Dorothy Nankya and Faustine Baguma claim that the 17- year-old girl was stolen from Mulago National Referral Hospital on 3rd November 1998. On the other hand, Ibrahim Ssenkwanda and Jessica Namuddu claim the contested girl is their biological daughter.
Namuddu claims to have delivered the girl at Masaka Regional Hospital in 1994. Dorothy Nankya, claims that she delivered twins through section with the help of the late Dr. Edward Miiro. She says that due to the effect of the anesthia she fell asleep. She explains that when she woke up at around 10am, a nurse brought her only one baby in the ward.
According to Nankya, when she asked Dr. Miiro and other health workers what had happened to the other child, they told her she only had one child. Nankya says when she insisted she had twins; Dr. Miiro told them their baby had died in the theatre. Nankya says they demanded for the body of their child for burial, but they were told it was not permissible.
The couple left the hospital and returned to Lyantonde town council. However, last year, the couple relocated from Lyantonde town council and rented in Kabatema village where Nankya bumped into the 17-year- old girl. According to Nankya, she was shocked by the striking resemblance between the girl and 17-year-old twin daughter back at home.
A few days later, Nankya and Baguma went to Ibrahim Ssenkwanda and Jessica Namuddu's home claiming for the girl but they were turned away by the couple. Nankya and Baguma filed a case at Lyantonde Central Police Station under SD REF 26/12/11/ 2015.
However, in his statement, Ssenkandwa says the girl was born in 1994 at Kabatema village in Lyantonde Rural Sub County yet Namuddu claims she gave birth in 1995 at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital.