His wife sells alcohol and at times rears a few pigs. On weekends the wife takes the children to dig on the forest land where the trees have been cut. Note that the forest authorities allow these people to plant some crops where they will have cut trees till the trees are to some height. Crops planted include cassava, sweet potatoes, beans and maize. Some of the gardens are on the church land where they are using it illegally.
Some surplus food is sold.
Other residents sell firewood and charcoal while others work in the schools around as cooks, etc. The eldest daughter together with their son go to day secondary schools in Mukono town which is about 6 km from Namilyango College. His son could not go to attend school at Namilyango College because the parents, like many others here, cannot afford the school fees and could not even get the required entry marks to enter the Namilyango College. There is not a single kid from here who is in the boarding primary school at Namilyango. Similarly in Namilyango College there is no student who comes from within a radius of 3 km.