CRIME rate is on the
decline in Kagera region, with reports showing an almost 14 per cent
drop last year as compared to 2016, according to Kagera Regional Police
Commander (RPC) Augustine Ollomi.
Commander Ollomi said during the 2016,
2,122 crime incidents, including armed robberies were recorded, compared
to 1,834 incidents recorded last year, dropping by about 14 per cent.
The RPC further explained that crimes against human beings, including
murder, also dropped from 522 cases in 2016 to 464 cases last year.
This was about 12 per cent drop. Mr
Ollomi, however, raised concern over traffic incidents, which increased
from 81 in 2016 to 96 last year. “This was an increase of about 19 per
cent…78 people died in road accidents in 2016 compared to 63 people who
died last year,” said the RPC adding that people who sustained injuries
dropped from 130 to 92 over the period under review.
He attributed the increasing rate of road
accidents to over speeding and reckless driving, calling on members of
the public to cooperate by taking quick actions against bad drivers
while using public transport.
“People should be bold and report reckless
drivers to traffic officers who are stationed in different corners in
the country,” he said.
According to the RPC, Biharamulo District
was leading with 669 crime incidents while Kyerwa District comes last
with 157 incidents. Meanwhile, Nyakashenye Village Chairman in Muleba
District Modest Mwesiga has reportedly committed suicide for reasons yet
known.
According to RPC Ollomi, the 64-year old
chairman took his own life on Wednesday morning at around 9:00am. “The
body of the late Mwesiga was found hanging on a tree branch near a
cattle dip,” he said.
In another incident, a boy identified as
Muta Mulashani (14) resident of Muhutwe village, in Muleba District
sustained serious injuries on his body after a mattress caught fire. He
died later while receiving treatment at kagondo hospital.
“Police investigations were in progress to establish the cause of the two incidents but nobody has been arrested,” he said.
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