Muniini K. Mulera

When two elephants fight …. a proverb revisited

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 25, 20250 comments

#Elephants #Uganda #Raila #Odina #Ruto #Mibali #Uhuru #Kenyatta

“Ndlovu wawili wakisongana, ziumiazo ni nyika.” When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets hurt. This great proverb, coined by an ancient Gikuyu person, is a truth that few, if any, would dispute. A fight between the powerful invariably hurts those around ...

Genealogy Database of East Africans

By Muniini K. MuleraEast AfricaMay 23, 20163 comments

One of my frustrations is that I do not know much about my ancestry. In the absence of written records, we depend on oral tradition of “documenting” our story. This, of course, is fraught with errors and complete distortions, missing links and a very limited database. For example, ...

Museveni, Besigye - please pull back from the brink

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 18, 20250 comments

#Museveni #Besigye

Message to Museveni and Besigye Please pull back from the brink Small world in which we live, Every crisis in our homeland, Instantly, felt abroad, In our homes, around the globe. Kizza Besigye is in prison, With worrisome poor health, Source ...

Sam Nujoma’s legacy

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 10, 20250 comments

#Nujoma #Namibia

I shed tears of joy when Sam Nujoma took the oath of office as President of independent Namibia on March 21, 1990. My tears were a cathartic response to victory against Apartheid, that criminal policy that had enslaved millions of Southern African people in their homelands ...

Anti-Banyarwanda discrimination is Uganda's national shame

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 4, 20250 comments

#Abanyarwanda #Banyarwanda #Rwanda #Batutsi #Uganda

Abanyarwanda of Uganda are denied their rights of citizenship of their homeland. They are harassed and treated as non-citizens because of their ethnicity. They must prove that they are citizens of Uganda, or else they “go back to where they came from.” I struggle to find ...

Fifty years a Christian, by God’s grace.

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 28, 20251 comments

#Christian #Makerere #Fomum #Nabugabo #Lweza

Photo: St. Francis Chapel, Makerere University, Kampala. (© Muniini K. Mulera) *********************** I was baptized into the Anglican Church at the age of ten, not by my choice but in fulfillment of my parents’ wishes. Upon entering senior secondary school, I was ...

Uyirwoth Saved Budo.

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 14, 20250 comments

#Budo #Uyirwoth #Robinson #Kyanda #Bonnell #Gillard #Uganda

Ismael Joash Kadilo Uyirwoth may not have been well known to most present-day Ugandans. However, Uyirwoth, the ninth headmaster of King’s College, Budo (1975-1979), who died at the age of 82 on January 5, deserves a place of honour among the most impactful post-independence ...

New year, no change, except by God’s grace

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 6, 20250 comments

#Earth #space #Milky #Way #Andromeda #Universe #Humanity

Image: Earth from space. (NASA) Humanity’s artificial calendar has declared a new year. A couple of thousand years and change have passed since the birth of Jesus Christ. A very tiny moment in the grand scheme of things. Celebrated by many people with feasts, fights, ...

Museveni at Kihiihi: squandered opportunity

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 30, 20240 comments

#Kigezi #Kigyezi #Kabaare #Kabale #ICOB #Kihiihi #Museveni

Above: Students' dormitory at Kizinga Technical School, Kabale District Photo by Muniini K. Mulera, March 2, 2023 ***************** Banyakigyezi gathered at Kihiihi In the district of Kanungu On a wet rainy day December, twenty-seventh Of Twenty twenty-four. Many, ...

Christmas memories and the sign of the cross

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 24, 20240 comments

#Christmas #Kihanga #Kabira #Rugarama #Rusorooza #Cross #Keitindani #Tertullian

Photo: The old church building of St. Peter's Cathedral Rugarama, Kabaare on Tuesday December 26, 2017. ************ Christmas Day will be a day of Christian worship in Uganda, followed by consumption of delicious food washed down with beverages that will leave some giddy ...

International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB): the first years

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 23, 20240 comments

#ICOB #Uganda #Kigyezi #Kigezi

By Munini K. Mulera Toronto, Canada December 23, 2024 Like all organizations that are meant to last and be impactful, the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB) was born after a long gestation period (okugir’enda) and labour (ebisha.) ICOB was neither a single ...

ICOB team in Uganda creating a legacy

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 16, 20240 comments

#ICOB #Kakore #Musaasizi #Evelyne #Ninsiima #Kikafunda #Kamusiime #Katongore #Rubanda

Innocent Atuhaire, Kereson Katongore, Evelyn Ninsiima Kikafunda, and Lilian Kamusiime at the Fundraising Dinner, Serena Kampala Hotel, Friday December 13, 2024. (Photo credit: Kigezi Television) *********************** Henry Ariganyira Musaasizi, the Minister of State ...

Syrian strongman flees; Ghanaian democrat concedes

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 10, 20240 comments

#Syria #Bashar #Assad #Syria #Ghana #Namibia #Netumbo #Nandi #NdaitwahMahama #Bawumia

Photo: Statue of Kwame Nkrumah, Accra, Ghana What a week! Two genuinely democratic elections in Africa. A seismic collapse of a decades’ old family dictatorship in the Middle East. Truth be told, the democratic events a source of immense pleasure for me. The third ...

Justus Tindyebwa: the risky life of a complete journalist (Part 2)

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 2, 20240 comments

#Tindyebwa #Shaka #Ssali

Photo: Justus Tindyebwa (left) with Shaka Ssali at the Voice of Kigezi in Kabaare. Photographer: unknown *********************** “Ekodeu saved my job.” These words, spoken to me by Justus Tindyebwa, hint at the high-risk journey that this respected broadcast journalist ...

Memories of factionalism in Kigyezi, trumped by shared values and priorities

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 1, 20240 comments

#Kigezi #Kigyezi #Kahondo

Photo: Road to Kahondo ka Byamarembo, January 22, 2017 The districts of Kabale, Rubanda and Rukiga constitute an area that was known as Bushengyera before the advent of British colonial rule. Whereas bits of Rukiga and Ndorwa were part of the Kingdom of Mpororo, most of Bushengyera ...

The Power of Presence: A Personal Tribute to James Magabo

By Daniel OnyangoFireplace GuestsDecember 1, 20240 comments

Photo: James Tugume Magabo. Unknown photographer. Though, looking back, we did not spend that much time together, James Tugume Magabo, who died in London on Tuesday 19 November 2024, occupies an important place in my life story. Today, I wish to reflect on the ...