Muniini K. Mulera

Thank you for standing with us in our time of loss

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 1, 20201 comments

THANK YOU, FRIENDS OF MY FAMILY It is nearly three months since the body of my father, Omugurusi Ezra Kisigo Mulera, gently drifted into eternal sleep. I write to thank you for standing with me and my family, at what is easily one of the most difficult moments ...

Museveni’s attention to road safety might make a difference

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 28, 20200 comments

#Traffic #roads #Uganda

Photo: Risk-taking passengers on Kitante Road, Kampala ignore basic rules of physics. Photo by Muniini K. Mulera, January 2020) ****************** As expected, the road carnage in Uganda continued last week, with five people killed when their over-speeding taxi lost control after ...

Nicole Ahuumuza Rubondo: a life cut short on East Africa’s worst killer roads

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 20, 20200 comments

#Rubondo #road #traffic #accidents #Uganda

The horror of very premature and sudden death struck a young girl this past weekend. Nicole Ahuumuza Rubondo, the daughter of Ernest and Alice Rubondo, was killed in a motor accident on Saturday near Fort Portal, Toro. She was only 16 and had been looking forward to her ...

Museveni: Follow great threat, not great trek, with real trek

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 20, 20200 comments

#Museveni #great #trek #life #presidency

Yoweri Museveni’s great trek down memory lane last week was about the future, not the past. His future, not that of his subjects. The president, not one to do things fwaaa, was sending a barely veiled message to those with illusions of taking power ...

Bad personal year eased by great music and dance

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 20, 20200 comments

#2019 #Makerere #University #St #Augustine #Chapel #St #Francis #Chapel

One searches in vain for a phrase that accurately describes the year 2019. The Bakiga would call it omwaka mubi (bad year). Kiswahili speakers would call it mwaka wa huzuni. Latin speakers would call it annus horribilis. None of these quite describes a year of great personal ...

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Why Kigyezi lags behind most of Uganda

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 3, 20191 comments

My father’s death has refocused my mind on the brevity of life and its ultimate meaninglessness. One hundred years-plus, yet so brief a sojourn in time. While he lived, Omugurusi Ezra Kisigo Mulera was a larger than life presence; a huge tree that gave me life and shade; a mountain ...

Museveni walk against corruption a mockery of its victims

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 10, 20190 comments

#Museveni #corruption #uganda

Last week’s presidential walk against corruption was a cynical manipulation of its victims. It was a deceitful dance of the insatiable gourmand before digging deeper into the national cake. It was the futile effort of the sorcerer’s apprentice long after defeat by ...

Program for the Thanksgiving Service and Celebration of the life of Omugurusi Ezra Kisigo Mulera (1917-2019)

Program for the Thanksgiving Service & Celebration of the life of Omugurusi Ezra Kisigo Mulera (1917-2019)

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 13, 20191 comments

Date: Thursday November 21, 2019 Time: 09:30 A.M.- 12:00 NOON Venue: All Saints’ Cathedral, Lugard Road, Nakasero, Kampala, Uganda Presiding Minister: Bishop Zac Niringiye Date: Saturday November 23, 2019 Time: 11:00 A.M.- 2:00 PM (Burial) Venue: Owa Mulera, Kiyogoore, ...

Void left by my father’s death filled with joyful thanksgiving

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 11, 20191 comments

#Kisigo #Mulera #Muniini #Mulera #Kahondo #Rukooko #Nyamijumbi #Keiramibwa #Kigezi #High #School #Ezekiel #Balaba #Semu #Ndimbirwe

My father died last week. Tuesday November 5, 2019 has joined a list of dreadful dates whose memory will bring sadness of loss and the unfulfillable longing for another glimpse of a loved one. Yes, he had long run out of steam and had been in steady retreat for several years. The ...

Janet Museveni: Obey God, hear your people’s cry and rebel against injustice

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 4, 20190 comments

#Janet #Museveni #Makerere #strike #Peaceful #resistance #Christianity #and #disobedience

Janet Museveni, Uganda’s minister of education and wife of the president, wrote an impassioned letter last week in response to the student strike at Makerere University. In her letter, Janet focused on corruption among the students, including alleged use of paid professional ...

We live in a highly competitive world - By Dr. Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 30, 20190 comments

#Old #education #new #education #Uganda #education #Nannono

In all our daily interactions, we are knowingly or unknowingly competing with others. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines ‘competitive’ as being inclined, desiring or suited to compete. Being competitive is inborn: siblings compete for food at the table ...

Response to Janet Museveni: Did you speak as First Lady, Minister of Education, Pastor or Grandma? - By Andrew Karamagi

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 30, 20190 comments

#Janet #Museveni #Makerere #Strikes #Andrew #Karamagi

Dear “Maama”, To begin with, I have a mother, just like millions of other Ugandans. This is both a statement of fact and a biological necessity. Even though I am one of those who cannot, for a number of reasons, refer to you as Maama, I am of the firm view ...

Corruption behind the Makerere student strike - By Janet K. Museveni, Ugandan Minister of Education

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 30, 20190 comments

#Corruption #in #Uganda #Janet #Museveni #Makerere #University #Student #strike

(Photo of Mrs Janet Museveni by State House, Uganda) To the Ugandan Children who Call me Maama by Choice, Today, I would like to discuss the topic of corruption with you. The Oxford English Dictionary defines corruption as the dishonest or illegal behavior especially ...

In praise of the latest Scramble for Africa

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 28, 20190 comments

#Scramble #for #Africa #RussiaAfrica #Summit

A group photograph of 43 African rulers (and a few leaders) who met with Vladimir Putin in Sochi, at what was dubbed the “Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum,” tells the tragic story of our mentality of dependency and learnt weakness. The custodians of our continent’s ...

Universities in Uganda

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 26, 20190 comments

#Universities #Uganda #Makerere #Kyambogo #Mbarara #Kumi #Mukono #Ndejje #Uganda #Martyrs #UCU #Gulu #Muni #Soroti #Nkumba

Universities in Uganda Date: Saturday October 26, 2019 Source: Uganda National Council for Higher Education Public Universities: Busitema, Tororo, Bukedi Gulu, Acholi Kabale, Kabaare, Kigyezi Kyambogo, Kampala Lira, Lango Makerere, Kampala ...

Gun violence: when does the madness end?

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 21, 20190 comments

#Gun #violence #Uganda #Kimumwe #Nduhuura

Photo: Maj. Patrick Balati Kimumwe, Uganda Army (1965-1977) The year is 1974. I have gone to visit my sister, a student at the National Teachers College, Kyambogo, which is what the place is called before it becomes a university. Before I take my leave to taxi it ...