Representatives of an American woman accused of causing the death of unspecified number of children from Busoga, Bugisu and some parts of Buganda sub-regions, have for the first time spoken out on the allegations.

Ms Renee Bach, 28, came to Uganda as a missionary in 2007 and by 2009, she had allegedly veered off her calling and started performing medical procedures on children at her organisation, Serving His Children (SHC) in Masese, Jinja, despite not having any formal medical training.

It is alleged that under her care, some children died, including Kifabi Twalali, 2, from Namutumba District, one Brian from Buyende District, Elijah Benjamin and one Wepukhulu, 6, from Manafwa District.

Yosam Masai, 8, from Buwangolo Village, Bubutu Sub-county in Manafwa District remains mentally retarded to-date after reportedly undergoing treatment at the hands of Ms Bach.

 

Speaking out

However, on Monday, Ms Bach, through her US-based lawyer David Gibbs, described the allegations as 'nonsensical' and 'sensational'.

"Renee (Bach) is innocent of the nonsensical allegations being levelled against her by people who are leveraging the power of social media for their own agenda without verification of facts.

A woman claiming to be a former employee of SHC, who asked not to be named, told Daily Monitor in a recent interview that the children were sourced from Jinja, Butaleja and Manafwa districts, and brought to Nakhupa Health Centre IV in Bugobero Sub-county, JinjaDistrict, where she ran an outreach programme.

"Here, Ms Bach would screen for the malnourished, moderately malnourished and severely malnourished children while checking pulses, heartbeats and prescribe medicine," the source who claims to have worked with Ms Bach for six years, said.

By 2013, the public and some of her associates started questioning her work methods and in 2015, her facility was shut down by the Ministry of Health.

Following the shutdown, Ms Bach was told to take all malnourished children to government health facilities and she opted to partner with Kigandalo Health Centre IV in Mayuge District until September last year when she left the country.

Dr Haji Eboga, who until last Thursday was the officer-in-charge of Kigandalo Health Centre IV, on Monday said he had not seen Ms Bach at the facility since the year began.

Source: Daily Monitor