Housemaid Who Brutally Assaulted Ugandan Toddler Arnella Kamanzi Will Face Attempted Murder Charge + Parents Detail Weeks Of Abuse!

    

 

We all watched the harrowing viral video of the Ugandan nanny who viciously assaulted a helpless 18-month baby girl a few days ago.
Initially the maid identified as Jolly Tumuhirwe, was charged with torture, which carries a maximum sentence of 3 years. However after a review of her case her charge has been amended to attempted murder, as it should!
The 22 year old maid has been remanded at the Luzira Prison on Lusaka, she is set to reappear in court on December 8 for the attempted murder of baby Arnella Kamanzi.
The police spoke person said in a statement,

The charge against her has been amended to attempted murder upon re-perusal by the Resident State Attorney and the pending lines of inquiry in advanced stages. The maid admitted to partly hitting the infant with a torch, a process that was captured in the video clip. She was further subjected to medical tests and established to be a person of sound mind.

The Ugandan Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development commended baby Arnella’s parents yesterday (Nov. 23) for their restraint, saying

Given the magnitude of torture meted out on their child, anybody would have picked the nearest object and killed the maid but he followed the law. We are also forwarding to Parliament the 2014 Children Amendment Act to strengthen the law on child abuse,”

According to Nation Media, Baby Arnella Kamanzi’s mother, Angella Mbabazi, is still overwhelmed with emotion at the ordeal her daughter went through. Taking about it leaves her in an emotional state.  She said about the evil housemaid,

Whenever I attempted to dig into her background, Tumuhirwe would shift in the couch, get sweaty and blubber a standard one-word response.

Arnella’s mother hoped one day the house-help would open up. She had only worked with them for 26 days when the brutal assault occurred.
Arnella’s parents noticed after she started working with them they would return from work to find Arnella limping, with wounds and bruises. When asked Tumuhirwe feigned ignorance and gave a standard response coated with a thick Rukiga accent, “Simanyi.”

Whenever we returned home we would find the house clean, she would bathe the children, feed them and take them to bed. Our first born goes to school so no one could tell us the source of Arnella’s bruises. That is when we installed CCTV cameras in the house.

After fixing the close circuit television camera (CCTV), the parents again found their daughter unwell and checked the footage, only to find the horrific video of a near-hell experience.

On November 13, Mr Eric Kamanzi, Arnella’s dad reported the matter to Kiwatule Police Post giving the video as evidence. The maid was immediately arrested and the case transferred to the Divisional Police Headquarters at Kira Road for better management.
Speaking on why she shared the video online, she said,

We shared the video on social media so that other parents can learn from it. By the grace of God, baby Arnella is fine. She got medication and recovered. She is well and God protected her, we are grateful.”

During the interview baby Arnella innocently interrupts her mother, keeping her eyes off strangers, the writer sees the fear in the little girls eyes. It is clear to see that her scars run skin deep. Poor child has been scarred for life
Image Credit: Daily Monitor, Eric Kamanzi.