MUKONO, UGANDA: The Police at Nagalama on Friday helped an 18-year-old woman to give birth to a healthy bouncing baby girl at the station where she had gone to report a case of negligence.
According to police, the lady identified as Amina Nakaweesi had gone to report a case of neglect and failure to provide by her parents during her pregnancy since the man responsible for her pregnancy had disappeared.
The Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Patrick Onyango reveals that Amina, a resident of Kantega village in Kabembe area travelled on foot over 12 km to CPS Nagalama to report her plight.
“On arrival, she went into labour pains and was seen by the DPC SP Simon Syamutsangira, the crime intelligence officer and a lab technician who transported her in a patrol car at the station. Arrangements were made and at the health centre a clinical officer who was inside the clinic made her deliver,” he said.
“After attending to her, she was discharged and safely transported by the Police team back to her village,” Onyango’s statement added.
The police division was also able to mobilise some financial assistance for the mother to get the baby some basic needs.
“The division management decided to support her financially and materially to have the baby meet basics needs. Contributions were made and a tune of Shs 91000 and an assortment of clothes were handed over to her at CPS NAGALAMA,” reads the statement further.
Nakaweesi chased away from home
The KMP spokesperson revealed that according to facts gathered by the police division management, the parents to the new mother had abandoned her when she conceived a second child without informing them who the father is.
After being chased away from home, she ran to the area LC1 chairperson who also sent her away after spending some days at his residence.
“Nakaweesi has also never seen her mother since she was born and her father has never told her who she is. She grew up with the grandmother and studied up to P.6,” Onyango said.
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