Muniini K. Mulera

Corruption in Uganda: a marriage of the public’s need and officialdom’s greed

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 21, 20220 comments

Corruption. Inexhaustible subject of conversation and scholarly publications. The heart of darkness that engulfs humanity. The fall of man, described in the Judeo-Christian scripture, was an act of corruption that turned on a fire that still burns hot in every corner of Planet Earth. ...

Opportunities and challenges for the new Bishop of Kigezi Diocese

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 30, 20220 comments

The Right Reverend George Bagamuhunda, who has retired from the office of Bishop of Kigezi Diocese, has earned a reputation for promoting income generating and job creating economic development, expansion of diocesan material assets, reconciliation and peace building, and acceleration ...

Sri Lanka’s corrupt dynastic politics and national ruin

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 24, 20220 comments

Sri Lanka, once a land of promise, is now in ruinous self-immolation. Its most powerful ruler, Mahinda Rajapaksa, a close friend of Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni Tibuhaburwa, is discredited by the very people whose adoration once fueled his visions of deity. Like Uganda, ...

On peaceful resistance and why I speak the truth to Museveni

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 9, 20220 comments

An online newspaper published an article about me last Tuesday, in which the author made false allegations that suggested deliberate disinformation or loss of the struggle with the English language. He was reacting to my column of Tuesday May 3 titled “Tibuhaburwa dynasty ...

Eddie Bisamunyu had a romantic attachment to a bygone Uganda

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 5, 20221 comments

Photo: Right to left: Eddie's father, Eli Nathan Bisamunyu (Uganda) and John Malecela (Tanzania). It is more than a month since my dear friend’s sudden death in his home in Kabaare. I remain incredulous that Edward Nobel Bisamunyu, younger than me, and still ...

No, Oulanyah was not poisoned

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 29, 20220 comments

Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah died of a devastating natural disease. He was not poisoned. How do I know? Dr. Opiyo Oloya said so. When Opiyo Oloya speaks, I listen. When he tells me something, I know it is true. When he knows the truth, he speaks with confidence. When ...

Honour Oulanyah by addressing why he died in a distant land

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 22, 20220 comments

The premature death of Jacob L’okori Oulanyah, Uganda’s speaker of parliament, a few days shy of turning 57, has dampened my spirit. Another human being, a fellow citizen, silenced by ruthless death, reminding us of our mortality. Oulanyah’s status in ...

Monique Nkakaire Mugisha: resilience in the face of adversity

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 14, 20220 comments

A beautiful Ugandan was buried in Surrey, Greater Vancouver, Canada this past weekend. The images and sounds from the funeral and burial ceremonies for Monique Mbabazi Nkakaire-Mugisha, who died on March 3, 2022, symbolized, and affirmed her belief in the oneness of humanity. ...

Women empowerment good for marital and family stability

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 8, 20221 comments

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, ...

Gen. Jeje Odongo’s undiplomatic moment

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 21, 20220 comments

Gen. Abubaker Jeje Odongo, Uganda’s minister of foreign affairs, has made international headlines that our country does not need. His undiplomatic behaviour at the Sixth European Union-African Union Summit Meeting in Brussels, Belgium on February 17-18, was a self-inflicted ...

Is Museveni’s life more important than that of a peasant farmer?

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 14, 20220 comments

Uganda Parliament Speaker Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah’s reported evacuation to Seattle, USA for medical treatment has triggered a predictable backlash. The reported payment of $500,000 to Uganda Airlines to fly him to America has been the focus of the angry reaction from a ...

Bishop James Ssebagala wrong about pregnant schoolgirls

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 18, 20220 comments

“Block pregnant girls from attending school, bishop tells teachers.” This headline, in the Daily Monitor of Monday January 10, 2022, was quite startling. Anglican Bishop James Ssebagala of Mukono was reported to have declared war against pregnant and breastfeeding ...

Paradox of the non-believer celebrating Christmas

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 28, 20210 comments

My friend Rwangabo rwa Rutaregama sent me a beautiful electronic card from Uganda with the following words: “May this festive period fill your lives and hearts with light, love and a new hope. Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year 2022.” Greatly touched and ...

Beti Kamya destined for disillusionment in anti-corruption fight

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 14, 20210 comments

Let us talk corruption, but first things first. I readily acknowledge that corruption is a universal phenomenon. It is not unique to Uganda. Transparency International told us earlier this year that multinational companies based in “clean” or seemingly corruption-free ...

Good things happening with driver licensing in Mbarara

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 7, 20210 comments

Last week, two of my friends from Kabale visited Mbarara to renew their drivers’ licences. (The correct names of these towns are Kabaare and Mburara, but I must obey the rules of this newspaper which adheres to corrupted African place names.) Their separate experiences with ...

Kampala bombing: my nephew’s very close call

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 16, 20210 comments

Images and reports of perfectly innocent people killed or injured in the suicide bombing in Kampala today ignited emotions of anger, helplessness, and renewed incredulity at humanity’s self-destructive nature. My anger turned to transient paralysis when I learnt that my nephew ...

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