By Ian Ortega
To use borrow words from Seya’s dictionary, one will realize that however is responsible for growing Uganda has done a very good job. Uganda has grown so fast, that you don’t have to get pregnant to get a baby; neither do you have to go through the hectic process of adoption. Everything has been simplified, after-all, what’s economic growth without simplicity?
Following the famous saga at Mulago maternity ward where women lodged complaints of mid-wives exchanging their babies and offering them dead ones or those of other genes, yours truly was not shocked. Every country that’s on the take-off stage undergoes such complaints.
In India, families sell their kidneys to grow out of poverty. When someone of your family dies, you can offer almost all of their organs for a hefty price rather than waste all that value as some manure of sorts.
Apparently, a baby goes for Shs.1 million and Shs.1.8 for two, a Shs.200,00 discount for two.
Baby factories are creeping up in maternity wards and the business is booming. At a later time in the future, rather than sacrifice a kid in order to grow rich, selling such a kid and letting them live would be a better option.
It’s often wondered how much, men like the one writing this, with an IQ of over 200 will be selling for. If I were to sell off myself, I am certain, I would be a trillionaire of sorts. Handsome, intelligent, what more do you desire in a man?
When pregnancies are shrouded in mysteries and the babies are not born in Lagos where the parents live, but in remote regions, something is wrong.
A society that lays emphasis on kids and pile a lot of pressure on couples without kids lend credence to this booming trade. After-all, all that the families want is kids from the couple. Adoption is legal and a veritable option than purchasing a baby, but it’s one process that is riddled with a lot of bureaucracy.
A story is told of a friend’s cousin who bought two. He had a party that God had given them twins. One grew up normal and the other a dwarf. He is fighting with the guy that sold the babies to him. He is asking for a 700k refund. Bad business, call it sort of a business loss.
But until we work on the social pressure we exert on couples, until we work on the poverty in the country, then the industry may continue booming, but for a very long time.
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