The Ugandan nanny,Jolly, who beat 18 month old baby Amella so badly as seen in a video that went viral,has been giving her reasons for beating the baby.The nanny also begged for forgiveness promising never to do so again.Among the reasons Jolly gave for
beating the 18 month old baby was,her bosses refused to give her money to send to her ill father,she also claimed the mother of the baby always mistreated her.
Speaking from Luzira prison, Jolly Tumuhiirwe told Ugandaonline.net
“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.
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| Jolly the maid holds up the outfit she wore on the day of the abuse,with blood stains on it.Indicating the beating she got from the father of the 18 month old baby Amela. |
"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.”