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Dont produce children to please your husbands, Hoima mothers tipped
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The Hoima city education officer, Johnson Kusima Baingana has challenged mothers to stop giving birth recklessly to please their husbands but  rather produce children they can take care of .

Baingana who was presiding over a speech day at Hoima public primary school, said it doesn't make sense to produce many children who you can't take care of and they end up not getting a better life.

He noted with concern the increasing trends of children dropping out of school due to failure by their parents to provide school requirements.

"We  talk about free education, but these pupils have to come with books, pens or pencils and  lunch has to be provided by parents among other requirements. A number of pupils have dropped out because their parents can't meet these requirements", Baingana noted.

He  cautioned mothers to be careful while giving birth, advising them any time a man can abandon you.

"I see some mothers producing a lot of children to please men, you are doomed. Be  careful and produce  children that you actually  are able to take good care of  in case a man abandons you. We all know the current trend of men who are just sperm donors who  abandon even wives with about five children. If  you don't plan, the children are going to be a burden to you," Baingana advised

Baingana also advised parents to act as good examples to their children during the holidays .

"The children are coming back home, train them on better ways of doing domestic work, responsible citizens. I dont want to see children moving on streets selling yellow bananas and maize . It is there that they learn bad manners and end up dropping out of school, but also can die due to accidents."

Harriet Karungi Basemera, Hoima public school head teacher, highlighted the need for parents to support their pupils with lunch.

"We need to appreciate that government may not offer everything. The  most challenging thing is lunch that we want to encourage our parents to provide to our children because on empty stomachs they can never perform."

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