VOICE OF AGONY PROGRAM KYOGA VERITAS 91:5FM THUR-24TH-OCT-2013 TIME: 1:00PM-12:00AM PRODUCER: PETERSON MATEEKA Experts in economics already released their findings stating that resources to sustain human life are increasingly running low. This is in comparison to statistics about world population growth which is higher. The UN and other world bodies are calling upon nations especially in Africa to produce the number of children they can support. To have a manageable number is good, but to have too few especially in Africa may not be good because our health nutrition, health services, and transport systems are still below world class standards. So we lose more people due to malnutrition, diease and road accidents than in the developed world. My parents produced me the only child in their marriage. A humble boy and the only child to them. They were happy because they had go a child after all, but probably not fully satisfied because they never had chance to produce any other child after me till to date. This was a small peasant family of three people comprising of Dad, mum and me their only son. Much as I was a lone child in the home, my journey of education was a difficult one because they were simple peasant farmers. I understood the situation and therefore did not expect special treatment from them about the school I went to.After joining high school, is when my father died causing a complicated state of affairs about my future. My father was now gone. I had no brother and no sister. Mum was everything to me. Other problems of land sharing cropped up after the burial of my Dad. Mum and I were drawn into the center of the conflict. As things turned more complicated mum advised me not to push hard for any equality in the struggle but rather keep a low profile. She told me remember you are alone and they are many. You never know what’s in their hearts much as they are your uncles and cousins. Well after senior six, my education was coming to an end. I needed to stand and focus myself as a man, but also a son prepared to carry on my father’s legacy and protect my mother. There were silent threats on my mum from some members of the clan. I said I will not leave my mum to go to school. One time I might be called that somebody has burnt her in the house. I chose to put my ambitions for school a side first but stay close protecting my mother. Friends tell me am a nice looking young; I could prove their words by the numbers of girls who wanted to date me, but this never been a priority in my life. I had finished my senior six a virgin boy who did not know what to do with a girl in a dark room. I had wanted to join forces and handle a gun so that the nature of my job could at least scare those who wanted to harm my mum. But recruitment was not coming. When announcement for recruitment was announced on radio, I went immediately. I was taken up and after training; I served for seven months and promotion as a deployment officer.In the course of deploying my boys, I met friendship with several people who were well placed both in government and private sector. This was because whenever they wanted security in their residential areas or office places, they had to interact with me. One of them was a lady who happens to be mature in her mid 30s with a good job. She was single with no husband and no child. She lived in a nice home with some three extended relatives all young people. Our story started from this humble beginning and took us to another level. She is mature than me because am only 28 this yea.she was the one who taught me what it means to be a man. But also very surprised to learn that I heard never slept with a woman in my life and she was the first. I do not know what excited her about that. She got became very possessive of me and told me almost every secret in her life. She was open and told me she was declared medically barren and could not bear children. The reason why she did not have a husband in the house. She also told me that she loved so much and wished to spend the rest of her life with me as a husband and wife if I did not let her down. It was difficult for me to decide for two reasons.One, she’s older than me and two, she does not bear children. Thirdly even if I accept her proposal for marriage, I doubted whether my mother could approve of her.She met my mum and built for her a simple permanent house. Though not big but much better than the one Mzee left her in before he died. She told me to leave the security job and opened for me a whole sale shop sugar.For two years I have not openly told her that we introduce, but we are living like a husband and wife. Much as she has built for mum a house, she has been very uncomfortable because of fear that I would not have a child because the lady is old and not productive. One day she told me that I know you wish to bear children but am barren. You are free to find a good girl, test her and introduce her to me as your wife. If she can bear you children that will be good. I will respect her if she respects me. I will help you and we educate your children as long as they are not more than three. I got a lady and introduced her to this first mature one. I assured her that if you will not manage to stay alongside her, better we don’t go any far. This young one said, there is no problem. I paid dowry and built her a house in the village.I have been commuting between town where my first lady is and the business then the village to be with her. God gave us two children with the young one, both girls. This very young one has turned to dishonor the commitment she made to respect my first life. Confronts her using strong language that you are as infertile as a desert. She’s being engineered by other fellow married women around the village to this. It makes this first lady very hurt and sometimes expresses regret while shedding tears. It disturbs me and don’t know what to do with the mother of my children. Like she does not know where this lady brought me from.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:47:26 +0000
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