Muniini K. Mulera

Julia Sebutinde did not side with Israel, she sided with the law.

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 29, 20241 comments

#Sebutinde #ICJ #Uganda #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Africa #South #Africa #Laaki

When a legal matter, in these highly charged times, is brought before the world’s top court, we want public opinion, by lay people like you and me, to carry the day. A dissenting judge is condemned for doing what an independent, competent judge must do. If the same judge votes ...

Uganda independence: A more ill-prepared country hard to find

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 10, 20220 comments

I honour the great men and women who stood tall in the struggle for equality, freedom, democratic participation in our national economy and governance, and political independence from Britain. An incomplete list of the heroes of our pre-independence struggle, many ...

Hopeful signs of democratization in Africa

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 22, 20220 comments

Advocates of democracy in Africa have reason to smile. Once again, Senegal had genuine political competition early this month that left President Macky Sall without a parliamentary majority. Neither Sall’s governing coalition nor the opposition was able to win an ...

Apartheid South Africa’s rulers better than terrorist ones north of the Limpopo

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 15, 20210 comments

#de #Klerk #apartheid #Africa #South #Africa #Lesotho

I was saddened by last week’s news of the death of Frederik Willem de Klerk, South Africa’s former president. My sadness was deepened by his video-recorded “last message”, a deathbed apology, “without qualification” for “the pain and the hurt ...

Hope Kivengere finished well

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 25, 20210 comments

#Hope #Kishande #Kivengere #Uganda #Press #secretary #Kigezi #Kabale

Hope Kivengere (August 19, 1949 - October 19, 2021) Eloquent eulogies for Hope Kishande Kivengere, who departed Earth a week ago, have reminded us about who and what she was. She was kind, generous, bright, independent-minded, non-conformist, courageous, patriotic, honest, ...

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 ...

Forward to Independence: Memoirs by Fitz de Souza of Kenya

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of BooksMay 13, 20200 comments

#Ditz #de #Souza #Kenya #Pio #Gama #Pinto #Kenyatta

Fitzval Remedios Santana Neville de Souza was a Kenyan, born in Goa, India, raised in Zanzibar, called to the Bar in London and with a lifetime of outstanding accomplishments, mostly in Kenya. One of the defence lawyers for the Kapenguria Six, including Jomo Kenyatta, ...

Random thoughts about fear in Uganda ahead of 2021

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 9, 20200 comments

#Uganda #Tumukunde #fear #Museveni #Mukula

Sunny morning in Toronto, albeit the chill of late Winter discourages a much-desired stroll along the shores of Lake Ontario, the smallest of the five Great Lakes of North America. We content ourselves with bright rays of sunshine streaming into our house. It is not the real ...

Neither Bride Price nor Dowry – Only Love Reigning Supreme: A letter to my niece and my nephew-in-love on their wedding day

By Bbuye Lya MukangaNovember 25, 20180 comments

#Bride #price #dowery #love #marriage

Pre-script: In recent days, some friends have been having some back and forth among themselves about the marital concepts and practices of BRIDE PRICE and DOWRY. By way of definition, bride price comprises the payment by the groom (via one of or a combination of money, wealth ...