A Ugandan farmer who has 102 children and 568 grandchildren from 12 wives has finally decided to put a stop to his ever-growing family.
Musa Hasahya, 67, and his massive brood live in Uganda - which is one of the few predominantly Christian nations to legally recognize polygamous unions.
As reported by The Sun, about a third of the father's 102 children live with him on his farm. His youngest child is six-years-old while his oldest is 51 years old.
After breeding out a giant lineage, the farmer has now asked his wives to use contraception so that he can afford to buy the family food to eat.
According to the Daily Star, the man married his first wife Hanifa in 1971 at the age of 16 after quitting school. Two years later, he became a father for the first time when she gave birth to a daughter.
Hasahya - who is also a village chairperson - said that while he can tell his children and grandchildren apart, he does not know them all by name.
At first, he decided to add to his family because he had the money and the land but now he said that he can no longer work and provide for his family because of his ill health. Due to this, two of his wives have left because of financial pressures.
According to The Sun, Hasahya says his income has become lower and lower as his brood has continued to grow.
Speaking about why he has chosen to marry more than one woman, Hasahya added that no man can be satisfied with just one woman.
In addition to this, Hasahya said that the reason why all his wives live in the same house is so that he can "monitor" them - stopping them from getting married to other men.
While he is urging his remaining partners to use contraception, it is still seen as controversial in the country and often linked to promiscuity.
As cited by BMC Women's Health, contraceptive nonuse in the country "is estimated at 40%. Northern region (55%) had the highest prevalence of contraceptive nonuse compared to Central region (35%) with the lowest".
Also, it was reported that married women's use of modern contraceptives "increased significantly between the years 2000 and 2011" - nearly doubling from 14% to 26%.
Hasahya's youngest wife Zulaika - who is a mother of 11 kids and is about 20 years younger than his oldest child - disclosed that she's not having any more children, and that she is now taking the birth control pill, per the outlet.
Furthermore, Hasahya has now warned other men who wish to marry more than four wives not to do so because of the burden he now faces, per the Daily Star.
