Muniini K. Mulera

Where do Uganda’s parliamentary candidates get money to buy votes?

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 30, 20250 comments

It is election campaign season in Uganda. Thousands hope to sit in the next parliament. Besides ten army MPs, over 500 will be declared elected as constituency MPs, women representatives, and special interest group representatives. To be among this privileged club is so ...

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 ...

The president, his trusted adversary and a magnificent catastrophe

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 5, 20190 comments

#Museveni #Mbabazi #Uganda #elections #2016

Twenty years from now, my grandchildren will read with deep fascination a spell-binding account of a defining presidential election in which two former close comrades fought each other. They will read that the two men had enjoyed a long partnership leading a heroic struggle ...