Rukiga District: brief facts and figuresBy Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziOctober 27, 20223 comments#Rukiga #Mparo #Muhanga #Bukinda #Kamuheesi #Kamwezi #Kashambya #Rwamucuucu District: Rukiga Total Area: 426.3 sq. km. Population: 106,000 people (2021) Males: 51,300 (2021) Females: 54,700 (2021) Male: Female ratio: 0.94:1 Population density: 249/sq. km. Geography: Rukiga is a mountainous boot-shaped wedge in South West Uganda, ...
Banyarukiga, there is power in unityBy Muniini K. MuleraKigyezi Kigyezi PoliticsOctober 30, 20220 comments#Rukiga #Mparo #Muhanga #Bukinda #Kamuheesi #Kamwezi #Kashambya #Rwamucuucu The advent of Rukiga’s transformation into a district filled me with hope for positive change. I was born in Kabaare, Kigyezi, to a Munyakabaare mother and a Munyakahondo father who went to Mparo to work in 1954. There they settled and we became dual citizens of Ndorwa and Rukiga ...
Kigyezi: the land and its peopleBy 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) ...
Christopher Gamparo gave back to his peopleBy Muniini K. MuleraJune 27, 20220 comments#Gamparo #Mparo #Kilembe Christopher Bernard Gamparo 1939-2022 (Photo © Amoni Gamparo) His name announced his address. His smile complimented a gentle demeanor. His intellect enriched by experience. His industry sharpened by danger and fortune. Christopher Bernard Gamparo, who died at the age ...
Mother-baby death in Mparo and our national prioritiesBy Muniini K. MuleraJune 13, 20221 comments#Musaasizi #Musasizi #Mparo #Maternal #mortality #Uganda Diana & Xavier Musaasizi in happier days. (Photo courtesy of Xavier Musaasizi) A healthy 30-year-old woman was admitted to Mparo Health Centre in Rukiga District on Monday June 6 to deliver her second child. Artificial induction of labour was started that night. ...
Happy stories of self-reliance and community empowerment in UgandaBy Muniini K. MuleraMarch 27, 20190 comments#Kigezi #Mparo #Kahondo #Community #development Ugandan politicians are readying themselves for another orgy of vote-buying. As usual, the next election season will witness enhanced cash infusions to individuals, churches, youth, women, elders’ organizations and other vote-rich groups. The people will gladly ...
In memory of our primary school teachers who nourished silk-cotton treesBy Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 14, 20191 comments#Primary #education #Mparo #Kihanga (Photo: Kihanga Boys Primary School P1-P3 classrooms. My first classroom is on the left. Still standing. Unchanged. Photo by Muniini K. Mulera) It is exactly sixty years since I “fluked” my way into school, for I was not supposed to start until 1960. Seeing ...