Irene Nzisa, a 31-year-old maid at a Mlolongo home was on Monday exposed for battering a three-month-old girl.
According to her employer, she got the shock of her life when she left the house to take her older daughter to the hospital.
On checking the live feed from her CCTV camera at home, she saw Nzisa furiously beating up her infant daughter.
“I was in shock, we could not proceed to the hospital after I saw that video. I just went straight home and on my way, I contacted my husband who came with the police,” the employer revealed to The Nation.
The mother of two recalled how the house-help always complained about her three-year-old daughter being troublesome, little did she know she would take it out on the infant.
Nzisa was arrested and locked up at Mlolongo police post for a night before she was released the following day.
The employer disclosed that she withdrew the charges after the maid's brother pleaded with her not to press charges.
“Her brother talked me out of pressing charges against his sister so I just withdrew the charges and she was released the following day,” she stated.
The mother of two nonetheless hoped that in exposing Nzisa, she was going to help other families.
“I am however scared she may end up in someone’s house and hurt other children that is why I’m spreading the information,” the mother of two explained.
