Muniini K. Mulera

Kigyezi

Banyarukiga, there is power in unity

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyezi Kigyezi PoliticsOctober 30, 20220 comments

The advent of Rukiga’s transformation into a district filled me with hope for positive change. I was born in Kabaare, Kigyezi, to a Munyakabaare mother and a Munyakahondo father who went to Mparo to work in 1954. There they settled and we became dual citizens of Ndorwa and Rukiga ...

Political and administrative structure of Kigyezi Region

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyezi Kigyezi PoliticsOctober 28, 20220 comments

Kigyezi, a colonial construct in 1911, was a single administrative district throughout the colonial period (1911-1962) and the first eighteen years of Uganda's independence (1962). It was then subdivided into two districts in 1974, and then smaller districts in the years that followed. ...

ICOB Board appoints Kigyezi Day Subcommittee

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyezi Kigyezi PoliticsMarch 8, 20170 comments

Fellow Banyakigezi and Friends of Kigezi: At the London 2016 Convention of the International Community of Banyakigyezi (ICOB), the members resolved to: Promote unity and broad based approach entailing a grassroots, ICOB Chapter-based strategy that engages all Banyakigyezi. ...

New Ugandan districts like Rukiga need small and efficient governments

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyezi Kigyezi PoliticsMarch 6, 20170 comments

There is divided opinion about the purpose and consequences of the unprecedented speed at which Uganda has been curved into smaller and smaller districts since independence. From 15 districts in 1962, Uganda now has 117, with 5 more to be born on July 1 this year. By July 1, ...