Kasozi Micheal
The Rukungiri district probation office is stuck with a one-week-old baby girl who was found dumped in a bush near the swamp, in Kancucu village, Kashayo Parish Bugangari sub-county Rukungiri District.
Mukuru Harrison, the Rukungiri district probation and welfare officer, says the baby girl was picked and is being looked after by a good samaritan called Oliver Tumuhimbise from the same village.
According to Mrs Tumuhimbise Oliver, the good samaritan who picked up the innocent baby, It was abandoned completely naked under the tree, immediately after birth on 29th August, 2023.
She adds that the heartless mother is still unknown and that the ants had started eating up the baby but luckily enough it was rushed to Rukungiri Health Center IV for medication.
Oliver adds that they made an urgent search operation around the village to check if there was any expectant mother who could have delivered but all in vain.
Mukuru Harrison is appealing to whoever knows any lady around the area who could have been pregnant and is now not, to report her to the authorities.
He adds that the probation office, they are overwhelmed by the influx of babies being abandoned, noting that at least five babies are dumped every year.
While speaking to our reporter, some ladies who preferred anonymity, expressed mixed reactions wondering how a heartless mother can endure the pregnancy for 9 months and later throw the child away where there are fewer chances of surviving.
They attributed the rampant vice to the increasing cases of teenage pregnancies in the district.
They further raise concern over men who impregnate ladies and run away from responsibility.
These advise their fellow ladies to embrace methods of family planning if they can’t abstain from sex.
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