ASP Elly Maate the Kigezi regional Police spokesman
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NEWS- The territorial police in Kanungu District are hunting for a suspect who allegedly stole a three-month-old baby boy from his mother one Sumayah Naziwa, wife to Khalid Akampurira an imam at Kanyantorogo mosque, Kanyantorogo sub county in Kanungu district.

The incident according to Kigezi Region Police Spokesman ASP Elly Maate happened on Saturday, 10th August 2024 at around noon at Kihihi polytechnic play ground where there is a business trade show at Mezimera village, Kihihi Town council in Kanungu district.

It’s alleged that on the said date at around midnight, at Mezimera polytechnic playground, the mother of the victim while was at the polytechnic play ground where there is a trade show business while selling chapati with her baby, a certain girl came nearer to her pretending to be a customer, asked her to give the baby so that the mother can be free to sell her chapati.

The mother gave the baby to the girl and on noticing that the mother was too busy, she disappeared with the baby.

Maate told the press that efforts to search around the show ground proved futile due to the big magnitude of the people and thus reported to the police.     

The Police mouthpiece adds that inquiries commenced with a view of tracing and recovering the baby as well as arresting the suspect adding that the statement on child stealing incident has been registered at Kanungu Central Police Station under reference number CRB 314/2024.

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