August 2026 | Uganda GBV Tracker

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August 2026 | Uganda GBV Tracker

3 indexed fatal people · 2 indexed serious non-fatal incidents. Full calendar month; source register can be corrected. These are indexed case records, not Uganda-wide incident totals.

Fatal people

ID · open on-site recordName / safe labelVictim genderReported accusedIncident/discovery dateDistrict
UG-GBV-2026-001Kolodina Nyiramuhirwe, 34WomanMan; husband Emmanuel Nshimimana, alleged7 August 2026Kyankwanzi
UG-GBV-2026-002Kampala child A · identity withheldGirlWoman; mother Dorothy Namayo, alleged20 August 2026Kampala
UG-GBV-2026-003Kampala child B · identity withheldGirl (URN report; police follow-up gives no explicit gender)Woman; mother Dorothy Namayo, alleged20 August 2026Kampala

Serious non-fatal incidents · distinct events

ID · open on-site recordName / safe labelVictim genderReported accusedIncident/discovery dateDistrict
UG-NF-2026-001Kampala child-survivor group · identities withheldThree children; genders not independently confirmedWoman; mother Dorothy Namayo, alleged20 August 2026Kampala
UG-NF-2026-002Buikwe child survivor · identity withheldGirlMan; police officer, allegation under investigation20 August 2026 (Thursday before Sunday 23 August report)Buikwe

End-of-month ledger

August through 31 August: 3 fatal people; 2 serious non-fatal events. Cumulative from 1 August: 3 fatalities / 2 non-fatal events. Each case ID above opens a sourced record on the Uganda overview.

The Kampala deaths and surviving-child injuries arose from one incident. The Mityana September month uses discovery date provisionally; see corrections and methodology.

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