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Daniella Atim’s motherly message to her sons Abba, Alfa

Daniella Atim is married to singer Jose Chameleone, real name Joseph Mayanja -- and they exchanged vows with him on June 7, 2008.
Daniella Atim with Alfa and Abba
Daniella Atim with Alfa and Abba

On her Instagram Story, Atim shared an artwork that read: Please "stop giving me your toughest battles... you literally just need to fold your clothes."

Tagging both sons, she wrote on Instagram: Dear Abba Marcus and Alfa Joseph, indicating that she wanted them to read the information.

Abba is Atim's first born and he is followed by Alfa.

Daniella Atim is married to singer Jose Chameleone, real name Joseph Mayanja -- and they exchanged vows with him on June 7, 2008.

They have three boys and two girls. 

The boys are Abba Marcus Mayanja, Alfa Joseph Mayanja, and Amma Christian Mayanja, who is the fourth born.

The girls are Alba Shyne Mayanja, the third born and Xara Amani Mayanja, the last born.

Atim and Chameleone first met in 2003 at the Alligators Bar in Garden City, Kampala.

Who is Atim?

Atim, who is in an Acholi by tribe, hails from Agago district, and she was born on November 13, 1985 .

She was adopted and raised by an Italian Catholic priest named Father John Scalabrini, who emigrated to Uganda in 1964 at the age of 30, doing missionary work for decades and supporting orphans, the poor, and the homeless in other charitable activities.

Scalabrini died in 2016. He succumbed to cancer of the bone at St Francis Hospital, Nsambya in Kampala, which he suffered from for five years.

At the time of his death, he was staying at his home in Luzira, Biina after developing health complications.

He was buried at St James Catholic Church, Biina. 

Atim currently lives with her kids in the U.S.

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