Muniini K. Mulera

ICOB 2023-2026 Leadership Candidates

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 29, 20230 comments

#ICOB #2023 #Nkojo #Bridget #Turyamuhaki #Kyomugisha #Kemigisha #Bucyana #Besigye #Gabulaya #Onyango #Kamusiime #Ninsiima #Kikafunda #Rwanika #Kalungi #Kagimu #Besigye #Sebikari #Rumanyika #Muhaabwa

Date: Monday, May 29, 2023 To: Members of the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB) From: Muniini K. Mulera, President, ICOB Subject: ICOB LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES for 2023-2026 I certify that the Board of Directors ...

Experience at Nakasero Hospital and critical inequalities in the land

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 22, 20230 comments

#Nakasero #hospital #Miiro #Nsubuga #Candiru #Namata #Uganda

Photo: Dr. Marvin Miiro Nsubuga, a specialist in internal medicine in Kampala, Uganda. (© Muniini K. Mulera) ********************** The overwhelming healthcare needs of Uganda’s population can cause as much despondency to health professionals as they do to patients ...

ICOB@20: Banyakigyezi to celebrate coming of age

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 15, 20230 comments

#ICOB #KEF #Nyakatare #Kyamakanda #Muhabura #Nyarushanje #Kizinga

(Photo: Left to right: Mr. Robert Bagumisiriza, Principal, Rukungiri Technical Institute; Ms. Florence Ntambi Mulera, founder-member of ICOB; Muniini K. Mulera, founder-member & current President of ICOB; Dr. Stephen Rwaboona Katashaaya, Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, ...

Katara ka Kajumba: Forgotten soldier who was mentally liberated by the Second World War

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 8, 20230 comments

#Katara #Kahondo #Rukooko #Mununuura #WW2 #WWII #KAR #Byamarembo #Kacururu #Nduhira

Mr. Katara ka Kajumba (1918 - May 8, 2023) A 105-year-old gentleman, who was one of my most beloved teachers and last link to my paternal ancestors, died at his home in Kahondo ka Byamarembo in Southern Kigyezi, Uganda, on the afternoon of Monday May 8, 2023. He is now ...

Memories of early encounters with English

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 1, 20230 comments

#English #Bisamunyu #Kigezi #High #School #Budo

Photo: Main Hall and classrooms, King's College, Budo in April 1996 © Muniini K. Mulera ************** We all make grammatical mistakes in speaking and writing English. I certainly do. I frequently catch myself tongue tied as I struggle to extricate myself from ...

Homosexuality: Ugandan scientific research needed

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 25, 20230 comments

#Homosexuality #Uganda

President Yoweri Museveni respects science and scientists. He often exercises admirable patience before making evidence-based decisions. It is my hope that he will exercise the same patience and insistence on solid evidence before assenting to an amended Anti-Homosexuality Bill. ...

Bishop Akanjuna of Kigezi is well qualified for his ministry

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 17, 20230 comments

#Akanjuna #Bishop #Kigezi #overseer #COU #ChurchofUganda #Paul

Another episode of conflict is brewing in Kigezi Diocese of the Church of Uganda. Through his lawyer, Mr. Nelson Habasa, a member of the Church, wrote to the Provincial Secretary of the Church of Uganda, on March 31, 2023, to demand that a Provincial Tribunal be constituted to hear ...

Homosexuality: a medical doctor’s perspective

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 10, 20230 comments

#homosexuality #LGBTQ #gender #sexuality #Uganda

The conversation about human sexuality, including homosexuality, suffers from oversimplification. One understands the difficulty many people have with calls for sober consideration of this complex subject. I was once in their shoes. My upbringing as an African heterosexual male, and ...

Homosexuality in Africa: A Christian's perspective

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 4, 20231 comments

#Homosexuality #LGBT #Uganda

The Golden Rule: Matthew 7:12 (ESV) ******* I had hesitated to make public comment on homosexuality and Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill because the polarised positions taken, complete with abusive language, may not allow room for sober consideration of this complex subject. However, ...

Clans and totems of Banyankore (Enganda n'Emiziro y'Abanyankore)

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziJanuary 2, 20191 comments

The Banyankore are grouped into at least 131 clans (enganda). However, these clans are grouped according to 4 (four) common roots (ebibunu or ebisintsi bina). These roots are: Abahinda (16 clans) Abagahe (43 clans) Abashambo (56 clans) Abaishikatwa (16 clans) Whereas ...

Budo co-education@90: female leadership the next goal.

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 27, 20230 comments

#Budo #Grace #Aggrey #Fraser #Achimota #Kandy

Photo: Budo Pioneer girls. (Photographer - unknown. 1934) Ninety years ago this year, ten (perhaps twelve) girls were admitted at King’s College, Budo, a 27-year-old school hitherto exclusively dedicated to the education of boys. The girls - Flora Kawalya, ...

For our sobriety, legally ban alcohol promotion

By Talibita MosesUgandaFebruary 22, 20230 comments

Yes, alcohol may not be the only legally recognized substance taking away your sobriety, but the fact that 12.6 million Ugandans continue to drink alcohol and that 110.6M liters were consumed in the year of the study according to Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance, is an issue deserving ...

Address delays of accessing safe childbirth in Uganda to save mothers

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 7, 20230 comments

#MMR #maternal #mortality #morbidity #Uganda

There is a preventable tragedy that hardly engages sustained public interest. The Monitor newspaper, among others, has faithfully reported stories of women who have had bad experiences in labour, some of whom have died. Such news quickly disappears, unless the victim ...

Death in traffic crashes not God’s will

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 9, 20230 comments

#Bus #crash #Kamdini #Uganda #deaths

Photo: After the bus crashed in Kamudini, Oyam, Lango. © The Monitor Reckless drivers continue to take precious lives. News just came in that a speeding driver killed 21 of his passengers, and seriously injured 49 others, when he overturned his bus on Saturday ...

Mugambas killed by a human being, not a motor vehicle

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 3, 20230 comments

#Mugamba #Ulrich #Elli #Tara #Kamurasi #Winyi #Uganda #roads

Extremely horrifying. Suddenly, violently, the Mugambas – Ulrich Kamurasi, and his first cousins Elli Winyi and Tara Byanjeru- killed by a reckless driver on Friday December 30, 2022. Precious lives of beautiful, innocent young adults, very much in the mid-morning of their ...

Memories of a Ugandan Christmas and lessons from a Canadian experience

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaDecember 27, 20220 comments

#Christmas #Rusoorooza #Rushoroza #Rugarama #Kigyezi #Kigezi #Kabale #Kabaare

St. Peter's Cathedral, Rugarama, Kabaare, Kigyezi on December 25, 2019. Photo © Muniini K. Mulera ******************* I trust that you had a blessed Christmas celebration. This was our third Christmas in a row celebrated away from Uganda. The Lord, of course, always delights ...