Muniini K. Mulera

Paulo Ngorogoza of Kigezi: the tragedy of neglect

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziApril 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, ...

ICOB-Uganda Chapter Convention in Kisoro will be a perfect ending to the year

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziDecember 22, 20170 comments

ICOB Uganda Chapter Convention 2017 Kisoro, Bufumbira Starts: December 27, 2017 @ 6:00 pm Ends: December 29, 2017 @ 12:00 midnight Place: Kisoro Town, Kisoro District, Uganda I am very excited about this year’s Convention of ICOB-Uganda Chapter which will take place in Kisoro ...

Kisiizi Hospital post-floods update - By Dr. Ian Spillman, Medical Superintendent, Kisiizi

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziSeptember 29, 20170 comments

Dr. Ian Spillman and his team are working very hard to restore Kisiizi Hospital to a safe place for patients, staff and visitors. It is a huge task but they will succeed - with your help. Please click on the following link to view a Power Point update by Dr. Spillman: Kisiizi ...

Kisiizi Hospital tragedy a wake-up call for all of us

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziSeptember 20, 20170 comments

Mparo farms after the floods - Photo by Ezra Sebahire, Sept. 17, 2017 In recent days, the springs of the great deep have burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens have been opened all over Uganda. Landslides and floods have exacted painful disruption on hundreds ...

Banyakigyezi meeting in USA about poverty alleviation, not partisan politics

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziAugust 1, 20170 comments

A Munyakigyezi boy in January 2017. Non-partisan Where two or three Banyakigezi gather in the name of their region, questions are raised in some quarters. What are the sons and daughters of the mountains up to? What is their political agenda? On whose side are they? This ...

State of ICOB in 2017:Confident, Focused, Revitalized

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziJuly 30, 20170 comments

My fellow Banyakigezi, It is an honour to report to you that as we celebrate the fourteenth anniversary of the birth of the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB), our organization is more determined than ever to accomplish our core objectives. These objectives, established ...

No contradiction in being political but non-partisan

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziJuly 25, 20170 comments

Can a group or organization be politically active but non-partisan? Is it possible for people who support different political parties to engage in healthy, nonpartisan political discussions? Is it possible to ban partisan content from social media discussion groups while promoting ...

Banyakigyezi Convention in Florida USA to strategize on empowering youth and communities

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziJuly 3, 20170 comments

ICOB seeks to give them a secure future To the unaware, a headline in the Daily Monitor of April 27 was alarming. “Banyakigezi global chapter splits,” the headline reported. The reader was then treated to a report about the resignation by Dr. Francis Runumi from the ...

Success of Uganda's new districts depends on you and me

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziJune 26, 20170 comments

The anticipated birth of Uganda’s latest districts on July 1, 2017 triggers different emotions in different people. Some are hopeful. Others are despondent. Some are anxious. Others are confident. Some have a mixture of these emotions. A few are so opposed to the idea of mini-districts ...

Post-election ICOB-Uganda crisis resolved

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziMay 17, 20170 comments

ICOB is about her. Unite for her sake. The Uganda Chapter of the International Community of Banyakigyezi (ICOB-UC) was recently in the news, and not for a good reason. ICOB-UC has been embroiled in a crisis that was triggered by a group that challenged the legitimacy of the ...

Farewell Seforooza muhara wa Ruraara rwa Mikaro-Rugwisa

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziApril 16, 20170 comments

Her name was Seforooza muhara wa Ruraara rwa Mikaro-Rugwisa rwa Bugashu bwa Rushwiga rwa Nyamiyonga ya Rwego rwa Birondoorwa bya Kazooba ka Nzira ya Kasigyi ka Kahanya ka Kataashe ka Minyaruko ya Nyamicence. Her clan was Omusigi w'Omuzooba. Born 92+ years ago at Rutooma in the ...

Floods and landslides are not God's will

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziMarch 28, 20170 comments

Omugurusi Ezra Kisigo Mulera in Mparo, after the rains (late 1980/early90s). Photo by Edward Nobel Bisamunyu After the dry season, the rains. That is how things worked in my childhood in Mparo, Rukiga, Kigyezi. The rains of Katumba (March) soaked the hills and mountains, with ...

Kigezi High School Junior: Recalling the history-making Class of '66

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziFebruary 12, 20170 comments

Dr. Charles Musinguzi mwene Barabogoza and Dr. Muniini Kwehangaana mwene Mulera, fellow inmates of Kigezi High School Junior (1965-66), in Mburara, Nkore, Uganda on January 24, 2017. It was our great luck that we should be the group that would close the chapter on the junior ...

Muhabura- The Guide: a photo-essay

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziJanuary 11, 20170 comments

All photos in this essay shot with a cellphone. She straddles the Uganda-Rwanda border with a silent majesty. Muhabura (The Guide), an extinct volcano (or so they say), whose date of last eruption is unknown, was completely covered with mist and clouds when we arrived ...

Sun kisses Lake Bunyonyi goodnight

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziJanuary 9, 20170 comments

Lake Bunyonyi, Kigezi. The Sun kisses her good night on the evening of January 9, 2017. What words can express the visual experience? How does one convey the sense of peace and calm? Lake Bunyonyi, this 25 km long lake, with a perimeter length of 64 km, is Africa’s second ...

Poor roads stunt Kigezi's development

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziJanuary 9, 20170 comments

I am in Kigezi, enjoying the warmth and hospitality of Banyakigezi, renewing old friendships, catching up on developments in the lives of relatives and taking in the breathtaking beauty of this blessed land. For the most part, nearly every experience fills me with joy. Not even ...