Muniini K. Mulera

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 ...

Why I defend Bobi Wine and Bebe Cool’s freedom of choice

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda PoliticsSeptember 3, 20180 comments

#Uganda #freedom #democracy #Kyagulanyi #Bobi #Wine #Bebe #Cool

At the centre of Uganda’s deepening political crisis is a large freedom deficit and an absence of democracy. The claim that the presence of several registered political parties and the ritual of regular elections every five years is evidence of democracy is an illusion. Ugandan ...

Uganda at 55 – Part 2: Missed Opportunities - By Dr. Bbuye Lay Mukanga

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 9, 20170 comments

#Uganda #Constitution #Independence #State #failure #Bbuye

Momentous things have happened in Uganda since Part 1 of my reflections on Uganda at 55 was published. Soon after, the Government moved to introduce a “Private Members Bill” that would remove the less than 75 years old limit on the age of any Presidential candidates. There ...

Uganda at 55: The Spectre of a Stunted Country – Part 1 By Dr. Bbuye lya Mukanga

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 20, 20170 comments

#Uganda #Constitution #Independence #State #failure #Bbuye

A friend of ours was 12 years when she lost both of her parents. She was left as the minder and care-giver to her three younger siblings. During growing up, the youngest sister, then around 5 years old, contracted Japanese B encephalitis, a brain-attacking viral disease that is spread ...

Idi Amin and Donald Trump: Recollections by Neil Bonnell and Interpolations by Bbuye Lya Mukanga

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 14, 20170 comments

#Idi #Amin #Trump #Uganda #Buganda #Obote #Mutesa #Bbuye #Bonnell

Introduction: Neil Bonnell taught at King’s College Budo from 1965 to 1971, and was also House Master of Australia House and Cricket Master. Bbuye lya Mukanga was a student at King’s College Budo from 1966 to 1970. Idi Amin NEIL: I believe that ...

Gorilla tracking is an experience one should have at least once in a lifetime

By SCOVIA KYARISIIMAKigyezi Kigyezi TourismApril 11, 20171 comments

#Gorillas #Kigezi #Uganda #Tourism

Uganda's most pride is tourism. She has been named the fifth top tourism destination in Africa and she deserves it. Among many tourism attractions, Uganda has got the world's most interesting wild animals that are about 90% like humans. These ...