Baby rescued from latrine
Dec 17, 2010
THE Police in Kamuli district have arrested a 23-year-old woman who allegedly dumped her newborn baby boy, saying his father had neglected her.
By Tom Gwebayanga
THE Police in Kamuli district have arrested a 23-year-old woman who allegedly dumped her newborn baby boy, saying his father had neglected her.
Rose Wanyana, a resident of Estate zone in Kamuli town, was arrested on Sunday morning after her neighbours found a baby crying in a pit latrine.
“The neighbours heard the child crying in the pit latrine and alerted security,†the officer in charge of the Child Protection Unit at Kamuli Central Police Station, Richard Kagoda, said.
The child was rushed to Kamuli Hospital for treatment.
Following clues from neighbours, the Police mounted a search and found Wanyana bleeding in her rented room.
“She is the prime suspect as she could not explain where the protruding belly had vanished and she was bleeding,†the Kamuli town council security secretary, Robert Mujumbire, said.
The neighbours said they heard her banging her door several times before 3:00am.
Kamuli Hospital’s Dr. Stephen Daaki said the baby had spent over three hours wriggling in excreta and maggots had eaten up the skin on his back. He also had a big bruise on his forehead.
Wanyana told the Police that her lover, whom she only identified as James, dumped her six months ago and she was desperate.
She, however, denied the dumping the baby into the pit latrine.
“I just wanted to relieve myself and went to the latrine, only to see the baby falling into the pit,†she said at Kamuli Hospital, where she had been taken for treatment and forced to breastfeed the baby.
Kagoda said Wanyana would be charged with attempted infanticide.
Meanwhile, Daaki told Saturday Vision on Monday that the infant was out of danger.
THE Police in Kamuli district have arrested a 23-year-old woman who allegedly dumped her newborn baby boy, saying his father had neglected her.
Rose Wanyana, a resident of Estate zone in Kamuli town, was arrested on Sunday morning after her neighbours found a baby crying in a pit latrine.
“The neighbours heard the child crying in the pit latrine and alerted security,†the officer in charge of the Child Protection Unit at Kamuli Central Police Station, Richard Kagoda, said.
The child was rushed to Kamuli Hospital for treatment.
Following clues from neighbours, the Police mounted a search and found Wanyana bleeding in her rented room.
“She is the prime suspect as she could not explain where the protruding belly had vanished and she was bleeding,†the Kamuli town council security secretary, Robert Mujumbire, said.
The neighbours said they heard her banging her door several times before 3:00am.
Kamuli Hospital’s Dr. Stephen Daaki said the baby had spent over three hours wriggling in excreta and maggots had eaten up the skin on his back. He also had a big bruise on his forehead.
Wanyana told the Police that her lover, whom she only identified as James, dumped her six months ago and she was desperate.
She, however, denied the dumping the baby into the pit latrine.
“I just wanted to relieve myself and went to the latrine, only to see the baby falling into the pit,†she said at Kamuli Hospital, where she had been taken for treatment and forced to breastfeed the baby.
Kagoda said Wanyana would be charged with attempted infanticide.
Meanwhile, Daaki told Saturday Vision on Monday that the infant was out of danger.