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Sylvia Ahimbisibwe, 36, is the culprit and second wife to the father of the baby, Joshua Ahumuza.
Police nabbed Ahimbisibwe from her hideout in Isingiro district after she abandoned the baby in a banana plantation in Ntungamo. She allegedly stole the baby from the maid before abandoning it on the plantation.
The Kigezi Police spokesperson Elly Maate confirmed the incident. He said the case of child trafficking has been opened at Kabale Central Police Station. Maate said the baby went missing from the parents’ home in Kikungiri on Sunday.
According to Maate, Ahimbisibwe is a known business woman and resident of Ntungamo district. He said the child has fortunately been recovered by a good Samaritan alive and healthy from the banana plantation where it had been dumped.
Police arrested Ahimbisibwe on Monday at around 7:00 pm from her hideout in Kyamusoni village after tracking her using her phone.
‘’After her arrest, she led the police to the banana plantation, the place she dumped the victim at Kashanda III cell, Kabimbiri ward, Kitwe town council in Ntungamo district. She claimed to have dumped him on Sunday at around 6:00 pm,’’ Maate said.
When detectives reached the scene, they learned that a one Rehema Kemirembe, 46, the owner of the plantation had the baby in her custody. She revealed she found the baby on Monday morning at around 10:00 am.
No member of that community could identify the baby and therefore they reported the case to the area chairperson. The baby finally reunited with its father.
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