Daily Monitor
Sunday April 25 2021
Summary
Make the most of your work life. After 38 years of active service as a teacher, Abooki Kasamba Tibihikirra tried her hand at agriculture before giving it up for her needlework passion. Today, Tibihikirra earns through sewing as Alex Ashaba finds out.
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Retired teacher Abooki Kasamba Tibihikirra, 84, lives in Kitete Karamaga in Fort Portal. Tibihikirra busies herself with stitching different motifs on cloth in her quiet sitting room where she chats with her grandson.
Tibihikirra spent 38 years teaching pupils and retired in 1993, when she had turned 55 years old. She taught Rutooro in many schools that to date many people call her an encyclopedia of Rutooro.