Mariam Nabatanzi Babirye, uzwi cyane ku izina rya Maama Uganda cyangwa Mother Uganda, ni umugore ukomoka muri Uganda wamenyekanye cyane ku rwego mpuzamahanga kubera umubare munini w’abana yabyaye. Mariam, wavutse ahagana mu 1980, yabyaye abana 44, muri bo 38 baracyariho kugeza muri Werurwe 2025.
Nk’uko amakuru atandukanye abigaragaza, Mariam yashyingiwe ku gahato afite imyaka 12, atangira kubyara afite imyaka 13. Mu gihe yari afite imyaka 36, yari amaze kubyara inshuro 15, harimo impanga nyinshi: abana bane inshuro eshatu (quadruplets), abana batatu inshuro enye (triplets), n’abana babiri inshuro esheshatu (twins).
Ibyo byose byatewe n’uburwayi budasanzwe bwa hyperovulation, butuma umugore akora amagi menshi ku gihe kimwe, bikaba byaratewe n’utuboya twinshi ku misemburo n’amabya y’inkondo y’igituba (ovaries) ye yari yarabyibushye. Ubu burwayi ntibubaho ku bagore bose, kandi buteye inkeke iyo butavuwe hakiri kare.
Mu 2015, umugabo wa Mariam yamutaye hamwe n’abana bose, avuga ko atabashije kubona ubushobozi bwo kubitaho. Nyuma yaho, Mariam yabaye umubyeyi urera abana wenyine mu buzima bugoye, ariko akomeza kwihangana no gushakira abana be imibereho.
Mu 2019, ubwo yari afite imyaka 40, yaje gukorerwa uburyo bwo kuboneza urubyaro bwa burundu kugira ngo hatagira undi mwana yongera kubyara, bitewe n’impamvu z’ubuzima n’umutekano we.
Mariam Nabatanzi ni urugero rugaragaza ingaruka z’ishyingirwa ry’abana, uburenganzira bw’abagore ku buzima bw’imyororokere, ndetse n’akamaro ko kugira amahitamo mu bijyanye no kuboneza urubyaro. Inkuru ye ikomeje gutera benshi kwibaza ku nshingano z’imiryango, leta, n’imiryango itegamiye kuri Leta mu kurengera abagore n’abana.
