WOMAN CUTS OFF OWN 7 MONTHS CHILD’S PRIVATE PARTS OVER HUSBAND NEGLECT IN RUBANDA

By Allan Mugabe

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In Rubanda

A 20-year-old woman in Rubanda district is in trouble for allegedly
torturing her seven-month old biological son.

The woman identified as Patience Kyomuhendo, a resident of Kiruruma village, Kacerere parish, Bufundi Sub County, Rubanda district is being detained at Rubanda Police station.

According to the victim’s grandmother Ester Mparushimana aged 65, Kyomuhendo allegedly cut off child’s private parts Ivan Ahereza on Thursday 27^th June, 2019 in the morning while at her home in Kiruruma village.

Mparushimana said that she only heard the victim helplessly sobbing and crying for a long time which forced her to go and check what the matter was.

Mparushimana said that to her dismay, she found the victim extremely bleeding and abandoned.

She added that she was forced to make an alarm which attracted locals and in no time wandering around, she saw Kyomuhendo attempting to commit suicide by hanging.

When asked, Kyomuhendo admitted the act and noted that she wanted to commit suicide out of anger resulting from neglect by her husband.

According to Kyomuhendo her husband who she declined to reveal his names has spent over one and a half years without returning home from Kampala where he works as a casual laborer neither has ha he ever sent any money to them.

Elly Maate, the police spokesperson for Kigezi region said that the child
was rushed to Kabale regional referral hospital where he is admitted.

Maate also said that Kyomuhendo is being held at Rubanda police station as investigations under file number SD 19/27/06/19 into the matter continue.

He condemned the act wondering why Kyomuhendo can punish an innocent child in such manner out of her own problems with the husband.

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