Muniini K. Mulera

Shaka Ssali: The Kabaare Kid who made good very good (Part 2)

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 8, 20252 comments

#Shaka #Ssali #Mushakamba #Kabaare #Kabale #Albaby #UCLA #Suruma #Kakumba #Lutaakome #Kayiira #Korvin #Butobere #Kigezi #Kigyezi #Wamala

Photo: University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) campus Once he had slept off the jetlag after arriving in New York City on July 4, 1976, Mike Ssali found people who were willing to believe in him. Besides Dr. Ezra Suruma, an early contact was Frederick W. Kakumba, a Ugandan ...

Museveni at Kihiihi: squandered opportunity

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 30, 20241 comments

#Kigezi #Kigyezi #Kabaare #Kabale #ICOB #Kihiihi #Museveni

Above: Students' dormitory at Kizinga Technical School, Kabale District Photo by Muniini K. Mulera, March 2, 2023 ***************** Banyakigyezi gathered at Kihiihi In the district of Kanungu On a wet rainy day December, twenty-seventh Of Twenty twenty-four. Many, ...

Shaka Ssali: the Kabaare Kid who made good very good (Part 1)

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 1, 20255 comments

#Shaka #Ssali #Igabiro #Abatimbo #Kigyezi #Kabale #Kabaare #Kigezi #Turyagyenda #Mushakamba #Butobere #Wamala #Masulita #Buganda

Photo: Kikungiri Primary School graduates who joined Junior 1 (Grade 7) at Kigezi High School in January 1962. Front: L to R - Geoffrey Dutki (forester), Kagambirwe (cobbler), Shaka Ssali (journalist). Back: L to R - Francis Tusingwire (veterinary doctor), Alfred Nyesigire (teacher), ...

International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB): the first years

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 23, 20240 comments

#ICOB #Uganda #Kigyezi #Kigezi

By Munini K. Mulera Toronto, Canada December 23, 2024 Like all organizations that are meant to last and be impactful, the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB) was born after a long gestation period (okugir’enda) and labour (ebisha.) ICOB was neither a single ...

Memories of factionalism in Kigyezi, trumped by shared values and priorities

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 1, 20240 comments

#Kigezi #Kigyezi #Kahondo

Photo: Road to Kahondo ka Byamarembo, January 22, 2017 The districts of Kabale, Rubanda and Rukiga constitute an area that was known as Bushengyera before the advent of British colonial rule. Whereas bits of Rukiga and Ndorwa were part of the Kingdom of Mpororo, most of Bushengyera ...

Museveni should halt Kigyezi wetlands evictions

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 24, 20240 comments

#Wetlands #Swamps #Kigezi #Kigyezi #Museveni #Uganda #Kiruruma

Photo: Remnant of the swamp at Maziba Hydroelectric Falls, Ndorwa, Kigyezi. ********** The presidential directive to evict Ugandan citizens from wetlands is a measure that invites careful reflection and resolution. It invites diehard environmentalists like me to set our emotions ...

Charles Kakira and the sowing of his mustard seed

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 19, 20231 comments

#Kakira #Kabale #Kigezi #Sebikari #Muzahura #reading

There was a very good man in Kabaare of my childhood called Charles Kakira. He was the general manager of Uganda Bookshop, opposite the Uganda Transport Company bus park, which was a magnet that pulled our young minds towards a love of reading without the pressure or fear of failure. The ...

The Bishop’s Diploma

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 28, 20230 comments

#Kigezi #Akanjuna #Bible #Tumusingize

The Bishop’s Diploma would be a good title of a book about the conflict between the church as an organization on the one hand, and Christianity on the other; between formalism on the one hand, and the Spirit-driven movement for which numerous people have been martyred since ...

Topher Twesigye: Ugandan diplomat with a politically incorrect identity

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 14, 20230 comments

#Twesigye #Topher #Budo #Nyakishenyi #Kigezi #Kigyezi #Uganda #Makerere #Ekwaro #Anyang #Nyongo #Mugyenyi #OporiaEkwaro

In many countries, Topher Twesigye would have been a household name, an honoured and celebrated intellectual and leader of his people. In Uganda, most readers of this column probably have no idea who he was. Easily one of the brightest and most patriotic citizens, Twesigye’s ...

Legacy of David John Kanabahita (March 24, 1934 – June 11, 2023)

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 12, 20230 comments

#Kanabahita #Abainika #Kigyezi #Kigezi

School teaching is the most important profession. That you are reading this is evidence of my assertion. As a literate professional, you stand on broad shoulders of those who taught you how to read, write and count. That was a foundation without which all else was impossible, except ...

Educated elite’s shameless exploitation of Museveni’s generosity

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJune 5, 20230 comments

#ICOB #Museveni #Banyakigyezi #Banyakigezi #Kabale #Kalimuzo #Ngorogoza

A friend asked me why Banyakigyezi in Uganda seemed to be unable to form sustainable organizations. He cited the Kigezi National Bank of Commerce, and the ICOB-Uganda Chapter as examples. I did not have a clear answer, except that greed and bad politics ...

Memories of early encounters with English

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMay 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Political and administrative structure of Kigyezi Region

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyezi Kigyezi PoliticsOctober 28, 20220 comments

#Rukiga #Rukungiri #Kanungu #Kisoro #Rubanda #Kabale #Kabaare #Kigezi #Kigyezi

Kigyezi, a colonial construct in 1911, was a single administrative district throughout the colonial period (1911-1962) and the first eighteen years of Uganda's independence (1962). It was then subdivided into two districts in 1974, and then smaller districts in the years that followed. ...

Key events in the history of Kigyezi from 1500 t 1930

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyezi Kigyezi HistoryOctober 27, 20220 comments

#Kigezi #Kigyez #history #Kahondo #Muhumuza #Ntokibiri #Katuregye #Makobore #Miranda #Musinga #Muhoozi #Kahaya

It is believed, with reliable evidence from studies of pollens, that the area now known as Kigyezi had human settlements at least as far back as 2000 years ago. However, there is no reliable information about our ancestors before about 1500 AD. Likewise, the pre-colonial history ...