| dc.description.abstract | Nekesa, a mother of two is abandoned by her husband, Anthony who is lured by her best friend. She is consequently forced to venture into the field of single parenting hence becoming a single mother. Anthony abandons his family in the slums of Kamwokya who are eventually chased out of the rental due to failure to pay house rent for a period of six months. The mother of two is left
helpless and homeless and left at the mercy of others due to lack of a stable source of income. Faced by the uphauling hunger and dangers of street life, she narrowly survives being raped by a gang of drug addicts on one of the nights. She seeks refuge at one of the nearby police posts (Kyebando Stage Police Post) in abide to protect herself and children from any further threats.
Early the next morning helped by the almsgiving of the people, she manages to solicit enough transport fare to her home town, Budikidi in Busia. Nekesa receives a warm welcome from her relatives mistaking her presence for a visit. After a month, her uncles suggest that she should return to her husband since they believe it is an abomination for a married woman to return to her
father's home and considered a bad omen to the rest of the sisters at home. Consequently, she is forced to leave home. After her departure, the family carries out a cleansing ritual to get rid of such a thing from occurring again. She rents a small house in a nearby town of Bude, one of the working and residential areas and starts out a small business as a means to fend for her children.
Due to this kind of life, her oldest daughter yields to peer pressure, gets impregnated and becomes a school dropout at the age of fifteen. She struggles with the other two until she gets into contact with one of the non-governmental organizations that supports her until John, her second born completes his academic journey a thing that changes her entire life. When one door closes, another opens with better and greater opportunities. John wipes away his mother's tears and takes away her sorrow. | en_US |
