Muniini K. Mulera

Africa’s great volcanos and Uganda’s Alliance for National Transformation

By Muniini K. MuleraJuly 31, 20230 comments

#ANT #Alliance #Uganda #Alaso #Muntu #Muhabura #Mgahinga #Gahinga #Mugahinga #Sabyinyo #Bisoke #Mikeno #Karisimbi #Volcano #Sebahire

Photo: Gahinga, Sabyinyo, Bisoke, Mikeno and Karisimbi viewed from the Second Hut on Mount Muhabura. © Ezra Sebahire ************ The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), which was launched on Wednesday May 22, 2019, is like Ibirunga, the eight volcanic mountains in Africa’s ...

Bobby Hutcherson kicks up musically beautiful dust

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicFebruary 17, 20210 comments

#Bobby #Hutcherson #The #Kicker #Blue #Note #Tone #Poet #Herbie #Hancock #Joe #Henderson #Grant #Green #Duke #Pearson #Bob #Cranshaw #Al #Harewood #Bedouin #Jazz

Title: The Kicker Label: Blue Note 21437, Tone Poet Series Recorded: December 29, 1963, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA First released on CD in 1999 First released on vinyl LP in 2020 Musicians: Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), Joe Henderson (tenor sax), ...

Donald Byrd (1932-2013) – CHANT: swinging post-bop Jazz

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicFebruary 15, 20210 comments

#Donald #Byrd #Chant #Pepper #Adams #Herbie #Hancock #Doug #Watkins #Teddy #Robinson #Blue #Note

Donald Byrd – Trumpet Pepper Adams – Baritone saxophone Herbie Hancock – Piano Doug Watkins – Bass Teddy Robinson – Drums Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet Series) Recorded: Monday, April 17, 1961 Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder Location: Van Gelder ...

Who is the best choice to succeed Yoweri Museveni?

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 11, 20210 comments

#Mugisha #Muntu #Aliance #ANT #Museveni #Uganda

The charade of this week’s so-called election, whose official result we already know, should not distract us from one obvious reality. At 77, Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni will soon yield to biology and a need for long-deserved retirement. As usual, the ruling regime ...

Transformative leadership needs upright citizens

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 11, 20200 comments

#Uganda #Museveni #elections #opposition #Muntu #Besigye #Tumukunde #ANT #Alliance

There is understandable cynicism among the educated elite about party politics in Uganda. Many people, having long lost confidence in President Yoweri K. Museveni and his regime, desire change of government and direction. However, they dismiss the political opposition as ...

Mugisha Muntu's challenge to Museveni about the army

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 24, 20200 comments

#Mugisha #Muntu #Alliance #for #National #ransformation #Alliance #ANT #Uganda #Biraaro #Museveni #Ten #Point #Programme

Mugisha Muntu, National Coordinator, Alliance for National Transformation ****************** Many of the public tributes and reflections at the recent memorial and burial services for Benoni Buta Biraaro, a retired senior officer of the Uganda People’s Defence ...

Now the hard work begins for the Alliance for National Transformation

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 28, 20190 comments

#Alliance #Uganda #ANT #Uganda #Mugisha #Muntu #Uganda #politics

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

#Alliance #ANT #Uganda #Mugisha #Muntu

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 ...