Muniini K. Mulera

Rukiga District’s hazardous roads need urgent attention

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 9, 20260 comments

Photo: Mparo, Rukiga District, Kigyezi The dry spell in southwest Uganda is yielding to the rainy season. The dry, unpaved roads that supplied plenty of harmful dust to travellers and roadside dwellers, are now slippery affairs that challenge even the best sport ...

Driving in Uganda: A National Crisis on the Roads

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 2, 20260 comments

#Uganda #roads #traffic #accidents #driving

I have been driving on Uganda’s roads for a month. This is a big deal for me, for I had abandoned all hope of ever driving in this country again. No, I do not suffer from vehophobia (pathological fear of driving) or amaxophobia (fear of driving or of being a passenger ...

Mugambas killed by a human being, not a motor vehicle

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 3, 20230 comments

#Mugamba #Ulrich #Elli #Tara #Kamurasi #Winyi #Uganda #roads

Extremely horrifying. Suddenly, violently, the Mugambas – Ulrich Kamurasi, and his first cousins Elli Winyi and Tara Byanjeru- killed by a reckless driver on Friday December 30, 2022. Precious lives of beautiful, innocent young adults, very much in the mid-morning of their ...

Museveni’s attention to road safety might make a difference

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 28, 20200 comments

#Traffic #roads #Uganda

Photo: Risk-taking passengers on Kitante Road, Kampala ignore basic rules of physics. Photo by Muniini K. Mulera, January 2020) ****************** As expected, the road carnage in Uganda continued last week, with five people killed when their over-speeding taxi lost control after ...