Father disowns child with two sex organs

A 19-year-old father has disowned his two-and-half-year-old daughter for having two sexual organs.
According to the mother of the child, Ms Dorah Namirembe, 18, a resident of Nabyajjwe village, Lwankoni Sub-county in Rakai District, her husband, Alex Kiryowa, abandoned the family upon learning that their daughter had started developing a male sex organ at nine months.

She says she went for an ultrasound scan during her pregnancy, and the baby was clearly identified as a girl.
According to Ms Namirembe, the baby was born in September 2012 with only a female sex organ.

“After delivery, my husband gave her a name but we were shocked to see her developing a male organ,” she says. She explained that at only two-and-half years, the girl started growing pubic hair around the male organ, adding that both organs are active.

She said she took the girl from one herbalist to another seeking help until she ran out of money. After trying in vain, Ms Namirembe decided to visit different clinics and hospitals in the district and later was advised to go to Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala for further consultation.

At Mulago, doctors said her daughter has to undergo various tests. The girl’s grandmother, ms Fedelesi Najjuma, said she took care of the duo since there was no one to financially help them. She said they are stranded since they cannot raise money to address the girl’s abnormality and fellow residents ostracise them.

A medical specialist at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital who preferred anonymity said the girl’s situation is difficult to understand since both organs are active.
He explains that the more the girl grows, the more the problem might become difficult to handle.

The Monitor

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