A woman identified as Mukankusi Donatha (above) has abandoned her baby named Kanyana at her cowife’s house claiming that her husband had failed to provide care for the child.
The incident happened at Niboye Sector, Kicukiro district on Sunday
Mukankusi in an interview with igihe.com after abandoning the baby said that she separated with her husband because he could torture her and beat her after returning home while drunk.
“When he is sober, he is the best husband to live with but when he is drunk, he is more of a lion,” she said.
“I am leaving the baby here and let her step mother take care of her because she is the one living with my husband,” added Mukankusi.
She says she separated with Victor Tuyizere (husband) who later married another wife one identified as Murekatete.
According to her, the baby is about one year old but she has no capacity to take care of the baby and that’s why she wants the father to take care of the his child as well.
Mukankusi says she took the case to the local authorities but no help was given to her.
By press time, Kanyana’s father was not available for comment. Only the co-wife ‘Murekatete’ was at home. Efforts were futile to obtain a comment from local authorites.
Murekatete told IGIHE.com that before getting married to Tuyizere she knew that he had another kid from a different woman. She told the husband then that when the child approaches 7 years old, she can take care of her.
Commenting on the matter, Police Spokesperson Supt. Theos Badege said that in such cases, any resident can pick up the kid and reach her to the local officials to rectify the situation and when all fails then police can get involved and find solution.
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