Uganda: Killings On the Rise, Says Report

Kampala — A Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) report indicates an increase in murder cases across the country in 2017.

The report, which was launched on Friday at Golf Course Hotel in Kampala, says 202 cases of murder and killings were reported to police last year, compared to 175 cases registered in 2016. The cases were recorded from police regions of Rwizi, Greater Masaka, Elgon, Kampala Metropolitan South, Albertine, West Nile and Busoga North.

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