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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 ...

Florence Lubega and other pioneers: who will tell their story?

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 3, 20210 comments

Mrs. Florence Alice Lubega, who departed Earth on October 28, just eight days shy of turning 104, may well be the last member of independent Uganda’s first parliament to die. My uncertainty reflects the awfully inadequate documentation of the lives of our immediate post-independence ...

Think twice before baptizing your child Caleb or Mary ​

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 5, 20210 comments

Omugurusi Festo Karwemera, who died thirteen months ago at the age of 95, has been on my mind. Karwemera, the finest researcher, documenter, author and custodian of the language and traditions of Abanyakigyezi, was one of my best lifelong teachers, a source of knowledge and wisdom ...

​ Kabale University scholarship program needs expansion, not condemnation

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 14, 20210 comments

When the Academic Registrar of Kabale University invited applications for the Kabale University Kigezi Region Scholarship, he probably did not expect that it would provoke the ire of some Ugandans. However, that is exactly what it did.    The offending part of the announcement ...

Let Uganda's MPs and medical interns go on strike and we measure their impact

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 16, 20210 comments

President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s fresh directive that a medical intern’s monthly salary should be increased to Sh. 2.5 million is a welcome measure.  Whereas the new salary remains small relative to the critically important role of an intern in health ...

All smiles because of good news from Uganda and South Africa ​

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 9, 20210 comments

Last week was a great one for Africa. The good news from South Africa and Japan put a bounce in one’s step and a smile on one’s face. On July 26, South Africa’s Aspen Holdings, a global pharmaceutical company, announced the release of the first supplies of the Johnson ...

Ugandan MPs need to get to work, as do teachers and nurses.

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 3, 20211 comments

Chris Obore, the Director for Communication and Public Affairs of Parliament, took issue with last week’s letter in which I commented on the greed of Uganda’s parliamentarians. My comments were prompted by the allocation of Sh. 200 million (US$56,000) to each of the country’s ...

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