Muniini K. Mulera

Kigezi District Council Members 1961

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziDecember 6, 20160 comments

Dr. James Mugisha gwa Kikira kya Mbagyeruka gave me a printed copy of this photograph more than ten years ago. It is one of my most treasured records of our history, not only because I knew many of these elders but also because it presents leaders who were very firmly grounded ...

Katiikiri: The man who fed future leaders

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziDecember 6, 20160 comments

Memories of 1966 flood black with torrential force. That bloody year of political and military turmoil stands out like a sore thumb in Africa’s history. Though I was aware of the news reports and listened to my parents discussing the political upheaval with their friends in ...

Time and Names of the Months in Rukiga & Runyankore

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziApril 3, 20160 comments

How time was measured in the pre-colonial area that became Kigyezi (Kigezi) is hard to determine. The elders I spoke with were not aware of the traditional equivalent of seconds, minutes, hours or dates. It is almost certain that such concepts were not part of our ancestors' ...

London Convention to usher ICOB into teenage

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziJuly 19, 20160 comments

I have been in London since Saturday, enjoying the cool but comfortable summer while looking forward to the fourteenth annual convention of the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB). The London Team has done an outstanding job of preparing to receive delegates to the ...

Amaziina G'enogo and Millet Bread Etiquette of the Bakiga

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziJune 20, 20160 comments

Few things are as culturally painful as watching a modern school-educated Mukiga or Munyankore eating oburo (millet bread) and enyama (meat). Out comes a knife and fork, delicately supported by soft, washed and well-oiled hands. The millet bread, already pre-cut into ...

Lessons for ICOB from Canada and the World Jewish Congress

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziJuly 4, 20160 comments

In the 35 years that I have lived in Canada, I have been most impressed by the citizens’ ability to transcend political differences to achieve shared goals and collective interests. If we need a new hospital in our community, for example, we mobilize funds from the community ...

Leaders should put Kigezi first, self last

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziJune 13, 20160 comments

Written in January 2013 I have spent the last week in Kigezi, the one place I am happier than anywhere else on Earth. The thick morning mist that gives way to glorious sunshine invariably triggers memories of a happy childhood spent exploring the mountains and valleys of Bushengyera, ...

We must keep ICOB resolutely non-partisan

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziMay 24, 20160 comments

When the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB) meets in London, England during the weekend of July 22-24, there will be very good reason to celebrate an organization that has exceeded the modest expectations of a small group of people who midwifed its birth in Toronto, ...

Clans & Totems of the Banyakigezi

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyeziApril 2, 20160 comments

Enganda Z'Abanyakigyezi Please click Enganda Zabanyakigyezi - Clans & Totems of Banyakigyezi 2019 to refresh your memory re: your clan, your clan totem and your clan's friend. Banyakigyezi youth who were born abroad may find this very helpful as they get into the years of ...

Worrisome political trends in Africa’s Great Lakes Region

By Muniini K. MuleraKenyaDecember 12, 20170 comments

The state of politics in our great lakes region continues to show a worrisome trend. As Kenya celebrates 54 years of independence today, the legitimacy of its government is questioned and challenged by opposition party leaders and members. The results of the elections that returned ...

Kenyan capitalism at the heart of its march towards greatness

By Muniini K. MuleraKenyaSeptember 5, 20170 comments

Delivering last week’s landmark ruling that nullified the results of Kenya’s presidential elections, Chief Justice David Kenani Maraga said: “The greatness of a nation lies in its fidelity to its constitution and a strict adherence to the rule of law, and above all the fear ...

Message to Yoweri Museveni

By Muniini K. MuleraKenyaSeptember 1, 20170 comments

My dear president Who art in Entebbe Hear this young man In next door Kenya Accept the verdict of Court Finding against him. Hear him say Beautiful words of peace To his supporters And to all his people. Yes, brother Yoweri It is really possible To ...

Congratulations Mr. Kenyatta, but it is not yet Uhuru

By Muniini K. MuleraKenyaAugust 14, 20170 comments

Damacline Marube, a Kenyan woman who lives in Nairobi’s Mathare Valley slum, lost her daughter on Friday. The little girl, Stephanie Moraa, nine years old, was felled by a bullet in her chest. Her killer was almost certainly a Kenya Police officer, charged with bringing peace ...

Salutations Mwai, Mugane and Moi

By Muniini K. MuleraKenyaDecember 2, 20160 comments

Be humble friends, be humble! Live and please let live Serve with good heart, my friends The alternative is never worth it. I honour them, these three men Not 'cause I agreed with all They said and did in Kenya But 'cause they served with vigour Ev'n when the ...

Fred Nyakawa Osoro April 9, 1967- April 4, 2016

By Muniini K. MuleraKenyaApril 11, 20160 comments

Fred Nyakawa Osoro April 9, 1967 - April 4, 2016 East Africa has lost a good man. Mr. Fred Nyakawa Osoro of Botori Nyanchwa, Kisii County, Kenya died on Monday April 4, 2016. Fred, who died in his sleep in Nairobi, was an oil company executive in Cape Town, and had worked ...