Living in Uganda is becoming increasingly precarious as willful and malicious killing by people is claiming ten times more lives than the dreaded Covid-19.
According to the annual crime police report compiled by the Criminal Investigations Directorate, it now emerges that 12 people were killed every day on average last year.
The report shows 4,460 people were killed in 12 months of 2020 translating into 12 people killed through assault, poisoning, arson, shooting or mob action.
Most people, according to the report, were killed through assaults which contributed 1,358 fatalities followed by mob action with 540 murders.
The report shows that a total of 547 persons were lynched, out of whom, 518 were male adults, 22 were female adults and 07 were male juveniles.
There was no female juvenile lynched in the year under review,” CID headed by AIGP Grace Akullo indicates.
Criminal Investigations Directorate head Grace Akullo indicates that the year 2020 was a particularly challenging one in terms of maintaining law and order in the face of a pandemic and a major election.
Police say the containment measures put in place by the government to stop the spread of Covid-19 affected the general administration of justice for all Justice Law and Order Sector.
