A one and a half year old baby girl was rescued from a night club in Umoja estate after eight hours of negligence by the mother.
The mother in her 20's purpotedley left the baby girl in an open bar on Wednesday from 2.00 pm without leaving anyone under her care.
Police are looking for mother of the child,she is suspected to have left the child intentionally since she argued with management for a while before she left the child at the bar.
It wasn't until 8.00 pm that the children's officer was contacted by officer to arrive at Bees Centre bar in Umoja to pick the wailing baby.
Volunteer Childrens Officer Esther Njeri recceived the healthy baby girl and took her under her custody for the night.
Management did not suspect the incident untilit was too late, because the venue is often visited by families with children.
A bar reveler noticed the the child was left int he bar for soo long and realised there was a problem when the sun set.He called Police officers and notified them of the situation,who inturn called the Children's Officer.
According to Esther, child neglect has been common in the area due to increased poverty levels. The baby girl is now under the care of Imani Childrens centre.
However she complains that the situation is serious because the District Childrens Officer do not have the capacity nor sufficient resources to coordinate such matters. "Sometimes we end up removing money from our own pockets.Its the little we have that keeps the centres runnig." she said yesterday.
If found guilty of child neglect you could serve a sentence of up to six years imprisonment.
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