What Are The Best Ways To Reduce Crime In Uganda

What is Crime?

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term crime does not, in modern criminal law,

have any simple and universally accepted definition, though statutory definitions have been provided for certain purposes. 

What Are The Best Ways To Reduce Crime In Uganda

We also appeal to and encourage the public to have community-based security approaches such as the employment of village scouts,

vetting and registration of those who work at homes- plumbers, casual laborers, house helps, etc.; installation of cameras in their premises and vehicles (taxis, public and private transport).

What is the maximum sentence for theft in Uganda?

If a person steals property capable of being stolen such as a vehicle, money etcetera, the general punishment as prescribed under our law is ten years imprisonment.