Uganda: Police Arrest Maid for Dumping Baby in Latrine

Police in Kajjansi, Wakiso District are holding a 16-year-old house maid (names withheld) for allegedly dumping her newly born child in a pit-latrine.

A resident who had gone to visit the latrine tipped off the police after hearing the baby cry. The child was retrieved with the neighbors identifying the maid as the mother.

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