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The Institutionalization Of Sexual Violence In Uganda
The Uganda Police released the 2019 annual crime report in March this year. The rate of crime, at least that which is reported, has decreased by 9.8% with the cases declining from 238,746 cases reported in 2018 to 215,224 cases reported in 2019. The figures for crimes of a sexual nature which include but are not limited to rape and defilement are, however, upsetting. According to the report, a total of 1,531 women were victims of rape. 688 suspects of rape were charged in Court, 20 were convicted, 6 were acquitted and 15 discharged while 647 are still awaiting trial. These figures are not very different from the 2018 report which showed that 14,985 defilement (sexual assault on a person under…
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