Uganda: Budaka Registers 5,000 Gender Based Violence Cases in 9 Months

7 December 2020

Budaka District in Bukedi Sub-region has registered about 5,016 gender-based violence (GBV) cases in a less than nine months.

The Budaka District chairperson, Mr Samuel Mulomi, during the launch of the 16 days of activism against gender based violence last week, revealed that most of the cases were registered starting in March after the government imposed the coronavirus induced lockdown.

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