Muniini K. Mulera

US Gun Violence on its way to Uganda?

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 5, 20190 comments

FROM THE ARCHIVES US Gun Violence on its way to Uganda? By Muniini K. Mulera March 6, 2000 Dear Tingasiga: The television screen came alive last week with yet more pictures of armed police officers with body armour, crouching behind trees and motor vehicles, ...

The president, his trusted adversary and a magnificent catastrophe

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 5, 20190 comments

#Museveni #Mbabazi #Uganda #elections #2016

Twenty years from now, my grandchildren will read with deep fascination a spell-binding account of a defining presidential election in which two former close comrades fought each other. They will read that the two men had enjoyed a long partnership leading a heroic struggle ...

Do not kneel before me, I am only a man myself

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 24, 20180 comments

#Christmas #Uganda #Christianity #Poverty #in #Uganda

Today, Christmas Day, church sanctuaries across the land will be full of worshippers, gathered together to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The clergy will be seated at the altars or other distinct places of honour. Front pews will be reserved for what the world calls VIPs ...

Virtues of political colour blindness

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 17, 20180 comments

#Uganda #NRM #Political #colour

The first time I had an opportunity to choose my own clothes was in 1966 when my mother took me to Bachu’s, our favourite clothier’s shop Omugabahindi (in the Indian section) in Kabale Town. I chose a red T-shirt that had clearly been made with me in mind. It was the beginning ...

Uganda’s deep-seated culture of recklessness needs Rwandan-style treatment

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 3, 20180 comments

#Uganda #Road #Traffic #Accident

The latest major disaster on Lake Nalubaale continues to evoke incredulity among many Ugandans. How does one make sense of the recklessness that claimed the lives of dozens and created hundreds of orphans? Survivors’ stories and the Uganda Government’s investigations ...

Lake drownings in Nalubaale: a collision of human folly and physics

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 26, 20180 comments

#Nnalubaale #drowning #Lake #Victoria #Uganda

Sadness. Anger. Fury. Pity. Disillusionment. Helplessness. These and other emotions have been pummeling me since I received the news of the premature and preventable deaths of almost three dozen Ugandans that drowned in Lake Nalubaale (Victoria) over the weekend. It goes ...

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

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

#Corruption #Uganda #Health #care #corruption #Uganda #hospitals #Uganda #doctors

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

#Uganda #Healthcare #Uganda #Hospital #Uganda

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 ...

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

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

#Mulago #Manyilirah #Buwembo #Uganda #Health #care #Uganda

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 ...

Memories of an eyewitness at Kololo on Uganda's Independence Day 1962 - By Dr. Bbuye Lya Mukanga

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 8, 20180 comments

#Uganda #independence

My recollection of Uganda’s Independence Day isshrouded in memories, fuzzy as they are, of some of the events and people leading up to the day. My paternal grandmother, Ludiya Nabizizi, was the sister of Semei Lwakilenzi Kakungulu. She was also the Princess Royal (Nalinya) ...

Myth and mystery about the Ugandan Flag on Independence Day

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 8, 20180 comments

#Uganda #flag #independence #uganda #flag #Karugaba #Kinuti #Ibingira #Akorimo #Kanuti

In historical terms, Uganda’s independence from Britain is a recent event. However, the published myths, legends, contested claims and dark holes in the story of Tuesday, October 9, 1962 have already muddied the historical record. This is especially so on the internet, ...

Muntu exit from FDC good for all except Museveni

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 2, 20180 comments

#Muntu #FDC #Uganda

The decision by Mugisha Muntu and a number of senior party leaders to quit the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Uganda’s largest opposition party, has been greeted with vitriolic reaction from some members of that party. A disinformation campaign has been re-launched ...

Alice Asianut Alaso on the Value System of the new political formation in Uganda

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 27, 20180 comments

#Alaso #Asianut #Political #value #system #Uganda

OUR VALUE SYSTEM By Alice Asianut Alaso While the new formation is going to consult widely and discuss deeply with Ugandans regarding our policy positions on various issues, there are a set of core values, beliefs and principles that we already share on certain topics. ...

Mugisha Muntu on a new political formation in Uganda

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 27, 20180 comments

#Muntu #Uganda #political #formation

Fellow Ugandans, Two days ago, several FDC members and I announced our decision to leave the party. This decision was reached after an extensive consultation process that saw us interact with citizens from across all sub-regions of the country. While the reasons for our departure ...

A cabinet minister’s false claims and Uganda's tragedy

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 10, 20180 comments

#Uganda #lawyer #advocate #Maganda

My heart goes out to the families of Muhammad Kirumira and Resty Mbabazi Nalinnya who were assassinated together on Saturday night. Two very young people killed by those who have absolutely no regard for human life except their own. The Ugandan community at home and abroad is ...

Bobi Wine and Francis Zaake "beaten, not tortured" Really?

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 8, 20180 comments

#Torture #Boni #Wine #Francis #Zaake #Uganda

Mr. Julius Wandera Maganda, Uganda’s Minister of State for East African Affairs (photo above), is reported to have said that MPs Robert “Bobi Wine” Kyagulanyi and Francis Zaake, were not tortured. “I think torture is a process,” he told a conference ...