A scuffle ensued recently when a woman identified as Jeannette Nyiramazimpaka demanded to be reunited with her four-years old child currently living with the father.
This happened at Kabasengerezi cell, Muhima Sector in Nyarugenge District when Nyiramazimpaka claimed to have been denied access to her own child.
The furious mother said, “I had brought the child to visit his father. However, the father refused to give him back to me saying that I am not able to take care of the son. I tried calling his phone but it has since been persistently off.”
Theodore Rugemanandekwe, the father of the child explained to IGIHE.com that the mother brought a child complaining that she couldn’t afford taking care of the child.
Nyiramazimpaka is allegedly married to another man.
“The mother brought the child to me saying she wasn’t able to take care of the child. She also said the child was being mistreated by the step father.I asked her to return and take the child later in the evening after i had returned from work, but she never returned.”
Adolphe Nsengiyumva, in charge of the children’s right at the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDP), told IGIHE.com, that a child below seven years is obliged to remain in custody of the mother.
“If it happens that a child is not well treated, there must be negotiations between the parents otherwise the court decides the side to care for the child,” he said.
Baransaritse Pascal, the executive secretary of Kabasengerezi cell, said that it is the first time to receive such a case.
He said, “we use negotiations between the parents; if not the law intervenes by deciding in the favour of the child.”
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