Muniini K. Mulera

Benoni Biraaro: epitome of a great army general

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 18, 20200 comments

In the days gone by, the great poets of Ankole would have already composed ebyevugo (heroic recitations) in praise of Buta bwa Biraaro bya Kagina. Not because of his exploits in the heroic struggle in the jungles of Luwero or his military valor in the post-1986 combat zones inside ...

Rosa Kanakubona Kamujanduzi and the triumph of prayerful patience

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 3, 20201 comments

On the day of her birth in Igara, Ankole in 1916, the odds that a little girl named Rosa Kanakubona would live into the next century were very low. Available data show that a female’s life expectancy at birth in Canada and the United States of America in 1916 was 60 years ...

Fire engulfs Trinity Bus from Rwanda to Kampala

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 10, 20200 comments

I have just been informed moments ago by an eyewitness that a TRINITY bus from Rwanda to Kampala has caught fire somewhere between Masaka and Mpigi. The person who sent me this video said that the fire extinguisher did not work. Praise God everyone seems to have got off the bus and ...

Museveni’s attention to road safety might make a difference

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 28, 20200 comments

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 ...

Nicole Ahuumuza Rubondo: a life cut short on East Africa’s worst killer roads

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 20, 20200 comments

The horror of very premature and sudden death struck a young girl this past weekend. Nicole Ahuumuza Rubondo, the daughter of Ernest and Alice Rubondo, was killed in a motor accident on Saturday near Fort Portal, Toro. She was only 16 and had been looking forward to her ...

Museveni walk against corruption a mockery of its victims

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 10, 20190 comments

Last week’s presidential walk against corruption was a cynical manipulation of its victims. It was a deceitful dance of the insatiable gourmand before digging deeper into the national cake. It was the futile effort of the sorcerer’s apprentice long after defeat by ...

Janet Museveni: Obey God, hear your people’s cry and rebel against injustice

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 4, 20190 comments

Janet Museveni, Uganda’s minister of education and wife of the president, wrote an impassioned letter last week in response to the student strike at Makerere University. In her letter, Janet focused on corruption among the students, including alleged use of paid professional ...

We live in a highly competitive world - By Dr. Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 30, 20190 comments

In all our daily interactions, we are knowingly or unknowingly competing with others. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines ‘competitive’ as being inclined, desiring or suited to compete. Being competitive is inborn: siblings compete for food at the table ...

Response to Janet Museveni: Did you speak as First Lady, Minister of Education, Pastor or Grandma? - By Andrew Karamagi

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 30, 20190 comments

Dear “Maama”, To begin with, I have a mother, just like millions of other Ugandans. This is both a statement of fact and a biological necessity. Even though I am one of those who cannot, for a number of reasons, refer to you as Maama, I am of the firm view ...

Museveni, Kayihura free to invest anywhere they want

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 23, 20190 comments

I enjoyed reading President Yoweri K. Museveni’s response to the American government’s sanctions against Kale Kayihura. I agree with him that banning a non-American from entering the United States is not a matter of life and death. Whereas I was disappointed that, ...

Banyankore Clans (Enganda z'Abanyankore)

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 16, 20190 comments

Whereas Banyakigyezi and Banyankore communities are no longer organized according to clans, knowledge of one's clan, totem and taboos is important for (a) one's identity and (b) avoidance of consanguineous marriage. The taboo against intra-clan marriage is informed by a ...

Evelyn Anite: Omerta! You are part of the Mafia

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 26, 20190 comments

Evelyn Anite, Uganda’s Minister of State for Investment and Privatisation, is in a bit of a pickle. To be more culturally correct, she is facing the frightful consequences of putting her finger in the leopard’s anus. Understandably terrified by her predictable ...

Now the hard work begins for the Alliance for National Transformation

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 28, 20190 comments

The Alliance for National Transformation was conceived by a group of serious men and women. Like a woman carrying a well-planned pregnancy, the team at the centre of the New Formation maintained a laser-like focus on the health of their foetus. The team carefully ...

Alliance for National Transformation is not Muntu’s party

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 29, 20190 comments

Kampala news media, including The Monitor, have run headlines announcing the formal registration of what they have called “Muntu’s Party.” Indeed, this has been the drumbeat since Mugisha Muntu, together with many colleagues, resigned from the Forum for ...

Greed, power and money in the hands of dictators

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 22, 20190 comments

The obscenity of it all! A dictator’s loot of millions of dollars’ worth in various currencies, stashed away in his pad, just like an ancient slave trader banking his bloody earnings in a hole under his tent. When a friend sent me a video clip purportedly ...

Reject materialism and collect experiences - not things

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 16, 20190 comments

I am physically very exhausted as I write. My wife and I have spent the better part of a month sorting and packing our worldly possessions, and carrying large quantities of “garbage” to the dumpster, all in preparation for downsizing our accommodation and lifestyle. ...

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