Uganda, Feb. 22 -- The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Martins Okoth Ochola, yesterday got a sigh of relief a fortnight to the end of his contract as IGP, when the police crime report for 2023 indicated that the volume of crimes have decreased by 1.5 percent compared to 2022.

The volume of crimes dropped to 228,074 cases in 2023 from 231,653 cases in 2022.

While releasing the crime report of 2023 at Police Headquarters at Naguru in Kampala, IGP Ochola attributed their success in the reduction of crime volumes to coordination with other security agencies and reorganisation of the Criminal Investigations Directorate.

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