Muniini K. Mulera

How Museveni outfoxed Wamimbi in political draughts

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 16, 20240 comments

#Wamimbi #Bamasaaba #Museveni #Wapakhabulo #NRM #Uganda

Wilson Weasa Wamimbi 1938-2024 (Photo credit: unknown) We are saddened by the death of Wilson Weasa Wamimbi of Bugisu, which occurred on Friday April 12. His family has lost their patriarch. The Bamasaaba have lost their first Umukuuka of Insu ya Masaaba. I have lost ...

Prostate cancer: an increasing threat that can be pushed back and defeated.

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 9, 20240 comments

#Prostate #cancer #PSA

Cancer. A word as frightening as death. National and international public health agencies are rightly concerned about it. But we push it out of our minds. We deny its presence. Men more so than women. That’s how we are programmed. So, Tingasiga, I must talk to you about one ...

Create more Ugandan technical colleges, not universities.

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 18, 20240 comments

#Uganda #Makerere #KIU #MUST #UCU

Uganda is said to have about 61 degree-awarding institutions. Thirteen are public institutions, forty are private, and eight are narrowly focused, either on military or oil sciences. All of them are called universities, although many probably do not deserve that designation. Whereas ...

Old Boy’s story that inspires us to invest in the redevelopment of his rural school.

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 11, 20240 comments

#Kihanga #ICT #Twinomusinguzi #Rubahimbya #Bijurenda #Mukwenda #Muziriga

Photo: Mrs. Enid Twinomusinguzi & Mr. John Twinomusinguzi ********* We were very privileged to witness the formal opening of a brand-new ICT/E-Learning Centre at Kihanga Secondary School in Mparo on Saturday March 9. The colourfully joyous event, presided over by ...

Namibian democracy not a favour by heroes of anti-colonial struggle

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 26, 20240 comments

#Namibia #Geingob #Nujoma #Hifikepunye #Pohamba

When Namibians buried their third president on Sunday February 25, they eased our collective sadness with a peaceful, dignified celebration of their journey of democratization as an independent nation. They made us proud as Africans dream of the day when all our presidents and their ...

In conversation with Museveni 27 years ago

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 16, 20241 comments

#Museveni #Uganda #corruption #education #UPE

Stealing not answer to low wages. _ Museveni, Monday June 23, 1997 In his address to the Global Knowledge '97 conference in Toronto, Canada, on Monday June 23, 1997, President Kaguta Museveni told his audience of nearly 2000 people that it was ...

John Fisher Zzimbe: mathematics was his life and love

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 19, 20241 comments

#Zzimbe #Budo

A brilliant mind in Toronto has been silenced by death, leaving an empty void that may never be filled by anyone like him. John Fisher Zzimbe, who died in Toronto on February 2, 2024, was a genius that fit with ease in the world of high-end academia but was utterly disinterested in ...

Do African lives in Congo matter to us?

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 12, 20240 comments

#Congo #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #M23

The war between Israel and Hamas has triggered great angst among many Africans. Many on social media platforms to which I belong have engaged in passionate debate about the horror in Gaza. Most have expressed sympathy with the Palestinians, and anger with the Israelis. They ...

David Bakibinga’s unique autobiography belongs on the reference shelf

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 5, 20240 comments

#Bakibinga #Makerere #Budo #URA

I have completed my second reading of “Administrator and Scholar: The autobiography of Professor David J. Bakibinga,” which was published in 2021. When I first read this book following its release in 2022, my impression was that this was two books in one. Half of it was ...

Julia Sebutinde did not side with Israel, she sided with the law.

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 29, 20241 comments

#Sebutinde #ICJ #Uganda #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Africa #South #Africa #Laaki

When a legal matter, in these highly charged times, is brought before the world’s top court, we want public opinion, by lay people like you and me, to carry the day. A dissenting judge is condemned for doing what an independent, competent judge must do. If the same judge votes ...

Favourite Ugandan political autobiographies

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 8, 20240 comments

#Aliker #Museveni #Njuba #Rugumayo #Rukikaire

******************************************************************************************************** If you do not tell your story, someone will. If you have participated in a process, write your witness account, or else you may be erased from the story. ...

Charles Kakira and the sowing of his mustard seed

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 19, 20231 comments

#Kakira #Kabale #Kigezi #Sebikari #Muzahura #reading

There was a very good man in Kabaare of my childhood called Charles Kakira. He was the general manager of Uganda Bookshop, opposite the Uganda Transport Company bus park, which was a magnet that pulled our young minds towards a love of reading without the pressure or fear of failure. The ...

"I wanted to appoint Museveni VP", Godfrey Binaisa

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 14, 20230 comments

#Binaisa #Lule #Obote #Muwanga #Oyite #Ojok #Rugumayo #Nyerere #Idi #Amin #Lutakome #Kayiira #Kategaya #Kanyomozi #Nanyumba #Mukombe #Mpambara #Toko #Thatcher #Mugane #Njonja

(L-R: Muniini K. Mulera, Godfrey Binaisa, December 23, 2006.) **** The last time I enjoyed President Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa’s company was on the evening of December 23, 2006, and at breakfast the following morning, when he and I were guests at the home of our mutual ...

Why does Botswana work and richer South Sudan struggles?

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 11, 20230 comments

#Botswana #South #Sudan #Personal #rule #Salva #Kiir #Masisi

Photo: Botswana Parliament Building in Gaborone When Botswana President Mokgweetsi Keabetswe Masisi was asked in a recent interview why his country had managed to do what other Africa countries had failed to do, he replied: “I cannot speak for other countries, ...

Salva Kiir and the Christian’s challenge in a hateful world

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 4, 20230 comments

#Christian #love #hate #hatred #Salva #Kiir #Mayardit #Sudan

My letter last week, in which I appealed for sympathy and empathy for South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit, triggered many written responses. The majority disagreed with me, with some expressing displeasure at perceived coddling of a dictator. I understood the genesis of such ...

Salva Kiir’s health and language struggles, and the enslaved African

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 27, 20230 comments

#Sudan #Salva #Kiir #Mayardit

Following his election last week as chairman of the East African Community Summit, President Salva Kiir Mayardit of the Republic of South Sudan delivered his inaugural address to his peers and representatives of member states gathered in Arusha, Tanzania. His address was a painfully ...