By Editorial,
Police in Kabale are holding a woman accused of brutally torturing her employer’s 4-year-old child in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District.
Disturbing CCTV footage shared by the Police’s Children and Family Protection Unit shows Precious Tumuhairwe, a housemaid, assaulting a naked child, Claire Tumwekwase, in a bathroom.
The footage captures the child crying out in pain, with visible blood from her body on December 27, 2024, at around 1:00 a.m. in Kokako Zone, Namataba Cell, Kirinya Ward, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District.
Investigations reveal that Tumuhairwe had been employed as a housemaid by Michael Mwesigwa, a single father raising his children after separating from their mother two years ago.
Upon realizing her actions had been caught on camera, Tumuhairwe fled the home but was later arrested in Kabale District and currently being held at Kabale Central Police Station, according to the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyirewhostated that Ms Tumuhairwe will be transported to Kira Division in Wakiso District to face charges of aggravated torture. END.