Babysitter who battered Ugandan baby Arnella apologizes, explains why she did it

  

There's no reason for severely battering a helpless 18months old (read here). It is quite despicable, but the Babysitter who is currently in prison awaiting trial for attempted murder of baby Arnella explains why she did it, apologizes and begs to be forgiven. She's due in court again on December 8th.

Speaking to Ugandaonline.net from Luzira prison, Jolly Tumuhiirwe said:

“My dad in Kabale was very sick and my mom did not have any money. I asked my bosses for some money to send to my dad but they told me that I hadn’t made a month yet and my father was dying, so it kept on haunting me. That is the more reason I referred the anger to the baby but I’m sorry.

"But that madam (Arnella’s mom) is not easy. She used to say that I steal money from the clothes and Eric’s wallet, I eat the babies food…and yet I can’t eat the food, I’m not a baby, those were all lies, so, I was also not happy from my heart.”

“I feel guilty..ok when I was doing it I thought I was disciplining the baby because also the mother sometimes slaps her, I also saw from the mom. The torch I used was small and it’s not hard. I think, I will never do it again”

Jolly’s experience of Prison

“It’s not good at all even my fellow prisoners don’t want to associate with me, they want to beat me up. In fact they were saying that I should join them in their rooms, nobody likes me and I’m feeling bad I will never do it again, I ask the world to forgive me and also tell the bosses who have maids to treat them well.”