Ugandan man with 102 children, 12 wives admits he has been ‘irresponsible’
- Musa Hasahya says he cannot remember the names of most of his children, who range from 10 to 50 years old
- He has been struggling to provide for his 12 wives, 102 children and 578 grandchildren, only affording to feed them once or twice a day
They say it takes a village to raise a child, but in Musa Hasahya Kasera’s case, he has produced a family large enough to form a village.
The Ugandan man has so many children he can’t remember most of their names, and he has been struggling to provide for his vast family that he says includes 12 wives, 102 children and 578 grandchildren.
“At first it was a joke … but now this has its problems,” the 68-year-old said, who lives in the village of Bugisa in Butaleja district, a remote rural area of eastern Uganda.
“With my health failing and merely two acres of land for such a huge family, two of my wives left because I could not afford the basics like food, education, clothing.”
Hasahya, who is currently unemployed but has become something of a tourist attraction in his village, said his wives now take birth control to stop the family expanding further.
