With 12 wives, 102 children and 568 grandchildren, this farmer decides to stop polygamy due to the pressure on living expenses

KAMPALA, KOMPAS.com – A farmer Uganda who has 102 children and 568 grandchildren from 12 wives has finally decided to stop raising his family.

Musa Hasahya (67), now asks his wives to use contraception so they can afford to buy food for their daily consumption.

“My income has gotten lower and lower over the years because Cost of living which continues to increase and my family expands”.

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“I married one woman after another. How can a man be satisfied with a woman,” she stated according to reports The sun quoted from Daily mail Tuesday 27/12/2022.

Hasahya and her family live in Lusaka, Uganda. in that place, polygamy legal.

He said all of his wives lived in the same house so he could “monitor” them, even preventing them from eloping with other men.

His youngest wife, Zulaika, a mother of 11, said: “I have no more children. I saw a bad financial situation and now I’m on the birth control pill.”

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About a third of Hasayha’s children, aged between six and 51. They all live with him on his farm.

His eldest son is 21 years older than his last wife. While his youngest son is 6 years old.

The Ugandan man is now unable to work due to illness and his two wives have left due to financial problems.

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