The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) has launched a hunt for Isaac Male, the husband of Wobulenzi woman, Dorothy Nabulime, captured on camera tormenting her 2 years old daughter.
CID insists on arresting Male after locals revealed that he was unbothered as his wife Nabulime tortured a helpless girl she produced in her previous relationship. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, explained Nabulime got married to Male when the victim was a year old.
According to Enanga, neighbours often saw Nabulime mistreating the innocent girl but Male would just look on. Enanga explained that Male must explain why he kept on watching instead of restraining his wife from unleashing danger to the victim who knows nothing about the problematic relationship she had with the father.
CID said investigations show Nabulime has three children with the first one who is now four years old was produced from the first manfriend a one Christopher Kivumbi. Detectives from CID under the department of Child and Family Protection Unit (CFPU) have said Nabulime has not revealed the father of the second child she mistreated at the weekend.
“The victim was from a second relationship with a manfriend, whose identity she totally refused to reveal. And the third child of four months is from her third relationship with Male Isaac. We believe her anger towards her 2-year daughter, Gift, is transferred from the broken relationship with her father,” Enanga said.
Nabulime 22, was captured in a video that went viral repeatedly beating her two-year-old daughter, with a sandal at their home in Busula “A” village, Wobulenzi town council. The girl who has since been identified as Gift fell down from the basin but Nabulime did not bother to help her instead continued beating the victim even when she struggled to climb back into the basin.
“Surprisingly, the suspect accords her other two children, aged 4 years and 4 months, respectively, very good treatment. What’s encouraging is that the victim was medically examined and her injuries were classified as harm with no internal grave injuries. She has started playing normally with other children in Luweero,” Enanga said.
CID through CFPU has now embarked on establishing the true identity of her father and exploring the possibility of a reunion. Enanga said in case police fail to identify Gitft’s father, plans of settling the victim in a shelter home, with better child welfare programs will be considered.
“As the suspect goes to court, we pray that the court forbids her from having any unsupervised contact with the victim. And also prohibit her from contacting her new family, foster family or shelter home,” Enanga said.
Nabulime was charged in court on Monday and remanded as investigations into her torture acts continue. CID through its director Tom Magambo has in the past weeks sheltered children and in some cases the mothers of the victims after being subjected to inhumane treatment. Esther Kyazike, a fortnight ago sought refuge at CID after the relatives of her husband were allegedly planning to abduct the girl who was allegedly defiled by the same biological father.