An 83-year-old man from Uganda is elated after he became the newest dad on the block after the passing of his 79-year-old wife who did not have any child.

A report by Daily Monitor showed the elderly man married the love of his life, Jane Tukamuhabwa (now deceased) on April 25, 1962, while he was only 23 years old.

But the couple could not bear children.

“When we visited hospitals, we were told we were fertile,” Mzee Mwesigye narrated.

He remained loyal to his wife following the assurance from doctors. Unfortunately, in 2005, Tukamuhabwa was diagnosed with cervical cancer and she died in 2018.

“We did everything together but it was so unfortunate that she passed on without giving birth,” he said.

Living with workers and adopted children Mwesigye said he lived with workers and some adopted children after the death of his wife but they would sleep in the boys’ quarters and he would sleep alone in the main house.

That was when life turned against him and he thought of marrying a second wife.

Mwesigye found love again when he was 79 years old. A few days later, Mzee Mwesigye’s sister brought him a woman at home for a visit, who later became his new wife. “I was excited to the extent that I even cried and asked one of my workers to slaughter a goat and that’s how I got my second wife Sharon Arinaitwe,” he says.

Welcoming newborn baby After two years of marriage with Arinaitwe, now 29, he was informed that she was pregnant and on March 23, health workers at North-Kigezi Health IV Rugarama delivered a bouncing baby boy.

“I am so happy that God has blessed me with a child at my old age. I never thought of getting one but I kept on praying and finally, God answered my prayers and now I am a father,” he said.