Muniini K. Mulera

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 ...

Electronic number plates a gift to Uganda police weevils and their criminal accomplices

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJune 26, 20180 comments

Be afraid. Not afraid of the gunmen and iron bar hitmen and kidnappers, but of some of the measures that the president announced last week as his offering for solving violent crime that has claimed the lives of prominent Ugandans. Of the president’s Ten-Point Program for Checking ...

Ugandan Diaspora do more than post brave stuff on social media

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJune 19, 20180 comments

Kampala, Uganda at night Two days ago, Joachim Buwembo, a distinguished Ugandan journalist posted a provocative and stimulating paragraph on his Facebook wall that generated vigorous debate. Buwembo, who has served as editor of this and other East African newspapers, wrote: ...

Voting wisely requires genuine freedom of choice

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJune 12, 20180 comments

Ontario went to the polls last Thursday. A new parliament was elected, with it a new premier of the province. The days of campaigning were the usual non-news that one is accustomed to in these parts. Not much noise. No threats by the ruler to arrest his opponents. Just politicians ...

Importing Cuban doctors to Uganda an excellent measure

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMay 14, 20180 comments

It is good that the Government is planning to import Cuban doctors to serve Ugandan patients. Partisan politics and reasonable demands by Ugandan physicians for better pay should not cloud the wisdom of sourcing doctors from any country that is willing to help ease Uganda’s critical ...

Rhoda Kalema@89: Still driven by a purposeful mission

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMay 7, 20180 comments

This week we celebrate the birthday of a great woman whose immense wisdom and experience, intellectual curiosity and analytical mind invariably add to a visitor’s education. Rhoda Nakibuuka Kalema - Born on May 10, 1929 To spend an afternoon with Mrs. Rhoda Nakibuuka Kalema, ...

Nagenda@80: courage, brother! Courage!

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 30, 20180 comments

John Nagenda (Photo by The Monitor, Kampala.) We toast John Nagenda, who turned 80 on April 25th. Notwithstanding my inability to access a precise head count of Ugandans aged 80 and above, I confidently declare Mr. Nagenda to be among very, very few who have successfully ...

Correcting the names of our lakes, mountains and towns matters

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 24, 20180 comments

eSwatini His Majesty iNgwenyama Mswati III Dlamini has decreed that his realm, hitherto known as Swaziland, shall henceforth be called the Kingdom of eSwatini (or Umbuso weSwatini). He gave two reasons. First, a return to the roots was long overdue. Second, His Majesty was ...

Uganda then and now

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 19, 20180 comments

Amazing what the brain does to the information that’s uploaded during childhood. It becomes rather hard to erase and replace it. For example, my Uganda remains a country that is still divided into 15 districts. Well, alright, 16 districts. That is the count that I think we had ...

Banyakigyezi Convention in Canada to promote tourism in our homeland

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 9, 20180 comments

Ibirunga vocanic range, Bufumbira, Kigyezi The impact of Kigyezi’s beauty on the spirits of a first-time visitor is always a joy to watch. Last December, our friend Akello Miriam Atoro travelled from Gulu to Kabale to visit us. It was her first encounter with the Kigyezi experience. ...

Paulo Ngorogoza of Kigezi: the tragedy of neglect

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 2, 20180 comments

My sadness at the state of the neglected palace of Ankole’s last king and the house of its first prime minister pales compared to the grief I feel each time I visit the once beautiful houses of Kigezi’s greatest leader. Those houses, one in Bukinda and the other in Kabale, Kigezi, ...