{{Police in Musanze district have arrested a woman for allegedly killing her tot after giving birth.}}
Louise Uwizeyimana, 25, a resident of Rugeshi cell, Mukamira sector of Nyabihu district, purportedly committed the inhuman act on Sunday at about midnight.
She had visited a friend in Busogo Sector in Musanze at the time she committed the criminal act.
According to Police investigations, Uwizeyimana sneaked out of the house and went to a pit latrine, where she gave birth to a baby boy. She then killed it and tried to dump it in a pit, but failed. The incident was reported to police by the suspect’s friend, after she found the tot hanging on the pit hole.
Uwizeyimana, who argued that she committed the act after the would-be father denied ownership of the pregnancy, escaped shortly after committing the act but was arrested in Nyabihu. She is currently held at Busogo police station.
The Northern region police spokesperson, Chief Superintendent Francis Gahima, condemned the act, and said that she will be charged with infanticide.
Infanticide, which is killing of own biological or adopted child, is punishable with a life sentence under article 143 of the penal code.
“This is not only a deliberate and organised crime punishable by the law, but also a shameful action of killing own baby,” CSP Gahima said.
He advised girls to have protected sex, if they cannot abstain, and to plan when to have a child.
Some mothers, he observed, kill their babies claiming they are not in position to look after them or after falling out with their would-be fathers.
“Killing a baby is not the solution. It’s not only a crime, but also a sin. There are many ways of supporting such a child, including the government support, if you are not in position to give it basic necessities,” he explained.
source : RNP
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