Muniini K. Mulera

Trump-Biden fight and the 1974 boxing match In Kinshasa

By Muniini K. MuleraUSASeptember 30, 20200 comments

I watched the fight between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. It was nicknamed a debate, presumably because the fighters and their referee were wearing suits. It was a mud fight into which the President of the United States dragged his opponent and their referee. As usual, my ...

Post-Museveni transition should be every Ugandan’s concern

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 29, 20201 comments

#Uganda #Museveni #NRM #Obote #Okello #Amin

Notwithstanding my serious disagreement with much of President Yoweri K. Museveni’s politics, policies and actions, I acknowledge a lot of good that he has done in his 35 years in power. When we look at Museveni’s Uganda and compare it to the Amin-Obote II-Okello ...

Makerere fire and the nakedness of the pot calling the kettle black

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 22, 20200 comments

#Makerere #Kampala #Janet #Museveni #Stockholm #syndrome #Fire #Nawangwe

Naked. That is the depressing image in my mind as I think of Makerere University Main Hall, desecrated by a force that torched the magnificent 79-year-old building this past weekend, leaving it physically headless and its innards gutted. In a matter of hours, the iconic building was ...

Kampala on fire! - from the archives

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 21, 20200 comments

#Kampala #Fire

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 ...