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 ...

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 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. ...

Kigyezi: the land and its people

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziOctober 26, 20220 comments

#Kigyezi #Muhabura #Bunyonyi #Kikuba #Mparo #Rukungiri #Kabale #Kisoro #Kanungu #Rukiga #Rubanda

Region: Kigyezi Districts: Kabaare (Kabale), Kaanungu, Gisoro (Kisoro), Rubanda, Rukiga, Rukungiri. Total Area: 5,098 sq. km. Population: 1.7 million people Map of Uganda Mount Muhabura, Bufumbira (Gisoro), Kigyezi (December 26, 2006) ...

Jovia Battaka employed kindness and respect as a tool for teaching

By Muniini K. MuleraJuly 26, 20220 comments

#Battaka #Bataka #Kigezi #Kigyezi

(Photo: A teacher with her former student, July 1999. © Muniini Mulera) Another dark season. Depressing news from Kampala. One of my favourite primary school teachers is dead. Her beautiful smile stilled forever on Saturday July 23. Her wisdom and industry filed ...

Women empowerment good for marital and family stability

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 8, 20221 comments

#Ninsiima #Murembe #Neema #Tudyazayo #Natukunda #women #empowerment #Kigezi #Kigyezi

Roundtable: Left to right: Evelyne Ninsiima, Clezanta Natukunda, Francine Tudyazayo, Clementia Murembe Neema & Prossy Nyeitera (host, Voice of Kigezi 89.5 FM) A changing climate and environmental degradation are, to a large extent, a result of human ignorance, ...

Kigezi High School@100: celebrate forgotten founders and builders

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyezi Kigyezi EducationMarch 2, 20220 comments

#KHS #Kigezi #Kigyezi

Kigezi High School turned 100 this month. The centenary celebrations are honouring the famous people whose journeys passed through that school. Those alive today, and especially the politicians, dominate the names celebrated in speech, in writing and, perhaps, in song. Wealthy businesspersons ...

Mutebile was a worthy successor to Kigyezi’s selfless leaders

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 1, 20220 comments

#Mutebile #Tumusiime #Ruhakana #Rugunda #Kabale #Kabaare #Kigezi #Kigyezi #Uganda

Photo: (Front left) Lawrence Kiondo, Kigyezi District Education Officer; John Bikangaga, Rutakirwa Engage ya Kigyezi (second right); Rev. Abraham Zaaribugire (with clerical collar), Ishmael Bamwangiraki, Headmaster (centre, sunglasses); and other leaders at Karukaata ...