Muniini K. Mulera

Buganda, Museveni and charges of sectarianism

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 26, 20210 comments

#Buganda #Baganda #Uganda #Museveni #Kyagulanyi #Bobi #Wine #sectarianism

The fraud during this month’s voting ritual in Uganda exceeded my expectations. I knew the numbers would be faked, but I underestimated the boldness with which it would be done. Luckily, not even the internet shutdown stopped brave compatriots from recording the ...

Who is the best choice to succeed Yoweri Museveni?

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 11, 20210 comments

#Mugisha #Muntu #Aliance #ANT #Museveni #Uganda

The charade of this week’s so-called election, whose official result we already know, should not distract us from one obvious reality. At 77, Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni will soon yield to biology and a need for long-deserved retirement. As usual, the ruling regime ...

Kenny Dorham – trumpet master

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicJanuary 6, 20210 comments

#Kenny #Dorham #Jazz #Hard #Bop

Kenny Dorham – trumpet master Born August 30, 1924 in Fairfield, Texas Died December 5, 1972 in New York, New York One of the great trumpet masters and composers of Bebop/Hard Bop. His recordings on the Blue Note label stand shoulder to shoulder with those of better celebrated ...

Kanshoga, woman of courage and grace

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 15, 20201 comments

#Kanshoga

Photo: Gwengrine (Gwendolyn) Kanshoga, 1932-2020 Photo credit: unknown This beautiful lady who died on Sunday December 13, 2020 was my wife's paternal aunt and Godmother. A very beautiful soul with a story of valour and graceful endurance that is familiar to mothers all over ...

Accelerating nightmare in our midst

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 22, 20200 comments

#Nabeta #Mulenga #Nyakayumbu #Mutahakana #Bunyenyezi #Mpwereirwe #Rukeijakare #death #Kahondo #Abakonjo #Covid19

Photo: Rukeijakare rwa Kakitaahi (1946-2020) The news from home has been especially dark in recent weeks. Not that death is new or unique to our motherland. However, the deaths of people with whom one has shared life on one’s Earthly sojourn hits a soft spot with devastating ...

International Community of Banyakigyezi welcomes all presidential candidates to Kigyezi.

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziDecember 15, 20200 comments

#Kigezi #Kigyezi #ICOB

A flyer welcoming a particular presidential candidate to Kigyezi was posted on some social media platforms last week. This flyer, complete with the image and party colours of that candidate, was created by a person or persons in Uganda purportedly writing in the name of the ...

Is Uganda marching towards inevitable turning point?

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 8, 20200 comments

#Uganda #Museveni #Kyagulanyi #Tumwine #Obote #Ibingira #Kakonge #Rugunda #Otunnu #Mbabazi

Some random thoughts, in no particular sequence, as I reflect on my homeland. I claim no authority. Mine are just interpretations of a seasoned witness to the drama of politics in autocracies and dictatorships that have come and gone over the last fifty-five years. Print ...

DIEGO MARADONA, AMERICA, AND UGANDA, AND THE HUNGER FOR HUMAN GOODNESS

By Bbuye Lya MukangaDecember 3, 20200 comments

30 November 2020 Bbuye lya Mukanga The recent demise of one of the most spoken-about legends of The Beautiful Game, the saga of the latest Presidential Elections in the USA, the extrajudicial killings of innocent Ugandans. …. Three topical events that leave ...

Academic qualifications not a measure of leadership ability

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 1, 20200 comments

#Kyagulanyi #Bobi #Wine #Mukula #Uganda #leadership

I rolled with laughter when I read a report in the Daily Monitor last week in which a ruling party politician was quoted as having declared: "Someone with a diploma in Music Dance and Drama wants to lead this country called Uganda. This is not a theater." I immediately ...

Choice before Ugandans is not Bobi Wine or Muntu versus Museveni

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 24, 20200 comments

#Uganda #Museveni #NRM #Obote #Okello #Amin #Muntu #Bobi #Wine #Kyagulanyi

I had decided to stay clear of all comment on the latest pretence of “democratic competition” for Uganda’s presidency. Whereas we have new faces in the cast of those who are challenging Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni, the incumbent president, the script is unchanged. ...

Covid-19, presidential campaigns and a mutual dance of death

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 17, 20200 comments

#COVID #19 #Kyagulanyi #Museveni #Bobby #Wine #Uganda

The most dangerous phase of the new Coronavirus pandemic is upon us. The initial fear of the killer virus has given way to familiarity. Fatigue with preventive measures has triggered reckless longing for pre-pandemic socialization. The human mind quickly adapts to danger and ...

Thank you, Mr. Trump

By Muniini K. MuleraUSANovember 9, 20200 comments

#Trump #Biden #USA

Notwithstanding the damage that Donald John Trump has done to the United States in just four years, he deserves our gratitude for exposing some truths that had been buried underneath the veneer of a progressive nation that President Ronald Reagan had hoped would become “a shining ...

Covid-19 brings opportunities for positive change, even progress

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 5, 20200 comments

#Covid19 #Kigezi #Kigyezi #ICOB #Abanyakigezi

Out of adversity comes innovation. The ugliest experiences offer opportunities for positive change and progress. Even Covid-19 – painful, debilitating, bringer of death – is forcing changes with potential advantages. When the virus reached these shores ...

Franco, Mobutu and the folly of power

By Muniini K. MuleraEast AfricaOctober 26, 20200 comments

#Franco #Luambo #Lwanzo #Makiadi #Congo #Zaire #power

Franco. A single word that needs no elaboration. In the Africa of my youth and young adulthood, Franco was the name of only one man. Mention of the name ignited the stored sounds of his music in one’s brain, and visions of the towering figure that he was. It still does for me. I ...

Posta Uganda reclaims my faith in their services

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 20, 20200 comments

#Posta #Uganda #East #African #Post #Telecommunications #Corporation #EAPTC

I received two paper documents from Uganda last week. The beautiful multiple stamps on each khaki envelope, featuring some of Uganda’s wildlife, and the hand-written sender’s and receiver’s names and addresses triggered warm feelings and smiles as I walked out of ...

Trump, Kenyatta and the autocrats’ invincibility

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 5, 20200 comments

#Trump #Stalin #Kennedy #Brezhnev #Kenyatta #Njonjo #Nkurunziza #YArdua #Bongo #Mao #Zedong

If he had had his way, Donald J. Trump would have concealed the news of his Covid-19. However, his leaky White House having informed a journalist that Hope Hicks, one of his closest aides, had tested positive for the disease, Trump quickly announced his own diagnosis to the world ...