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Shortcut journalism and Akorimo Kanuti’s fiction about Uganda’s Independence

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda HistoryOctober 14, 20190 comments

The New Vision, a Kampala English daily newspaper, carried a story on October 8, recycling claims by Maj. Akorimo Kanuti, a retired Uganda Army officer, about his roles at Independence 57 years ago.   These claims have been recycled over the years by New Vision, Daily Monitor ...

Maj. Augustine Karugaba and Obote’s most consequential decision

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda HistoryOctober 7, 20190 comments

There once lived a man called Karugaba ka Baatoora ba Rubango, better known as Major Augustine ‘Gus’ Karugaba. In my opinion, his story was one of the most consequential in Uganda’s journey from a British colony of promise to a blood-stained sovereign state where ...

Uganda@57: Change political leadership and culture

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda PoliticsOctober 1, 20190 comments

Independent Uganda turns 57 next week. As usual, I have been scouring the newspaper reports from the critical period of 1961-1963. A news report by the Chicago Daily News Service, filed from Nairobi on March 15, 1962 caught my eye. Under the headline “Politics Is The Tail ...

Banyakigyezi Convention in the USA to promote Ugandan Tourism

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda TourismMay 21, 20190 comments

 The International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB) will gather in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA on August 1, 2019 for their Seventeenth Annual Convention. This year’s theme, “Innovation-Driven Tourism” will build on the ideas and strategies that were generated ...

Clans and totems of Banyankore (Enganda n'Emiziro y'Abanyankore)

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJanuary 2, 20190 comments

The Banyankore are grouped into at least 131 clans (enganda). However, these clans are grouped according to 4 (four) common roots (ebibunu or ebisintsi bina). These roots are: Abahinda (16 clans) Abagahe (43 clans) Abashambo (56 clans) Abaishikatwa (16 clans) Whereas ...

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 have resigned from the Forum for Democratic Change

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaAugust 14, 20180 comments

I have been greatly honoured to be an active member of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) since its inception thirteen years ago. During part of that period, I have served as a member of the National Executive Committee, the National Council, the National Delegates Conference ...

Kigezi Education Fund: update 2018

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaAugust 10, 20180 comments

The Kigezi Education Fund (KEF) is the flagship program of the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB). A key instrument for implementing ICOB’s mission, KEF supports vocational and technical training of young Banyakigyezi, especially graduates of primary and secondary ...

Tei Tei and the Ugandan Diaspora’s role in national development

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaAugust 7, 20180 comments

One of the most enduring lessons I learnt in medical school was about the death of an African migrant worker in England. His name was Tei Tei, a Nigerian whose death more than 60 years ago was masterfully recorded by Professor Cedric Keith Simpson in “Forensic Medicine,” his ...

Politics of the royal spit and spear in the Kingdom of Nkore/Ankole

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJuly 24, 20180 comments

The power contest between Abahima and Abairu elite of Ankole is as exasperating as it is fascinating. The history of their monarchy (Obugabe) is a subject that rarely lends itself to a dialectical consideration without igniting combustible emotions. It is little wonder that, ...

Kigyezi, Canada: Beautiful

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJuly 11, 20180 comments

Two scenes. Two continents. Strong similar emotion. Beautiful. What a world we live in!   Mutagamba- at the border of Kabaare and Rukiga Districts. February 2018.     Near Whistler, British Columbia. July 2018.

Canadian reminder of Kigezi’s unexploited tourism potential

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJuly 10, 20180 comments

A week after the gathering of Banyakigyezi in Vancouver, British Columbia, my wife and I, together with our two very close friends, are continuing our tour of parts of this beautiful province of Canada.  The gorgeous snow-capped rocky mountains; the many rivers with crystal ...

Electronic number plates a gift to Uganda police weevils and their criminal accomplices

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJune 26, 20180 comments

Be afraid. Not afraid of the gunmen and iron bar hitmen and kidnappers, but of some of the measures that the president announced last week as his offering for solving violent crime that has claimed the lives of prominent Ugandans. Of the president’s Ten-Point Program for Checking ...

Ugandan Diaspora do more than post brave stuff on social media

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJune 19, 20180 comments

Kampala, Uganda at night Two days ago, Joachim Buwembo, a distinguished Ugandan journalist posted a provocative and stimulating paragraph on his Facebook wall that generated vigorous debate. Buwembo, who has served as editor of this and other East African newspapers, wrote: ...

Voting wisely requires genuine freedom of choice

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJune 12, 20180 comments

Ontario went to the polls last Thursday. A new parliament was elected, with it a new premier of the province. The days of campaigning were the usual non-news that one is accustomed to in these parts. Not much noise. No threats by the ruler to arrest his opponents. Just politicians ...

Importing Cuban doctors to Uganda an excellent measure

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMay 14, 20180 comments

It is good that the Government is planning to import Cuban doctors to serve Ugandan patients. Partisan politics and reasonable demands by Ugandan physicians for better pay should not cloud the wisdom of sourcing doctors from any country that is willing to help ease Uganda’s critical ...

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