Muniini K. Mulera

Uganda's spectacular beauty and the ICOB Convention in the USA

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyezi Kigyezi TourismJuly 16, 20190 comments

#Kigezi #Kigyezi #Muhabura #Mugahinga #Sabyinyo #Bisoke #Karisimbi #Mikeno #Mikyeno #Nyamuragira #Nyiragongo #Neogy #Lapcek #Tourism #Uganda

(Photo: Ibirunga across Lake Mutanda © Muniini K. Mulera) I write from Kabaare, the town of my childhood and early youth, which continues to be misspelt as “Kabale,” a meaningless word that was imposed by this area’s colonial rulers a little over a century ...

Lt. Tom Taremwa wa Mutembeya: a brave and free spirit who did things his way

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 18, 20190 comments

#Tom #Taremwa

Born: August 10, 1965 Died: June 9, 2019 My friend was buried in Rutooma Kashaari, Nkore on Saturday. Lt. Thomson Taremwa wa Mutembeya, a veteran of the NRA war in the Luweero Triangle who served as a soldier till the end, lost the battle against an enemy that has been pruning ...

Uganda's Indispensable President

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 14, 20190 comments

President Yoweri Museveni’s State of the Union Address last week revealed both what was right and what was wrong with our country. There is no doubt that Uganda’s macro-economic state is miles ahead of where it was 33 years ago. The regular visitor to Uganda over the last ...

GIVING YOUR BEST: the example of Mr. George Kamya - By Dr. Jane Nannono.

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 10, 20190 comments

#George #Kamya

Last Sunday, I was among the group of doctors who were given the privilege to join Mr. George Kamya, an Emeritus Professor of Surgery of Makerere University College of Health Sciences, celebrate his 94th birthday at his home in Kololo, Kampala. I had not seen him for more than ...

Now the hard work begins for the Alliance for National Transformation

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 28, 20190 comments

#Alliance #Uganda #ANT #Uganda #Mugisha #Muntu #Uganda #politics

The Alliance for National Transformation was conceived by a group of serious men and women. Like a woman carrying a well-planned pregnancy, the team at the centre of the New Formation maintained a laser-like focus on the health of their foetus. The team carefully ...

Rhoda Nakibuuka Kalema@90: still running, and not weary

By Muniini K. MuleraMay 10, 20191 comments

#Kalema #Rhoda #Kalema

We celebrated a landmark birthday of a special lady this past weekend. Rhoda Nakibuuka Kalema, who was born at Mengo Hospital on May 10, 1929, turned 90 on Friday, joining a very small club of 17 million nonagenarians out of the World’s population of 7.7 billion. In Uganda, ...

Banyakigyezi Convention in the USA to promote Ugandan Tourism

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda TourismMay 21, 20190 comments

#ICOB #Uganda #Tourism #Kigyezi #Kigezi

The International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB) will gather in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA on August 1, 2019 for their Seventeenth Annual Convention. This year’s theme, “Innovation-Driven Tourism” will build on the ideas and strategies that were generated ...

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Africa’s Great Lakes Region and Nyiragongo’s Curse

By Muniini K. MuleraEast AfricaMay 8, 20190 comments

#Birunga #Virunga #Muhabura #Muhabura #Gahinga #Mgahinga #Sabyinyo #Sabinyo #Sabinio #Bisoke #Visoke #Mikeno #Karisimbi #Nyamuragira #Nyiragongo

I am a child of the mountains, at once hopelessly enamoured by their beauty and intimidated by their silent, motionless and brooding majesty. It is a love affair that was ignited long before I knew what those big forested mounds that surrounded my childhood homes were called. I ...

Clans and totems of Banyankore (Enganda n'Emiziro y'Abanyankore)

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJanuary 2, 20190 comments

The Banyankore are grouped into at least 131 clans (enganda). However, these clans are grouped according to 4 (four) common roots (ebibunu or ebisintsi bina). These roots are: Abahinda (16 clans) Abagahe (43 clans) Abashambo (56 clans) Abaishikatwa (16 clans) Whereas ...

Rajat Neogy: the man behind Transition Magazine

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaOctober 16, 20180 comments

Rajat Neogy (1938-1995) - Photo by Camera Press Rajat Neogy, the founder and first editor of Transition Magazine, who was arrested in Kampala 50 years ago this week, would have turned 80 this year. His personal story has been overshadowed by his remarkable work with ...

Why I have resigned from the Forum for Democratic Change

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaAugust 14, 20180 comments

I have been greatly honoured to be an active member of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) since its inception thirteen years ago. During part of that period, I have served as a member of the National Executive Committee, the National Council, the National Delegates Conference ...

Kigezi Education Fund: update 2018

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaAugust 10, 20180 comments

The Kigezi Education Fund (KEF) is the flagship program of the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB). A key instrument for implementing ICOB’s mission, KEF supports vocational and technical training of young Banyakigyezi, especially graduates of primary and secondary ...

Tei Tei and the Ugandan Diaspora’s role in national development

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaAugust 7, 20180 comments

One of the most enduring lessons I learnt in medical school was about the death of an African migrant worker in England. His name was Tei Tei, a Nigerian whose death more than 60 years ago was masterfully recorded by Professor Cedric Keith Simpson in “Forensic Medicine,” his ...

Politics of the royal spit and spear in the Kingdom of Nkore/Ankole

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJuly 24, 20180 comments

The power contest between Abahima and Abairu elite of Ankole is as exasperating as it is fascinating. The history of their monarchy (Obugabe) is a subject that rarely lends itself to a dialectical consideration without igniting combustible emotions. It is little wonder that, ...

Kigyezi, Canada: Beautiful

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJuly 11, 20180 comments

Two scenes. Two continents. Strong similar emotion. Beautiful. What a world we live in! Mutagamba- at the border of Kabaare and Rukiga Districts. February 2018. Near Whistler, British Columbia. July 2018.

Canadian reminder of Kigezi’s unexploited tourism potential

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJuly 10, 20180 comments

A week after the gathering of Banyakigyezi in Vancouver, British Columbia, my wife and I, together with our two very close friends, are continuing our tour of parts of this beautiful province of Canada. The gorgeous snow-capped rocky mountains; the many rivers with crystal ...