This morning a woman was intercepted by the Local Defense personnel that had spotted her while trying to hide a one month old baby girl in the nearby bush. The baby was reportedly found quickly after crying loud.
This prompted local defense personnel in the area to immediately arrest the mother before she could escape.
The local defense responsible for guarding the area reported the discovery of the child to the residents after they had forced the woman to take her child back and escorted her to the local authorities for fear that she might try to dump the baby again once out of their sight.
Ndagirimana Gaspard and Jean de Dieu Umucyo the Local Defence personnel at the scene told IGIHE.com that the woman had been seen lurking around the area suspiciously so they kept quiet as to find out what she was up to.
Ndagirimana said they at first couldn’t see the baby for she was carrying the child in a traditional wrapper “Kanga” she looked like she was carrying a basket of fruits, “it was not until she started hurrying down the road and the baby started crying at the spot she had deserted so quickly that we realized what she was attempting to do”.
The mother of the baby refused to give her name for fear of being found out by her husband. She told the Local Defence personnel that her husband had left for work late in the night and had not returned. She said that they were unable to feed the baby saying it would be better off with other people.
She said she was trying to save her baby from starvation for they have nothing to live on, when asked why she hadn’t asked for help from the authorities, she said she was afraid of that they would tell her to take her baby back, so she decided to leave her somewhere where she believed she would be rescued.
Having previously seen orphans at the center who came to dance and play she presumed someone would save her child.
The woman was handed over to the local authorities.
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