Muniini K. Mulera

Eddie Bisamunyu had a romantic attachment to a bygone Uganda

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 5, 20221 comments

Photo: Right to left: Eddie's father, Eli Nathan Bisamunyu (Uganda) and John Malecela (Tanzania). It is more than a month since my dear friend’s sudden death in his home in Kabaare. I remain incredulous that Edward Nobel Bisamunyu, younger than me, and still ...

Why did Peninnah Kyoheirwe Ngategize die?

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 11, 20220 comments

#Ngategize #pulmonary #embolism #CorSU #ICOB

Photo: Peninnah Ngategize July 27, 1958 - April 5, 2022 When Peninnah Kyoheirwe Ngategize entered CoRSU Rehabilitation Hospital at Kawuku, Kisubi on Sunday April 3, she expected to return home within days of undergoing planned surgery on her knee. Dr. Peter Ngategize, ...

Sublime viola da gamba music of Marin Marais played by Jordi Savall

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Classical MusicApril 3, 20220 comments

#Marin #Marais #Jordi #Savall #Frech #music #Baroque

Marin Marais (1656-1728) was a French composer of music and the supreme master player of the viola da gamba whom history remembers for two key accomplishments: He composed some of the most beautiful music of the Baroque period. He biologically fathered 19 children with Catherine ...

No, Oulanyah was not poisoned

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 29, 20220 comments

#Oulanyah #Lokori #Uganda #Mulago #poisoning #Opiyo #Oloya

Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah died of a devastating natural disease. He was not poisoned. How do I know? Dr. Opiyo Oloya said so. When Opiyo Oloya speaks, I listen. When he tells me something, I know it is true. When he knows the truth, he speaks with confidence. When ...

Honour Oulanyah by addressing why he died in a distant land

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 22, 20220 comments

#Oulanyah #Lokori #Uganda #Mulago

The premature death of Jacob L’okori Oulanyah, Uganda’s speaker of parliament, a few days shy of turning 57, has dampened my spirit. Another human being, a fellow citizen, silenced by ruthless death, reminding us of our mortality. Oulanyah’s status in ...

Mingus Ah Um/Charles Mingus: Indispensable Jazz

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicMarch 19, 20220 comments

#Mingus #Jazz #Bass

MINGUS AH UM/Charles Mingus Columbia CS 8171 Recorded May 5-12, 1959, Columbia 30th Studio, New York City Released October 1959 My copy is a reissue by Classic Records in 1995 - 180 gm Musicians: Charles Mingus – bass, piano Horace Parlan – piano ...

Monique Nkakaire Mugisha: resilience in the face of adversity

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 14, 20220 comments

#Monique #Monica #Nkakaire #Mugisha

A beautiful Ugandan was buried in Surrey, Greater Vancouver, Canada this past weekend. The images and sounds from the funeral and burial ceremonies for Monique Mbabazi Nkakaire-Mugisha, who died on March 3, 2022, symbolized, and affirmed her belief in the oneness of humanity. ...

Women empowerment good for marital and family stability

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 8, 20221 comments

#Ninsiima #Murembe #Neema #Tudyazayo #Natukunda #women #empowerment #Kigezi #Kigyezi

Roundtable: Left to right: Evelyne Ninsiima, Clezanta Natukunda, Francine Tudyazayo, Clementia Murembe Neema & Prossy Nyeitera (host, Voice of Kigezi 89.5 FM) A changing climate and environmental degradation are, to a large extent, a result of human ignorance, ...

Kigezi High School@100: celebrate forgotten founders and builders

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyezi Kigyezi EducationMarch 2, 20220 comments

#KHS #Kigezi #Kigyezi

Kigezi High School turned 100 this month. The centenary celebrations are honouring the famous people whose journeys passed through that school. Those alive today, and especially the politicians, dominate the names celebrated in speech, in writing and, perhaps, in song. Wealthy businesspersons ...

Gen. Jeje Odongo’s undiplomatic moment

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 21, 20220 comments

#Jeje #Odongo #Uganda #Ursula #von #der #Leyen #Macron #EU #AU

Gen. Abubaker Jeje Odongo, Uganda’s minister of foreign affairs, has made international headlines that our country does not need. His undiplomatic behaviour at the Sixth European Union-African Union Summit Meeting in Brussels, Belgium on February 17-18, was a self-inflicted ...

Is Museveni’s life more important than that of a peasant farmer?

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 14, 20220 comments

#Museveni #Oulanyah #Uganda #Mulago

Uganda Parliament Speaker Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah’s reported evacuation to Seattle, USA for medical treatment has triggered a predictable backlash. The reported payment of $500,000 to Uganda Airlines to fly him to America has been the focus of the angry reaction from a ...

Do not be duped by patronage appointments

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 8, 20220 comments

#Patronage #meritocracy #Uganda #Museveni #Besigye #Mateke

One of the great myths that have taken hold in Uganda is that high profile government appointments benefit the communities of the appointees’ origins. People react to the appointment of an ethnic kinsman with joy and declarations that God has remembered them. Religious ...

Mutebile was a worthy successor to Kigyezi’s selfless leaders

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 1, 20220 comments

#Mutebile #Tumusiime #Ruhakana #Rugunda #Kabale #Kabaare #Kigezi #Kigyezi #Uganda

Photo: (Front left) Lawrence Kiondo, Kigyezi District Education Officer; John Bikangaga, Rutakirwa Engage ya Kigyezi (second right); Rev. Abraham Zaaribugire (with clerical collar), Ishmael Bamwangiraki, Headmaster (centre, sunglasses); and other leaders at Karukaata ...

Mr. Enoch Lugimbirwa: now in glory, after a life well lived for Christ

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 25, 20220 comments

#Lugimbirwa #Rugimbirwa #Ruharo

We have lost another wonderful elder, less than three weeks after the death of his wife. Omwami Enoch Lugimbirwa of Ruharo, Mburara died at about 1:30 AM EST on Tuesday January 25, 2022. He was 101 years old. When I last shared time with Mr. Lugimbirwa in ...

Enoch Lugimbirwa: saved to serve.

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMarch 11, 20181 comments

It was a great honour to share time with Mr. Enoch Lugimbirwa in Mburara, Nkore in January this year. A very dear brother in Christ, MR. Lugimbirwa is a refined gentleman whose warm smile and laughter reflect his great love for humanity. Mr. Lugimbirwa, who has lived and served ...

Tumusiime Mutebile was the real deal

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 24, 20220 comments

#Mutebile #Tumusiime #Ruhakana #Rugunda #Kabale #Kabaare #Kigezi #Kigyezi #Uganda

His name was Emmanuel Kirenga Baryabota Tumusiime Mutebile. Some called him The Governor. Others called him Professor. And others called him Doctor. I called him Tumusiime. And he always answered to that name, one I called him when I became pulled into his orbit in 1965 or 1966. Kabaare, ...