SHEEMA MOTHER DUMPS 2 DAY OLD TODDLER INTO PIT LATRINE

By Stuart Tugume

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In Sheema—

Police in Sheema are hunting for unknown mother who dumped her two day old toddler into a pit latrine.

The owner of the latrine Emphrasti Kakurustyano a resident Nyamiko village Kihunda ward Kagango division Sheema municipality told www.mknewslink.com that she was informed by  her grandchildren that a child was crying inside their latrine.

She added that she informed the LCI chairperson to call officers from Kihunda police post who rushed to the scene, dag the pit latrine, removed the baby and rushed it to Kihunda health center III for management.

Priscica Ainembabazi a nurse at Kihunda Health center III confirmed that the baby was two days old and advised that it should be rushed to the incubator machine.

Meanwhile, ASP. Mary Mukago told www.mknewslink.com  that they are planning on transferring the baby to Mbarara referral hospital as they hunt for the mother.

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