Muniini K. Mulera

Freedom is the foundation of America’s ingenuity and success

By Muniini K. MuleraUSAOctober 18, 20220 comments

America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, is a great country. Its openness about its character and the happenings that fill the news cycles have often created the impression of a dangerous country that is best avoided. The seemingly worsening incidents of ...

Thank you, Mr. Trump

By Muniini K. MuleraUSANovember 9, 20200 comments

Notwithstanding the damage that Donald John Trump has done to the United States in just four years, he deserves our gratitude for exposing some truths that had been buried underneath the veneer of a progressive nation that President Ronald Reagan had hoped would become “a shining ...

Trump-Biden fight and the 1974 boxing match In Kinshasa

By Muniini K. MuleraUSASeptember 30, 20200 comments

I watched the fight between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. It was nicknamed a debate, presumably because the fighters and their referee were wearing suits. It was a mud fight into which the President of the United States dragged his opponent and their referee. As usual, my ...

Second Fiddle to Joy: A Policy Wonk’s Reflection on Joy Odera’s Letter to America

By Bbuye Lya MukangaUSAMarch 9, 20171 comments

Joy Odera’s recent posting on MULERA’S FIREPLACE , A Letter to the USA from an African– 3 March 2017, makes fascinating reading. It embodies the literary skills and bravado of a master writer at her best. I dare say that I as read Joy’s masterpiece, I saw the ...

A letter to the USA from an African - By Joy Odera

By Muniini K. MuleraUSAMarch 3, 20172 comments

Dear America, I would like to thank you for the gift you dispatched on November 8th, 2016 and we received on January 20th 2017. You shouldn’t have, but you did and we kindly acknowledge receipt. How did you know that this is exactly what we needed at this point ...