Yosia Mwesigye a 83 year old man from Uganda gets his first born child after waiting for 57 years .The first wife of Mwesigye died at the age of 79 years without a child . His father had a large family and in a family of 10 children ,Mwesigye is a thirdborn . Was born in January 26 1939 and hails from Nyamiyaga cell,Kazindiro parish in Bugangari subcounty at Rukungiri district. He tied the knot in 1962 with Jane Tukamuhabwa. They could not sire any children together despite being fertile as reports from the hospital indicated . “When we visited hospitals, we were told we were fertile,” Mzee Mwesigye argued. Unfortunately, Tukamuhabwa (Mzee Mwesigye’s wife) was in 2005 diagnosed with cervical cancer and she died in 2018 without seeing the fruit of her womb. “We did everything together but it was so unfortunate that she passed on without giving birth,” the 83-year-old narrates. Mwesigye could not wait to die without a child and in 2019 he married the second wife this time round hoping for a kid. “I lived with workers and some adopted children after the death of my wife but they could sleep in boys’ quarters and I would sleep alone in the main house. That’s when life turned against me and I thought of marrying a second wife,” he said. Mwesigye narrates how her sister came home one day with her friend who later became her wife , “Days later, my sister Tumushabe came home for a visit with a one Sharon Arinaitwe, who later became my new wife. I was excited to the extent that I even cried and asked one of my workers to slaughter a goat,” he says. After a few years in marriage Mwesigye was delighted after discovering her wife was Pregnant and later gave birth to a bouncing baby boy . “I am so happy that God has blessed me with a child at my old age. I never thought of getting one but I kept on praying and finally, God answered my prayers and now I am a father,” Mzee Mwesigye overwhelmingly full of joy narrates. Mwesigye had to work hard not disappoint the African norm and culture . He wanted to be remembered after leaving behind children on earth . “Dying without a child is such a painful thing. In our African culture, one is only remembered when they leave a child on earth. I used to wake up early in the morning, sit in my sitting room and ask myself how I will be remembered after my death since I had no child,” he said.
