Police are investigating the circumstances under which a mother of three, Joyce Nankabirwa, dumped her newborn baby in a toilet in Katikolo Village, Mukono District. The incident occurred on September 10 at around 2 a.m.
According to Nankabirwa’s aunt, Annet Bukirwa, Nankabirwa told her in the morning that she had dropped a bucket in the toilet after experiencing complications during the night.
She called one of the relatives, who escorted her to the toilet. Using a torch, they discovered that a baby had been dumped inside the toilet.
They alerted the locals, who then called the police. The police managed to retrieve the baby after a struggle of about six hours. The baby boy was already dead with a big wound on the head.
The mother was arrested, and the baby’s body was taken to the hospital for a postmortem examination.
