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Kampala maid pleads guilty to child abuse, faces up to 15 years in jail

KAMPALA: A Ugandan maid who was secretly filmed beating a toddler has pleaded guilty of child abuse and now faces upto 15 years in jail when she will be sentenced on Wednesday.

The 22-year old maid, Jolly Tumuhiirwe on Monday pleaded that she tortured the baby, in a case that shocked the country after a video of her abusing the child was made public.

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