{"id":723833,"date":"2019-10-15T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/15\/94-year-old-father-of-100-marries-four-new-wives\/"},"modified":"2019-10-15T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T16:00:08","slug":"94-year-old-father-of-100-marries-four-new-wives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/15\/94-year-old-father-of-100-marries-four-new-wives\/","title":{"rendered":"94-year-old father of 100 marries four new wives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/94-year-old-father-of-100-marries-four-new-wives\/\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"435\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Man-696x435.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Man\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nulu Ssemakula with some of his children,<br \/>\nPhoto: Daily Monitor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nulu Ssemakula, a Ugandan man with more than 100 children and over 19<br \/>\n wives has expanded his already huge family with an addition of not one,<br \/>\n but four wives.<\/p>\n<p>The 94-year-old hails from Ruyonza, one of the most polygamous villages in Uganda. In an interview with <em>Daily Monitor<\/em>, Ssemakula explained that his life desire is to have more wives and children as his big family translated to wealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, unfortunately, lost four of my wives while others who needed more<br \/>\n than I could afford, I let them go. But they left me with children; I<br \/>\nwill still marry more if I still have more years and even have more<br \/>\nchildren. In children and wives, is where I find my pleasure. That is my<br \/>\n true wealth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> Nulu Ssemakula, a 94-year-old Ugandan man and father of 100 children, has added four new wives to his collection of 19 wives and says he is not yet ready to stop procreating.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Daily Monitor, the man said it has not been easy maintaining all the wives as some left him when he couldn\u2019t meet their demands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will marry more if I still have more years and even have more children. They give pleasure and fulfillment. My true wealth is in my children and wives,\u201d Ssemakula said. .<\/p>\n<p>Nulu\u2019s youngest child is 10-months old and his youngest wife is a 24-year-old pregnant lass. <\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Ssemakula lives with 66 of his children, with the<br \/>\nyoungest being 10-months-old. His youngest wife is 24-years-old and is<br \/>\nexpectant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Started school for children<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ssemakula started a school named Kiyombero Primary School to<br \/>\naccommodate all his school-going children, grandchildren and<br \/>\ngreat-grandchildren. Apart from building a school, Ssemakula has a<br \/>\ncoffee huller and a dairy milk cooling machine to bring in income for<br \/>\nthe upkeep of his family.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shsfcpypcpchq5da4339858543.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><strong>Nulu Ssemakula with some of his children. Photo: Daily Monitor<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Most fertile woman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not too long ago, Mariam Nabatanzi,<br \/>\n a 40-year-old woman from Uganda\u2019s Mukono District was named Africa\u2019s<br \/>\nmost fertile woman after having 44 children. Mariam was married off at<br \/>\nthe age of 12 to her then 28-year-old husband.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/rapcnxsx56ofq8qrsn7d5da434427c84d.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><strong>Mariam Nabatanzi with some of her children Photo<\/strong><strong>:Courtesy<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy husband was polygamous with many children from his past<br \/>\nrelationships who I had to take care of because their mothers were<br \/>\nscattered all over. He was also violent and would beat me at any<br \/>\nopportunity he got even when I suggested an idea that he didn\u2019t like,\u201d<br \/>\nsaid Miriam.<\/p>\n<p>She had always dreamt of having six children, but by her sixth<br \/>\npregnancy, she had already given birth to 18 babies, and she wanted to<br \/>\nstop.<\/p>\n<p>She gave birth to her first children, a set of twins, in 1994, at the  young age of 13. Two years later, she had her first set of triplets,  and nearly two years after that, she birthed quadruplets.<\/p>\n<p>Source: sde.co.ke<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nulu Ssemakula with some of his children, Photo: Daily Monitor Nulu Ssemakula, a Ugandan man with more than 100 children and over 19 wives has expanded his already huge family with an addition of not one, but four wives. The 94-year-old hails from Ruyonza, one of the most polygamous villages in Uganda. 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