Maid who murdered baby is of sound mind - Police
Nov 06, 2018
According to Police deputy spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, Nakalema was mentally examined at Butabika Mental Referral Hospital and she was found to be mentally fine.
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KAMPALA- Harriet Nakalema 32, the maid who allegedly killed her one-year-old baby early last week, is of sound mind, New Vision has learnt.
According to Police deputy spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, Nakalema was mentally examined at Butabika Mental Referral Hospital and she was found to be mentally fine.
"We took Nakalema and her other friend Annet Mwagale, who assisted her in the killing for a mental check-up and the results turned out to be normal.
The two ladies have no mental problems. The family went ahead and buried the child in Bugerere last Thursday.
we also released the father of the child because we had arrested him but it turned out he had no connection to the killing," said Onyango.
Onyango also noted that Police is going to take the two women to court this week.
Last week on Monday, Nakalema took her child to Mulago Hospital claiming that she was sick and needed special treatment, but according to medical workers the baby was already dead.
Doctors carried out a postmortem and found out that the baby's internal organs, especially the intestines were missing as well as her private parts, immediately the medical team alerted the Police who arrested the woman.
During Investigations, Police found out that Nakalema was a housemaid in Kiwatule, a city suburb, and her boss lives in Cananda, but she used to stay with care taker who was also arrested.
When Police visited the home in Kiwatule, they found blood stained clothes and some body parts on the floor. They submitted the samples to the Government analytical laboratory to establish the exact body parts.
In her statement Nakalema admitted that she stabbed her child and ate the intestines because she was possessed by evil spirits but the motive of her killing was not yet clear.
"Mwagale told police that Nakalema had been paid by their sister Rwensisi Angella who lives in Canada to send her fresh body parts of a young baby for ritual purposes.
Mwagale also informed Police that they had used a pair of scissors to chop off the private parts of a young baby girl," noted Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigire.
The three female suspects are currently detained at Kira Road Police Station on charges of murder.
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