Woman arrested over theft of twins
Jun 09, 2008
Drama ensued yesterday at Mulago Hospital when a crowd threatened to lynch a woman suspected of stealing baby twins.
By Godfrey Kimono
Drama ensued yesterday at Mulago Hospital when a crowd threatened to lynch a woman suspected of stealing baby twins.
Rose Nakasuja, 32, a resident of Gayaza, a Kampala suburb, was arrested by the Police yesterday after allegedly stealing a pair of twins from the hospital on Sunday.
The news of her arrest triggered off anger among attendants and expectant mothers. She was only saved by the Police who quickly moved her through the lift to a waiting ambulance and whisked her to the nearby Wandegeya Police Station.
The Police and other sources said Nakasuja had lifted the twins from their mother, Betty Achan, in Ward 5C and moved to Ward 5B, where she feigned having given birth and was seeking clearance to be discharged.
The irate crowd stormed the hospital Police post thinking that the suspect had been transferred there.
“Does she know the pain of giving birth to a baby? She wants to become a Nalongo without experiencing the pain of carrying the twins,†an expectant mother yelled.
The Police had been on a hunt for Nakasuja since Sunday afternoon when babies went missing.
Achan yesterday recollected how Nakasuja had congratulated her minutes before she walked to the bathroom to take a shower.
“She wondered how I came to have brown babies yet I am black,†Achan recounted, adding that upon returning from the bathroom, she was shocked to hear that twins had been carried away.
“I finished bathing and wanted to breastfeed them. I realised that the babies were missing. When I asked, other ladies told me that a lady I talked to a few minutes earlier had carried the babies away,†she said.
After the theft, the Police said Nakasuja, pretended to be a mother who had delivered on the way to the hospital. She allegedly sought admission and was admitted in Ward 5B for reassessment before she could be discharged.
Wandegeya CID boss Beata Chelimo said Nakasuja would be charged with child stealing.
“Nakasuja does not show any sign of having given birth.
“There is no single drop of breast milk and the doctors’ examination found no vaginal fluids,†Chelimo said. Nakasuja was feeding the babies on glucose mixed with water, she added.
This is the first case of child stealing at Mulago since December last year.
Drama ensued yesterday at Mulago Hospital when a crowd threatened to lynch a woman suspected of stealing baby twins.
Rose Nakasuja, 32, a resident of Gayaza, a Kampala suburb, was arrested by the Police yesterday after allegedly stealing a pair of twins from the hospital on Sunday.
The news of her arrest triggered off anger among attendants and expectant mothers. She was only saved by the Police who quickly moved her through the lift to a waiting ambulance and whisked her to the nearby Wandegeya Police Station.
The Police and other sources said Nakasuja had lifted the twins from their mother, Betty Achan, in Ward 5C and moved to Ward 5B, where she feigned having given birth and was seeking clearance to be discharged.
The irate crowd stormed the hospital Police post thinking that the suspect had been transferred there.
“Does she know the pain of giving birth to a baby? She wants to become a Nalongo without experiencing the pain of carrying the twins,†an expectant mother yelled.
The Police had been on a hunt for Nakasuja since Sunday afternoon when babies went missing.
Achan yesterday recollected how Nakasuja had congratulated her minutes before she walked to the bathroom to take a shower.
“She wondered how I came to have brown babies yet I am black,†Achan recounted, adding that upon returning from the bathroom, she was shocked to hear that twins had been carried away.
“I finished bathing and wanted to breastfeed them. I realised that the babies were missing. When I asked, other ladies told me that a lady I talked to a few minutes earlier had carried the babies away,†she said.
After the theft, the Police said Nakasuja, pretended to be a mother who had delivered on the way to the hospital. She allegedly sought admission and was admitted in Ward 5B for reassessment before she could be discharged.
Wandegeya CID boss Beata Chelimo said Nakasuja would be charged with child stealing.
“Nakasuja does not show any sign of having given birth.
“There is no single drop of breast milk and the doctors’ examination found no vaginal fluids,†Chelimo said. Nakasuja was feeding the babies on glucose mixed with water, she added.
This is the first case of child stealing at Mulago since December last year.