Muniini K. Mulera

Covid-19 and Ugandans’ death wish

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaAugust 24, 20200 comments

Death has a way of focusing us on survival. We make the necessary sacrifices. We take precautions. We promise to change our behaviours. We set partisan and other differences aside. It is a life and death fight. So, we attack the new enemy together. That was the case in Uganda. ...

Banyakigyezi (ICOB) to launch COVID-19 response fund

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 30, 20200 comments

#Abanyakigyezi #Abanyakigezi #Banyakigezi #COVID19 #coronavirus #Museveni #ICOB

The new Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, is an invisible, democratic and non-sectarian disabler and killer. It has, so far, picked out princes and paupers, doctors and doormen, managers and mailmen, prime ministers and prostitutes, the young and restless, the ...

COVID-19 UGANDA: knowledge is power, patriotism now

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 26, 20200 comments

#Coronavirus #COVID19 #Uganda #Museveni

COVID-19: 1. As of today, there is no effective treatment for this virus. Greedy people will try to sell you cures etc. Please remember the lies that were merchandised in the early years of HIV/AIDS - including Nnalongo's "anointed soil" in Masaka; the steroids by self-styled ...

Coronavirus spread versus urban famine: a president's dilemma

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 26, 20200 comments

#Coronavirus #COVID19 #Uganda #Museveni

Fellow Ugandans, I completely understand the mental struggle that many people have with the idea of locking down, even shutting down, our country. Trust me, I am not one who is blind to the realities of our socio-economically challenged country, and the struggles of Mundua, ...

Is Africa prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic?

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 23, 20200 comments

#Coronavirus #COVID19 #Uganda #Aceng #Moriku #ICU #Health #care

Many virus infections have found great partnership with commercial air travel. A sneeze and a sniffle (what President Yoweri Museveni calls “sneezing in”) in China are quickly felt in far off lands. Since the first reported case of COVID-19 on our continent ...

Why I dislike handshakes and hate handkerchiefs

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 16, 20200 comments

#Handshake #handkerchief #BakigaBanyankore #greeting #coronavirus

Out of the darkness, a ray of hope. The coronavirus pandemic, though potentially serious, brings me hope that perhaps humanity may discard two archaic habits that cause me personal pain. First, the handshake. Dirty. Dangerous. For the most part, unnecessary. Supposedly a ritual ...