Muniini K. Mulera

Botswana’s anthem fulfilled; Uganda’s betrayed

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 4, 20240 comments

#Botswana #Uganda #Masisi #Boko #Kgalemang #Tumediso #Motsete #Khama #Seretse

The seismic shift in Botswana’s political landscape last week is, so far, the most positive political development in Africa this year. Botswana, whose celebrated democracy had been backsliding in recent years, is born again. It has passed the essential test of democratic consolidation, ...

Botswana’s democratic backsliding need not be fatal

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 16, 20240 comments

#Botswana #Seretse #Khama #Masisi #Masire #Mogae

Photo: Botswana Parliament Building in Gaberone ********************************************************* The Republic of Botswana has enjoyed a very high place on the honor roll of Africa’s stable democracies since its independence on September 30, 1966. It has only been second ...

Another African president joins small club of democrats.

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 20, 20230 comments

#Libera #Weah #Boakai #Mandela #Khama #Mogae #Masire #Mkapa #Mwinyi #Kikwete

Photo: Monrovia, Liberia **** Sixty-five years after the fabled wind of change blew across Africa, genuine democracy remains elusive in most countries in our beloved continent. Democratization efforts of the 1990s retreated to the more comfortable swamps of choreographed rituals ...

Kenya’s Charles Njonjo: misunderstood normal gentleman

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 11, 20210 comments

#Njonjo #Kenya #Seretse #Khama

Well, to the right, in fact: Njonjo and Khama in London, late 1940s. ******* The weekend brought a rumour that Charles Mugane Njonjo of Kenya had died. The trigger-happy folks, upon receiving the hoax, hit their keyboards, eager to be the first conveyers of “the news.” Even ...