KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 — A 67-year-old Ugandan farmer has asked his dozen wives to go on the pill, citing rising cost of living after conceiving 102 children with them.
Musa Hasahya, who has 568 grandchildren from his offspring, decided to stop growing his family as he can barely afford to feed them.
“My income has become lower and lower over the years due to the rising cost of living and my family has become bigger and bigger.”
“I married one woman after another. How can a man be satisfied with one woman?” The Sun reported Musa as saying.
The sexagenarian, who hails from Lusaka where polygamy is legal, said he and his wives live under the same roof as it makes it easier for him to monitor them and also stop them eloping with other men in the village.
Wife number 12, Zulaika, who is also the mother of 11 of Musa's children, said she has stopped having children.
“I’ve seen the bad financial situation and am now taking the birth control pill.”
About a third of Musa’s children live with him on his farm.
His youngest is six while his oldest is 51 — about 20 years older than Zulaika.
