aggravated domestic violence with a 16.1% increase,” the report says in part.
Greater Masaka region that has Kalungu, Masaka, Lwengo and Rakai districts at 366 recorded the highest number of murder cases whereas Rwizi Police region 352, Albertine 316, Aswa 266, and Kigezi region at 246 followed in that order.
In terms of districts, Ssembabule with 98 murders, Mbarara 92, Rukungiri 88, Ntugamo 75, Jinja 73, Luweero 73 and Kiryandongo at 71 topped the others.
