Muniini K. Mulera

Kampala on fire! - from the archives

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 21, 20200 comments

Here is a letter I wrote to my Kampala Friend 4 years ago: 10 MAY 2016 The Monitor (Kampala) OPINION By Muniini K. Mulera Dear Tingasiga, Quick! Stop reading now. Put the paper down. Look out the window. There is a huge fire burning in the ...

Kabaare Stadium and some of Uganda’s forgotten heroes

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 14, 20200 comments

Kabaare Stadium, located in the centre of town, is on my mind. For the most part, its perimeter wall, built in 1957, remains strong. However, to one who remembers that stadium as it was in the 1960s, looking at it now assaults one’s visual health and emotions. The ...

NRM Salections, not elections, and the arrogance of power

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 8, 20200 comments

#NRM #Uganda #Museveni #Rukuutana #Rusheenyi #Ntungamo #Sembabule #Nyabushozi #Bukanga

First things first. Uganda’s National Resistance Movement has completed its decades-long metamorphosis into a National Resistance Market (NRM). The ruler’s subjects have votes for sale. Candidates present themselves for a pretend election. Loaded with plenty of cash, ...

Muhabura smiles

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 2, 20200 comments

#Muhabura #Sebahire #Karwemera #Kigyezi #Kigezi #Muganza

Muhabura, The Guide Woke up this morning Shed her clothes bare Bids him welcome home Festo Karwemera To the land of his ancestors. She looks down South And winks at the past Empimbi za Muganza Where his revered ancestors Called home the other day A few ...

Festo Karwemera was among the best of the great generation

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 1, 20200 comments

#Karwemera #Kigezi #Kigyezi #Muranga

Photo: Omugurusi Festo Karwemera on January 8, 2020 Kigyezi, the land of my birth and people, shivers in the darkness of an orphan, bereft of words that adequately express the depth of pain that weighs upon us. Our leader and guide, Omugurusi Festo Karwemera Mwene ...

Covid-19 and Ugandans’ death wish

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaAugust 24, 20200 comments

#Uganda #Coronavirus #Covid19

Death has a way of focusing us on survival. We make the necessary sacrifices. We take precautions. We promise to change our behaviours. We set partisan and other differences aside. It is a life and death fight. So, we attack the new enemy together. That was the case in Uganda. ...

ICOB and education in Kigyezi: a slide show progress report

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziAugust 22, 20200 comments

#ICOB #Kigezi #Kigyezi #KEF #Rukungiri #Kizinga #Nyakatare #Nyarushanje #Kisoro

The Kigezi Education Fund is the flagship project of the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB). This initiative, which was launched in 2004, represents our commitment to empowering the next generation of Banyakigezi. Please click on this link to watch a brief slide show of ...

Festo Karwemera: a productive life, a great legacy

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziAugust 17, 20200 comments

#Karwemera #Kigyezi #Kigezi #Kigezi #High #School

To have a brilliant mind is a blessing. To put that mind to work - teaching students, supervising schools, carrying out extensive research and publishing reference books on your chosen subject – is a priceless legacy. To have that mind in excellent shape in your tenth decade ...

Transformative leadership needs upright citizens

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 11, 20200 comments

#Uganda #Museveni #elections #opposition #Muntu #Besigye #Tumukunde #ANT #Alliance

There is understandable cynicism among the educated elite about party politics in Uganda. Many people, having long lost confidence in President Yoweri K. Museveni and his regime, desire change of government and direction. However, they dismiss the political opposition as ...

Pamela Kanyarutoke Loosfelt and the artist’s marriage of intellect and handiwork

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 3, 20203 comments

#Kanyarutoke #Loosfelt #art #Uganda #Maloba #MugalulaMukiibi #Kibuuka #Sekanwagi #Lumu #Nyanzi

I admire the artist because I am utterly hopeless with a paintbrush. She creates beauty out of nothing, and effortlessly pulls me into her world. He plumbs my emotions without seeking my permission. She tells me a story that changes with every viewing. I love great art ...

Enid Kanyangyeyo (1938-2014) did not know how to fail

By Muniini K. MuleraJuly 22, 20200 comments

#Enid #Kacanda #Kanyangyeyo #Mburara #International #School #Sabiti

Enid Kacanda Kanyangyeyo gave my wife and I a beautiful cow. People from the cattle-keeping nations in Africa will understand what this means. Enid, our very dear friend, has been gone for 6 years today, though it feels much longer than that. She remains a frequent reference ...

Long search for Crispus Mundua, my high school friend and classmate

By Muniini K. MuleraJuly 20, 20201 comments

#Mundua #Budo

On Tuesday June 23 this year, I wrote a brief note to my friend Harold Acemah in Arua, to ask for a favour. Could he, please, find my high school classmate who might be retired in Arua or somewhere in West Nile? I shared my classmate’s approximate age, our years ...

Dr. Jane Aceng falls on her sword as Ugandans live in a post-Covid illusion

By Muniini K. MuleraJuly 13, 20200 comments

#Aceng #COVID19 #Uganda

Photo credit: "Unknown" The new Coronavirus pandemic has entered the most dangerous phase. This is the period of complacency, where human greed, impatience and the desire for the easy way trump the need for maximal defenses against this dangerous virus. Our pleasure-seeking ...

Memories of an afternoon at the Lincoln Cathedral, England

By Muniini K. MuleraJuly 7, 20201 comments

#Lincoln #Cathedral #England #William #Byrd

Four years have passed since my wife and I visited the Lincoln Cathedral in Lincolnshire, England. We were in the very happy company of our dear friend Peace Matsiko whose idea it was that we check out one of old England’s most magnificent jewels. It made a great impression ...

William Byrd: Renaissance master composer of church music

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Classical MusicJuly 6, 20200 comments

#William #Byrd #Ave #Verum #Corpus #Miserere

Born around 1543, Byrd was a devout Roman Catholic who served as resident organist, choirmaster and composer at the Lincoln Cathedral from 1563 to 1572. His prolific musical output during his Lincoln years secured his place as one of the most celebrated Renaissance composers. Even ...

Camille Saint Saens - Piano Concerto No. 5

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Classical MusicJuly 3, 20200 comments

#SaintSaens

Camille Saint Saens (1835-1921) was a French composer, pianist, conductor, mathematician, amateur astronomer, archeology enthusiast, lover of literature and history -- in short a multitalented man whose music is never fails to please me. His large body of work is worth the investment ...