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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The smile seems far from Maria Assumpta Namuli\u2019s face and it is evident that something is awfully wrong. That said, she is welcoming and does not heap whatever is disturbing her onto anyone.<\/p>\n

Soft-spoken and calm, Namuli, a resident of Makindye, Kirundu Zone in Kampala is a mother of seven children aged between two and 16.<\/p>\n

Namuli is saddled with the complete responsibility of taking care of all these children.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no support because while I have a man in my life, he does not take care of the children or educate them. My biggest source of income was making and selling samosas. I supplemented this with washing clothes for other people. With the income from the two jobs, I took care of the children and educated them,\u201d she narrates.<\/p>\n

With a zest to see her children through school, before Covid-19 happened, Namuli went to Friends\u2019 World Primary School, Wakiso, which not only gave her three older children a vacancy but also a bursary.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe school fees was Shs500,000 for each child and at first, the bursary was Shs200,000 and then it increased to Shs250,000. With that, I was paying Shs900,000 at first, which later dropped to Shs750,000 every term. The mode of payment was that whatever I got, I took to the school,\u201d she shares.<\/p>\n

The younger children, meanwhile, studied at Uganda Martyrs Primary School and the agreement was that she makes and delivers samosas for the school canteen on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the week, I got a receipt for delivered items. On a daily basis, I took samosas worth Shs10,000 to the school,\u201d she narrates.<\/p>\n

This arrangement worked well but with time, her health deteriorated when her chest started hurting.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment, I can no longer make samosas because the doctors advised me to stop using firewood, which I used as fuel. That is because I have been at it for seven years and the smoke from the stove made me develop asthma,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Namuli opted to concentrate on washing clothes but the onset of the lockdown in 2020 threw a spanner in the works, mangling up all the work opportunities. Consequently, there was barely money to spare, not even to ensure all the children returned to school when they reopened in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen schools reopened, my only option was to get a loan to take them back then pay back as the term progressed. I got the loan through a friend, who got the money from a credit facility. While I am not so sure how much she borrowed [on her behalf], I only asked her to give me Shs500,000. I would then repay her Shs20,000 every week for 10 months,\u201d she shares.<\/p>\n

Namuli says she could not take the loan personally because she could not afford the many requirements for one to get the loan facility.<\/p>\n

She also says she needed to work extra hard, which made it impossible for her to attend the many meetings that the loan schemes held for their clients.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took loans for the whole of 2021, and I am still paying the last one I took, where I have a balance of Shs80,000. While I no longer take loans, today, I am involved in a cash round where we are about 40 people and we make a contribution of Shs20,000 on a weekly basis. That is collected and given to one person per week,\u201d she shares.<\/p>\n

Another effect of the lockdown was that the school could no longer give her children bursaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started looking for another and, thankfully, got one at Charity for Africa\u2019s Child in Nsambya Sharing Hall. However, the half bursaries then were starting from Shs300,000 onwards yet mine was Shs250,000. I thus got for the one who was joining secondary school and my contribution was Shs370,000. The two in primary each need Shs300,000; that totals to Shs970,000. Thankfully, along the way, one of the children in Primary One got placement at Lwagula Memorial School where he is on a full bursary,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Making samosas now is out of the picture and the earning from her other source of income \u2013 washing clothes, are not definite.<\/p>\n

The peak moments are when the children are at school because then, she can wash for at least two or three clients in a day.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I earn Shs10,000 or Shs15,000 from a single client, with the highest so far being Shs25,000. I also have a small stall at home so that even when there are no clients, we can get some proceeds from it for food. Thankfully, the man helps me with rent,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

While some of the children are studying, some are not in school, including one who is supposed to be in Primary One and another supposed to be in Top Class.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese should have been in higher classes but when Covid-19 caused school closures, I did not want them to be promoted automatically hence asking that they remain in their current classes so they get a better understanding of what they should do,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

With a bent head, Namuli says while she has managed to have some of the children go to school, she is not sure how they will finish this term.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not have money that can start a business capable of taking care of them or pay their school fees,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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