It sounds strange but a true story regarding a newly recruited 18 year old lady who reportedly aborted and later threw her about six months old fetus in a pit latrine in Kanyabusogha village, Kyogha in Bwera sub county in Kasese district.
The area Chairperson LC One, Mr. William Kule confirmed the information and identified the suspect as Hellen Ithungu who hails from Kyalhumba Sub County.
According to Mr. William, the suspect surprised her new employers when she hurriedly picked the basin containing the fetus that she threw in the pit latrine. Mr. William one………..
Mr. William who asked the local community members to report visitors called on the local population to turn to God than doing things that stun their communities. Mr. William speaking two………………
By press time the suspected lover to the suspect had also been arrested for questioning.
Section 142 of the Penal code in Uganda deems an attempt to procure an unlawful abortion is punishable by imprisonment of seven years, and Section 143 states that anyone who aids a woman in performing an unlawful abortion can be imprisoned up to three years. END
