Muniini K. Mulera

Uganda's post-election question: "What Next?"

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMarch 31, 20160 comments

In a unanimous ruling read by Chief Justice Bart Katureebe, Uganda's Supreme Court has upheld the declaration by the Electoral Commission that President Yoweri Museveni was re-elected on February 18, 2016. All nine justices of the Supreme Court dismissed a petition by former ...

Rift Valley Fever in Kabale, Kigezi contained

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 15, 20160 comments

Key words and abbreviations: Zoonosis: a disease that normally occurs in animals but can be transmitted to humans. CDC: Centers for Disease Control RVF: Rift Valley Fever RVFV: Rift Valley Fever Virus WHO: World Health Organization A multidisciplinary team, led by Dr. Patrick ...

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

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaAugust 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 ...

Mugabe and the blindness of political cult leaders

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaJuly 31, 20180 comments

Zimbabwe’s Robert Gabriel Mugabe held court at his home in Harare on Sunday July 29, the eve of an election that did not have his name on the ballot. Watching the live televised event via South African Broadcasting Corporation was a riveting experience. The 94-year-old former ...

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

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaJuly 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, ...

Ugandan Diaspora do more than post brave stuff on social media

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaJune 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: ...

Simukai! Wake Up and Fight for Your Rights

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaMay 24, 20180 comments

(Originally published on August 19, 2013, my thoughts have not changed.) Dear Tingasiga: My very dear friend Hope Chigudu muhara wa Bagyendera, a Ugandan-Zimbabwean, has a son called Simukai, a name that exhorts us to stop crying about human rights abuse; to rise up and do ...

Refreshing humility and redemptive love in Kampala and Windsor

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaMay 21, 20180 comments

Prominent African families united by marriage (Adobe stock photos) Two beautiful marriage ceremonies this past weekend. One in Uganda, the other in England. Powerful lessons taught. Humility on display. Love preached to people in love. Hopefully heard by everyone else with ...

Remembering Karekaho Karegyesa: privileged, humble servant.

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaMarch 27, 20180 comments

Karekaho Karegyesa (September 23, 1924 - March 21, 2018- Photographer: Unknown) The death of the Honourable Karekaho mwene Karegyesa ka Makobore wa Muhoozi has left me with very mixed emotions. I am sad, thankful, fearful and positively proud. I am saddened, of course, ...

Treat all passengers at Entebbe airport as VIPs

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaFebruary 13, 20180 comments

I am writing this aboard an Emirates flight from Dubai, floating 32,000 feet above the sea, with 10,000 km to go before we arrive in Toronto. On the night of February 11, 2018, my wife and I arrived in Dubai where we were treated like the valuable passengers that we are. ...

Borderless living at Uganda’s borders

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaJanuary 23, 20180 comments

In January last year, on a visit to my ancestral home in Kahondo-ka-Byamamarembo, I invited my cousins to join me on a climb of the rugged, rocky mountain that towers above Nyamitooma village, the burial site of Rakeiri Keiramibwa, my maternal grandmother. More than fifty years ...

May Ugandan MPs and clergy find the courage of the Three Wise Men

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaDecember 18, 20170 comments

Ruling politicians in undemocratic countries love to tell other people to avoid political comment. Yoweri K. Museveni, the Ugandan ruler, has made it a specialty, forever warning cultural and religious leaders to stick to their stuff which, according to him, does not include ...

Mugisha Muntu and the search for clean politics

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaDecember 5, 20170 comments

When Mugisha Muntu, the former president of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), called a press conference last week, there was wild speculation and expectation that he was going to announce the formation of a new political party. Having worked themselves up to believe their ...

Besigye/Amuriat victory sets FDC on a clearer path

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaNovember 29, 20170 comments

Mr. Mugisha Muntu After a gruelling but free competition for its top position, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has elected Patrick Oboi Amuriat as its president. I congratulate Mr. Amuriat and wish him great success and God’s blessings in his pursuit of his clearly stated ...

Kadaga’s political suicide may not be as fatal as Kategaya’s

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaOctober 3, 20170 comments

Rebecca Kadaga, the Speaker of the Uganda Parliament, who is said to have had thoughts of becoming president of Uganda, committed political suicide last week. By doing so, she reminded me of Eriya Tukahiirwa Kategaya who shredded his political legacy by jettisoning a core principle ...

Charade behind lifting Uganda's presidential age limit

By Muniini K. MuleraTingasigaAugust 21, 20170 comments

Ugandan President Yoweri K. Museveni, who will be 77 years old at the time of the next elections in 2021, wants Article 102(b) of the Constitution amended to give him legal cover for his plan to continue to rule his realm. His public claim of disinterest in the matter is a ...