A Makerere University student only identified as Norah gave birth in the bathroom of Douglas Villa hostel-Kikoni on Tuesday morning.  According to residents at the hostel, Norah had gone for a morning shower but instead developed labor pains giving birth to a bouncing baby girl.

Friends who preferred anonymity said Norah had kept her pregnancy a secret; “she hid this pregnancy from her parents and could not even go for antenatal services. She had a few friends and that’s why no one knew about her situation.”