By Weswa Ronnie
MBALE
Police in Mbale have launched an investigation into circumstances under which an unknown girl aborted a child of 6 to 7 months and later dumped in a pit latrine of LCI chairperson.
The incident happened on Friday, 26th July, 2024 at Langasa village, Busano Trading center, Busano Sub County in Mbale District.
According to Rogers Taitika, the Elgon region police spokesperson, the body of the baby girl was discovered in the pit latrine of Richard Nabende the area LCI chairperson of Langasa village.
He says that Homicide team entered inside the pit and retrieved the body of the fetus adding that they have taken the body to Mbale city mortuary for postmortem as police continues searching for the elusive mother.
Some of the area residents say that they suspect one of their fellow resident who has been pregnant but has not been seen with the pregnancy for the last two days.
They add that the girl might have aborted the kid after discovering that she had a baby girl pregnancy.
