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Stella Nyanzi’s nudity and the hypocrisy of the morality police

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 26, 20160 comments

The nude protest by Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a research fellow at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), in response to the closure of her office by Dr. Mahmood Mamdani, her boss, has triggered an understandable public uproar. Yet she was not the first woman to use her nakedness ...

On the Mamdani-Nyanzi Standoff

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 21, 20160 comments

The events at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) are of great concern to me as an alumnus of the great university. I confess to being possessed of limitless pride in Makerere, both because I am a lucky beneficiary of that university and the memory of people who ...

Ugandans should say no to violence, yes to dialogue

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 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 ...

Museveni-Besigye contest: how I saw it 16 years ago

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 19, 20160 comments

From the Daily Monitor Archives: November 6, 2000 (Background: Dr. Kizza Besigye wrote a landmark critique of the NRM in late 1999. He was threatened with court-martial. He was spared after intervention by elders from Rukungiri. Plans were afoot to arrest him in late 2000. Although ...

State-of-the-art health services an affordable necessity

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 16, 20160 comments

My wife and I spent the whole of January 2012 in Kigezi, falling in love all over again with my homeland and her adopted home in Uganda. Most of our stay was very pleasant, the hospitality a sweet reminder of what we missed most about our country. However, three heartrending ...

MUGISHA MUNTU: A democrat in words and deed

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaAugust 15, 20170 comments

Gregory Mugisha Muntu, the President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), likes to remind his fellow politicians that they cannot give what they don’t have. This is usually said in the context of demands for democracy and transparent leadership that are his party’s raison ...

Uganda's post-election question: "What Next?"

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMarch 31, 20160 comments

In a unanimous ruling read by Chief Justice Bart Katureebe, Uganda's Supreme Court has upheld the declaration by the Electoral Commission that President Yoweri Museveni was re-elected on February 18, 2016. All nine justices of the Supreme Court dismissed a petition by former ...

Rift Valley Fever in Kabale, Kigezi contained

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 15, 20160 comments

Key words and abbreviations: Zoonosis: a disease that normally occurs in animals but can be transmitted to humans. CDC: Centers for Disease Control RVF: Rift Valley Fever RVFV: Rift Valley Fever Virus WHO: World Health Organization A multidisciplinary team, led by Dr. Patrick ...

Health Care Corruption in Uganda: A Matter of Life and Death

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersNovember 20, 20180 comments

As we continue our conversation about the dangerous levels of corruption in Uganda’s health care service, there are two points that need emphasis. First, the majority of Ugandan doctors and other health workers are dedicated, honest professionals. A lot of what I am sharing ...

Why Uganda should scrap tax-payer funded private health care

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersNovember 12, 20180 comments

I understand why patients scramble to get referred to India and other distant lands for healthcare. First, there is a deep distrust of the Uganda health services – even at private hospitals. This, together with a natural tendency to believe that health care abroad is always ...

A surgeon's struggle to serve patients at Uganda's Mulago Hospital - By Dr. William Manyilirah, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon Uganda Heart Institute

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersOctober 29, 20181 comments

Dear colleagues. I don't normally write on this WhatsApp group, but I've been forced to do so. This morning, 26th October, my team and I went to the Main Operating Theatre (OT) of Mulago Hospital Complex to operate on two thoracic cases. The first patient was supposed ...

Why it takes a degree of insanity to be a surgeon at Mulago Hospital

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersOctober 30, 20180 comments

When Dr. Joseph Buwembo, an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, visited Uganda in 2012, his mission was not only to see his relatives and enjoy his homeland, but also to give back to his people. He offered free neurosurgery on a baby that ...

Rajat Neogy: the man behind Transition Magazine

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaOctober 16, 20180 comments

Rajat Neogy (1938-1995) - Photo by Camera Press Rajat Neogy, the founder and first editor of Transition Magazine, who was arrested in Kampala 50 years ago this week, would have turned 80 this year. His personal story has been overshadowed by his remarkable work with ...

Why I am politically homeless in Uganda

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda PoliticsSeptember 24, 20181 comments

Blame my father, my upbringing or my lifelong experiences, but I seem to be irrevocably married to the idea that I have a duty to actively participate in my own governance. No, I do not have to serve in any government to be an active participant in a process that has a direct impact ...

Giving acknowledgement - By Dr. Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaSeptember 24, 20180 comments

Man is a social animal and goes about life making relationships. In doing so, he looks for acceptance, appreciation and acknowledgement. Being acknowledged makes people feel good about themselves and makes them want to do more for themselves and others. The super simple ...

Why I defend Bobi Wine and Bebe Cool’s freedom of choice

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda PoliticsSeptember 3, 20180 comments

At the centre of Uganda’s deepening political crisis is a large freedom deficit and an absence of democracy. The claim that the presence of several registered political parties and the ritual of regular elections every five years is evidence of democracy is an illusion. Ugandan ...