Muniini K. Mulera

Ugandan MPs self-indulgence not new

By Muniini K. MuleraJuly 27, 20210 comments

Uganda, still in the grip of a second and more dangerous wave of the new coronavirus pandemic, is like a group of malnourished wanderers in the desert. They lie down to rest their exhausted bodies. Their breaths, shallow and barely enough to sustain life, do not register sounds. Their ...

Aggrey Awori was honest about his mischief

By Muniini K. MuleraJuly 13, 20210 comments

#Awori

Even in death, Aggrey Siryoyi Awori was an enigma. Hours after he had died, there was a debate about which side of life he was. A fake post declaring that the news of his death was fake was doing the social media rounds. People’s love affair with forwarding anything and everything ...

Did Louis Armstrong, who died 50 years ago today, visit Uganda?

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

#Jazz #Armstrong #Satchmo

Born in New Orleans on July 4, 1901, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong died in Queens, New York in his sleep on July 6, 1971. He was a giant among the giants of Jazz music. His cornet, trumpet and voice influenced the shape and course of Jazz in a way that very few did. Armstrong’s ...

Uganda at 58 (2): Repudiating Order – Normalising Chaos, Mayhem, and Impunity – How It Happens –

By Bbuye Lya MukangaUgandaJuly 3, 20210 comments

Repudiating Order – Normalising Chaos, Mayhem, and Impunity – How It Happens – (Written soon after 9 October 2021) “The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.” ― William Golding, Lord of the ...

Memories of Edward Disani Nsubuga Wilson (1953-2021)

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 29, 20210 comments

#Edward #Wilson

Another week of widespread sorrow. The novel coronavirus continues its killing spree, inflicting grief on families and friends. One braces oneself for the next report of a dear one’s death. There is hardly an opportunity to mourn before turning one’s attention to the next. ...

A Tale of Two Crimes: of Mayhem and Wanton Theft

By Bbuye Lya MukangaUgandaJune 27, 20210 comments

A Tale of Two Crimes: of Mayhem and Wanton Theft (Written a few days after 9 October 2020) “What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?” ― William Golding, Lord of the Flies THAT SAME OLD FEELING Around this time four years ...

My personal experience with Covid-19 - By Dr. Aggrey Tisa Sabuni

By Muniini K. MuleraSouth Sudan South Sudan Health MattersJune 27, 20210 comments

#Tisa #Sabuni #Covid19

As I share what follows below, I want to thank the Almighty God, who through His Grace, gave me a second chance of life. Possibly to do a few things that I have so far neglected to do and also to share with others what follows below. Putting it in a layman's language, I want ...

Dr. Samuel Kisakye Mutumba was a children’s surgeon with a soft heart

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 21, 20210 comments

#Mutumba #Masiira

The tears do not dry. Many people known to me have died in the last week alone. Families are burying people within days of a previous death of a member. The darkness is oppressive, with no end in sight at the moment. As I write, news just came in that Enid Kazeire, my beloved ...

Manzi Tumubweine was born with a fortune

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 15, 20210 comments

#Manzi #Tumubweine #Kamuheesi #Kamwezi #Kigezi #Kigyezi

Manzi Tumubweine, who died on June 11 at the age of 80, was born with a fortune. No, not the stuff that consumes humanity in an endless, pointlessly vain pursuit of cash and fame. His great fortune was an extraordinary intellect and resilience that shaped and sustained him and his ...

Smokin at The Half Note - Wynton Kelly Trio and Wes Montgomery

Smokin' at The Half Note - Wynton Kelly Trio & Wes Montgomery

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicMay 28, 20210 comments

#Wynton #Kelly #Wes #Montgomery #Half #Note #Jazz

Wynton Kelly Trio Wes Montgomery Label: Verve V/V6-8633 Recorded: June 1965 at the Half-Note, New York City; and September 22, 1965 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. Musicians: Wes Montgomery – Guitar Wynton Kelly – Piano Paul Chambers ...

Memories of Budo linger

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 10, 20210 comments

#Kings #College #Budo #Silvester #Class #3A

Photo: King's College, Budo Class 3A, 1969 with Rev. Hugh Silvester. (Courtesy of Paul Silvester.) Images of an inferno engulfing Grace House at King’s College, Budo sent a chill down my spine. Happily, we lost no human life, and the building will be restored. If ...

Bad rulers, not good journalists, undermine Uganda’s image

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 4, 20210 comments

#Journalism #Uganda

I write this note on May 3. It is World Press Freedom Day 2021. This is a special one, for we celebrate thirty years since the UNESCO Windhoek Declaration for the Development of a Free, Independent and Pluralistic Press. Most countries, including Uganda, embraced ...

Why the Covid-19 pandemic invites us to give thanks to God

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersApril 12, 20210 comments

#covid19 #church #Uganda

Images of family and other community gatherings in Uganda continue to show a very high disregard for basic preventive measures against the spread of Covid-19. A friend in Kampala told me over the weekend that people have pretty much declared the pandemic to be over. He added that ...

Who will tell the story of Ugandan musicians and broadcasters of my youth?

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of MusicMarch 30, 20210 comments

#Uganda #Budo #music #musicians #Rugundana #RutaroKatabaazi #Ndugga #Ssonko #Kawalya #Wamala #Masagazi #Kyakamala #Mugula #Kanyike #Sebaduka

One of my worldly passions is listening to music and learning the story behind the compositions and the performers. The conditions under which the musicians lived; the political conditions at play; the specific events that inspired the compositions; the journeys travelled; and the ...

John Pombe Mugufuli - A tribute and a peek at the claim of Tanzania's Middle Income Country (MIC) Status

By Bbuye Lya MukangaEast AfricaMarch 21, 20210 comments

#Magufuli #Tanzania #Middle #Income #Country

18 March 2021 _____ It is very sad indeed for Tanzania and Africa to lose an energetic, and I believe very well-meaning, son like John Pombe Magufuli. Indeed we should celebrate all the positives about Ndugu John Pombe Magufuli. He was also quite the enigmatic person and leader. ...

Why I am getting the Covid-19 vaccine

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersMarch 8, 20211 comments

#Covid19 #vaccine

I received my first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine last week. The second dose will be administered early next month. This is one of four vaccines that have, so far, been approved by Canada for prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus ...