Uganda, March 21 -- Ms Helen Apoo Okileng, 55, fondly known as Nangobi by her clients, has spent 34 years brewing traditional brew, commonly known as malwa, at Namboole drinking centre in Kasoigo Zone, Busoigo Ward, Northern Division, Kamuli Municipality.

The brew, which is largely consumed by the Itesot, draws all classes of people. Even during the Covid-19 pandemic, it remained popular as revellers found solace there.

When Ms Apoo got pregnant in Primary Six and eventually dropped out of school, she resisted all calls to abort, delivered a baby girl and has since stuck to her then-student lover to date.

The girl is now a social worker with Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation (TPO) pursuing a master's degree, while her father is a...