Kigyezi Safe Motherhood: support pregnant mothers in Rukiga DistrictBy Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMay 31, 20230 comments#Mparo Photo: Portable ultrasound presentation to Mparo Health Centre IV, February 17, 2023 My letter about the disparity in healthcare access in Uganda triggered many responses from readers, the majority of whom agreed and shared their own experiences as patients or relatives of ...
Rukiga District: brief facts and figuresBy Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziOctober 27, 20223 comments#Rukiga #Mparo #Muhanga #Bukinda #Kamuheesi #Kamwezi #Kashambya #Rwamucuucu District: Rukiga Total Area: 426.3 sq. km. Population: 106,000 people (2021) Males: 51,300 (2021) Females: 54,700 (2021) Male: Female ratio: 0.94:1 Population density: 249/sq. km. Geography: Rukiga is a mountainous boot-shaped wedge in South West Uganda, ...
Banyarukiga, there is power in unityBy Muniini K. MuleraKigyezi Kigyezi PoliticsOctober 30, 20220 comments#Rukiga #Mparo #Muhanga #Bukinda #Kamuheesi #Kamwezi #Kashambya #Rwamucuucu 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 ...
Kigyezi: the land and its peopleBy Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziOctober 26, 20220 comments#Kigyezi #Muhabura #Bunyonyi #Kikuba #Mparo #Rukungiri #Kabale #Kisoro #Kanungu #Rukiga #Rubanda Region: Kigyezi Districts: Kabaare (Kabale), Kaanungu, Gisoro (Kisoro), Rubanda, Rukiga, Rukungiri. Total Area: 5,098 sq. km. Population: 1.7 million people Map of Uganda Mount Muhabura, Bufumbira (Gisoro), Kigyezi (December 26, 2006) ...
Christopher Gamparo gave back to his peopleBy Muniini K. MuleraJune 27, 20220 comments#Gamparo #Mparo #Kilembe Christopher Bernard Gamparo 1939-2022 (Photo © Amoni Gamparo) His name announced his address. His smile complimented a gentle demeanor. His intellect enriched by experience. His industry sharpened by danger and fortune. Christopher Bernard Gamparo, who died at the age ...
Mother-baby death in Mparo and our national prioritiesBy Muniini K. MuleraJune 13, 20221 comments#Musaasizi #Musasizi #Mparo #Maternal #mortality #Uganda Diana & Xavier Musaasizi in happier days. (Photo courtesy of Xavier Musaasizi) A healthy 30-year-old woman was admitted to Mparo Health Centre in Rukiga District on Monday June 6 to deliver her second child. Artificial induction of labour was started that night. ...
Happy stories of self-reliance and community empowerment in UgandaBy Muniini K. MuleraMarch 27, 20190 comments#Kigezi #Mparo #Kahondo #Community #development Ugandan politicians are readying themselves for another orgy of vote-buying. As usual, the next election season will witness enhanced cash infusions to individuals, churches, youth, women, elders’ organizations and other vote-rich groups. The people will gladly ...
In memory of our primary school teachers who nourished silk-cotton treesBy Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 14, 20191 comments#Primary #education #Mparo #Kihanga (Photo: Kihanga Boys Primary School P1-P3 classrooms. My first classroom is on the left. Still standing. Unchanged. Photo by Muniini K. Mulera) It is exactly sixty years since I “fluked” my way into school, for I was not supposed to start until 1960. Seeing ...