Muniini K. Mulera

Memories of Edward Disani Nsubuga Wilson (1953-2021)

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 29, 20210 comments

Another week of widespread sorrow. The novel coronavirus continues its killing spree, inflicting grief on families and friends. One braces oneself for the next report of a dear one’s death. There is hardly an opportunity to mourn before turning one’s attention to the next. ...

Manzi Tumubweine was born with a fortune

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 15, 20210 comments

Manzi Tumubweine, who died on June 11 at the age of 80, was born with a fortune. No, not the stuff that consumes humanity in an endless, pointlessly vain pursuit of cash and fame. His great fortune was an extraordinary intellect and resilience that shaped and sustained him and his ...

Bad rulers, not good journalists, undermine Uganda’s image

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 4, 20210 comments

I write this note on May 3. It is World Press Freedom Day 2021. This is a special one, for we celebrate thirty years since the UNESCO Windhoek Declaration for the Development of a Free, Independent and Pluralistic Press. Most countries, including Uganda, embraced ...

Listen to the other side in Uganda's national conversation

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 1, 20210 comments

One reader of my letter last week posted his reaction on a WhatsApp discussion forum that, in my view, encapsulated a major cause of Uganda’s failed marriage. The gentleman wrote that he had been struck by my statement explaining one reason why some people ...

Who is the best choice to succeed Yoweri Museveni?

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 11, 20210 comments

The charade of this week’s so-called election, whose official result we already know, should not distract us from one obvious reality. At 77, Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni will soon yield to biology and a need for long-deserved retirement. As usual, the ruling regime ...

Is Uganda marching towards inevitable turning point?

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 8, 20200 comments

Some random thoughts, in no particular sequence, as I reflect on my homeland. I claim no authority. Mine are just interpretations of a seasoned witness to the drama of politics in autocracies and dictatorships that have come and gone over the last fifty-five years. Print ...

DIEGO MARADONA, AMERICA, AND UGANDA, AND THE HUNGER FOR HUMAN GOODNESS

By Bbuye Lya MukangaDecember 3, 20200 comments

30 November 2020 Bbuye lya Mukanga The recent demise of one of the most spoken-about legends of The Beautiful Game, the saga of the latest Presidential Elections in the USA, the extrajudicial killings of innocent Ugandans. …. Three topical events that leave ...

Academic qualifications not a measure of leadership ability

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 1, 20200 comments

I rolled with laughter when I read a report in the Daily Monitor last week in which a ruling party politician was quoted as having declared: "Someone with a diploma in Music Dance and Drama wants to lead this country called Uganda. This is not a theater." I immediately ...

Choice before Ugandans is not Bobi Wine or Muntu versus Museveni

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 24, 20200 comments

I had decided to stay clear of all comment on the latest pretence of “democratic competition” for Uganda’s presidency. Whereas we have new faces in the cast of those who are challenging Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni, the incumbent president, the script is unchanged. ...

Covid-19 brings opportunities for positive change, even progress

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 5, 20200 comments

Out of adversity comes innovation. The ugliest experiences offer opportunities for positive change and progress. Even Covid-19 – painful, debilitating, bringer of death – is forcing changes with potential advantages. When the virus reached these shores ...

Posta Uganda reclaims my faith in their services

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 20, 20200 comments

I received two paper documents from Uganda last week. The beautiful multiple stamps on each khaki envelope, featuring some of Uganda’s wildlife, and the hand-written sender’s and receiver’s names and addresses triggered warm feelings and smiles as I walked out of ...

Trump, Kenyatta and the autocrats’ invincibility

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 5, 20200 comments

If he had had his way, Donald J. Trump would have concealed the news of his Covid-19. However, his leaky White House having informed a journalist that Hope Hicks, one of his closest aides, had tested positive for the disease, Trump quickly announced his own diagnosis to the world ...

Makerere fire and the nakedness of the pot calling the kettle black

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 22, 20200 comments

Naked. That is the depressing image in my mind as I think of Makerere University Main Hall, desecrated by a force that torched the magnificent 79-year-old building this past weekend, leaving it physically headless and its innards gutted. In a matter of hours, the iconic building was ...

Kampala on fire! - from the archives

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 21, 20200 comments

Here is a letter I wrote to my Kampala Friend 4 years ago: 10 MAY 2016 The Monitor (Kampala) OPINION By Muniini K. Mulera Dear Tingasiga, Quick! Stop reading now. Put the paper down. Look out the window. There is a huge fire burning in the ...

NRM Salections, not elections, and the arrogance of power

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 8, 20200 comments

First things first. Uganda’s National Resistance Movement has completed its decades-long metamorphosis into a National Resistance Market (NRM). The ruler’s subjects have votes for sale. Candidates present themselves for a pretend election. Loaded with plenty of cash, ...

Transformative leadership needs upright citizens

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 11, 20200 comments

There is understandable cynicism among the educated elite about party politics in Uganda. Many people, having long lost confidence in President Yoweri K. Museveni and his regime, desire change of government and direction. However, they dismiss the political opposition as ...

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