Women's Revolution by Nansubuga Milly

When I was still a girl I remember things my mum used to tell me as a small Muganda girl, but after growing up, I have realised that some of these things where just because of ignorance. I will point out one of these things which was always uttered by my mum to make sure that when I grow up I will make a good housewife.

My mum used to tell me that, a good wife would only stay at home and prepares food and bear children for the husband who is supposed to cater for all her needs and the family. When I grew up I was looking towards this only but I realized later that it wasn’t the case for a woman of today.

I married when I was still a young girl because I never went to school and during my early days in marriageI made sure I follow my mum’s advise but it was a terrible time in our home. I started giving birth every year and within no time we had 5 children and maintaining the family needs became a problem.

I discussed with my husband the mess we were in and he partly blamed me for not being a creative wife. I decided to look for what I could do to earn an income to supplement on what my husband earned. I got what to do and now we are leaving a happier life than we used to, when I followed my mums advise.

I end up giving advise to fellow women not to leave all the responsibilities to their husbands, we are in a modern world, we should not stick on to the ancient days of our mothers.