Muniini K. Mulera

Congratulations Mr. Kenyatta, but it is not yet Uhuru

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaAugust 14, 20170 comments

Damacline Marube, a Kenyan woman who lives in Nairobi’s Mathare Valley slum, lost her daughter on Friday. The little girl, Stephanie Moraa, nine years old, was felled by a bullet in her chest. Her killer was almost certainly a Kenya Police officer, charged with bringing peace ...

Banyakigyezi meeting in USA about poverty alleviation, not partisan politics

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaAugust 1, 20170 comments

A Munyakigyezi boy in January 2017. Non-partisan Where two or three Banyakigezi gather in the name of their region, questions are raised in some quarters. What are the sons and daughters of the mountains up to? What is their political agenda? On whose side are they? This ...

No contradiction in being political but non-partisan

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaJuly 25, 20170 comments

Can a group or organization be politically active but non-partisan? Is it possible for people who support different political parties to engage in healthy, nonpartisan political discussions? Is it possible to ban partisan content from social media discussion groups while promoting ...

African rulers and their choice of death abroad

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaJuly 18, 20170 comments

Uganda’s current rulers and their associates spend millions of public dollars on their healthcare abroad, complete with comfortable digs for their bajanjabi (attendants) and pocket money for a little shopping before returning home. President Yoweri Museveni puts the ...

Banyakigyezi Convention in Florida USA to strategize on empowering youth and communities

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaJuly 3, 20170 comments

ICOB seeks to give them a secure future To the unaware, a headline in the Daily Monitor of April 27 was alarming. “Banyakigezi global chapter splits,” the headline reported. The reader was then treated to a report about the resignation by Dr. Francis Runumi from the ...

Lift the age limit

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaJune 19, 20170 comments

Uganda’s educated youth are restless. They want to inherit power and responsibility now. Many see anyone above 60 years of age (some say 50 years) to be too old and too tired to be entrusted with what they consider to be “their” future. One understands their restlessness. ...

Reconditioned politicians and democratic feudalism

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaJune 13, 20170 comments

They are back! Yes, Hillary and Joe, as in Clinton and Biden, some of the permanent fixtures in American presidential politics, are back on the campaign trail. Early days, of course, but Hillary – First Lady of the USA, former Senator from New York and presidential candidate ...

Twenty years of writing and murdering the English language

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaMay 30, 20170 comments

It was Charles Onyango-Obbo who invited me to write a weekly column in The Monitor, a Ugandan daily newspaper. He had been a regular reader of my letter to Tingasiga, published in The Ugandan Newsletter, a quarterly pamphlet that had been founded in Toronto in 1988 by, among ...

Post-election ICOB-Uganda crisis resolved

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaMay 17, 20170 comments

ICOB is about her. Unite for her sake. The Uganda Chapter of the International Community of Banyakigyezi (ICOB-UC) was recently in the news, and not for a good reason. ICOB-UC has been embroiled in a crisis that was triggered by a group that challenged the legitimacy of the ...

Accept your fate, for that was your choice

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaApril 6, 20170 comments

FROM THE ARCHIVES Letter to a Kampala Friend July 23, 2001 By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Dr. Kizza Besigye: Like Beethoven, was deeply disappointed by his hero. Dear Tingasiga: Slowly the morning mist begins to lift, leaving bare the naked truth of the barren hills and ...

In praise of Nkuba Kyeyo

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaFebruary 22, 20160 comments

Many Ugandans despise us. We are the Nkuba Kyeyo, a Luganda phrase that literally means: “I am a sweeper”, as in sweeping the streets and other facilities in foreign lands. It is used as a derogatory term for the Ugandan Diaspora, rooted in a culture that despises manual labor. ...

Africa's National Anthems Betrayed

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaFebruary 22, 20160 comments

One of the enduring creations that were bequeathed to us by Africa’s independence leaders was a plethora of glorious national anthems. As each country lowered its colonial flag, the new flag soared towards the blue sky and the uniformed service band struck a new anthem that ...

Caesarean section in Buganda in 1879

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaJune 21, 20160 comments

FROM THE TINGASIGA ARCHIVES: February 1, 1999 Dear Tingasiga: The last palace of Kabaka Mutesa I at Kasubi-Nabulagala, is perhaps the most visible evidence of the grandeur and sophistication of late nineteenth century Buganda. The visitor who beholds the architectural marvels ...

Ugandans should say no to violence, yes to dialogue

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaApril 5, 20160 comments

Letter to a Kampala Friend By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Dear Tingasiga: It has been a while since I wrote. My friends and I have been working on a website that we trust will broaden our dialogue and give voice to many who are unable to be heard through the traditional ...

My first pair of shoes

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaDecember 27, 20160 comments

My wife and I once shared an apartment with a Ugandan friend. Born and raised in Kampala, Nakalema (not her real name) was incredulous when, at a dinner conversation, I casually mentioned that I did not wear shoes in primary school. “Olimba! (You are lying),” she exclaimed. “They ...

The African and the Tall Poppy Syndrome

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaFebruary 24, 20160 comments

African culture is endowed with many positive qualities that one hopes will survive the powerful influence of American culture as it steadily conquers the world. African social interactions, especially our love of neighbour and our respect for the elders, are but a few of these ...

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