Muniini K. Mulera

"I wanted to appoint Museveni VP", Godfrey Binaisa

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 14, 20230 comments

#Binaisa #Lule #Obote #Muwanga #Oyite #Ojok #Rugumayo #Nyerere #Idi #Amin #Lutakome #Kayiira #Kategaya #Kanyomozi #Nanyumba #Mukombe #Mpambara #Toko #Thatcher #Mugane #Njonja

(L-R: Muniini K. Mulera, Godfrey Binaisa, December 23, 2006.) **** The last time I enjoyed President Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa’s company was on the evening of December 23, 2006, and at breakfast the following morning, when he and I were guests at the home of our mutual ...

Uganda at 60 – Poisoned Eden: Model Country, Wrong Dreams, False Starts, Poisoned Country: PROLOGUE to a Series of Articles

By Bbuye Lya MukangaUgandaOctober 8, 20220 comments

#Uganda #Obote #Amin #Museveni #dictatorship

– Prologue – Central message: “Nation of Uganda” is, so far, a failed concept that requires radical rethinking, agreement on, and implementation of measures for its restoration." Bbuye lya Mukanga 1 June 2022 Uganda at 60 – Poisoned ...

Choice before Ugandans is not Bobi Wine or Muntu versus Museveni

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 24, 20200 comments

#Uganda #Museveni #NRM #Obote #Okello #Amin #Muntu #Bobi #Wine #Kyagulanyi

I had decided to stay clear of all comment on the latest pretence of “democratic competition” for Uganda’s presidency. Whereas we have new faces in the cast of those who are challenging Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni, the incumbent president, the script is unchanged. ...

Post-Museveni transition should be every Ugandan’s concern

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 29, 20201 comments

#Uganda #Museveni #NRM #Obote #Okello #Amin

Notwithstanding my serious disagreement with much of President Yoweri K. Museveni’s politics, policies and actions, I acknowledge a lot of good that he has done in his 35 years in power. When we look at Museveni’s Uganda and compare it to the Amin-Obote II-Okello ...

Shortcut journalism and Akorimo Kanuti’s fiction about Uganda’s Independence

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda HistoryOctober 14, 20190 comments

#Akorimo #Kanuti #Uganda #Independence #Uganda #flag #Obote #Amin #Iain #MacLeod #Walter #Coutts #truth #in #journalism

The New Vision, a Kampala English daily newspaper, carried a story on October 8, recycling claims by Maj. Akorimo Kanuti, a retired Uganda Army officer, about his roles at Independence 57 years ago. These claims have been recycled over the years by New Vision, Daily Monitor ...

Idi Amin and Donald Trump: Recollections by Neil Bonnell and Interpolations by Bbuye Lya Mukanga

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 14, 20170 comments

#Idi #Amin #Trump #Uganda #Buganda #Obote #Mutesa #Bbuye #Bonnell

Introduction: Neil Bonnell taught at King’s College Budo from 1965 to 1971, and was also House Master of Australia House and Cricket Master. Bbuye lya Mukanga was a student at King’s College Budo from 1966 to 1970. Idi Amin NEIL: I believe that ...