Dr Absalom Kenneth Oteng - Ugandan - World renown epizoologist - Anglican Church elder : died on Monday 28 January 2019 at 102 years oldBy Bbuye Lya MukangaFebruary 3, 20190 comments#Absalom #Kenneth #Oteng To put the life and work of Dr. Absalom Kenneth Oteng and his impact on the world in perspective, consider that between 1844 and 1884, 95% of the cattle population in the areas known as Uganda was wiped out by a disease called rinderpest (the German word meaning "cattle plague"). ...
Memories of a beautiful romance with MuseveniBy Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 29, 20190 comments#Museveni #NRM #Bobi #Wine #Uganda Exactly 33 years ago today, while standing on the steps of Uganda’s Parliament, with the Holy Bible held high in his right hand, a young Yoweri K. Museveni took the oath of office as president of Uganda. The formalities dispensed with, the triumphant guerrilla ...
In memory of our primary school teachers who nourished silk-cotton treesBy Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 14, 20191 comments#Primary #education #Mparo #Kihanga (Photo: Kihanga Boys Primary School P1-P3 classrooms. My first classroom is on the left. Still standing. Unchanged. Photo by Muniini K. Mulera) It is exactly sixty years since I “fluked” my way into school, for I was not supposed to start until 1960. Seeing ...
A New Canvas - By Dr. Jane NannonoBy Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 14, 20190 commentsI remember when I was in senior secondary school decades ago, I wanted to drop out of the Fine Art class so I paid very little attention to it. I never completed any painting and at the end of the double lessons, I would deliberately store my unfinished, unsigned painting in a drawer ...
People Corrupt Power, Not The Other Way RoundBy Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 7, 20190 comments#Power #Corruption #Lord #Acton "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." So said English Historian Lord Acton (1834-1902), though in our laziness, we have dropped the word "tends" from recent iterations of the great Englishman's observation, thus altering the original meaning. ...
Museveni needs protection of foolish laws?By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 6, 20190 comments#Museveni #Protest #Uganda #Justice FROM THE ARCHIVES Museveni needs protection of foolish laws? By Muniini K. Mulera July 10, 2000 Dear Tingasiga: News that the police had laid charges against a group of Makerere University students for allegedly annoying the President was another ...
Redraw Africa’s MapBy Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 5, 20190 comments#Africa #map #Congo (Map of Africa in the late 19th century) FROM THE ARCHIVES Redraw Africa’s Map By Muniini K. Mulera August 31,1998 One of these days, the guns in Congo will fall silent, leaving the cities, villages, forests and rivers strewn with bodies ...
US Gun Violence on its way to Uganda?By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 5, 20190 comments#Gun #violence #in #USA #and #Uganda FROM THE ARCHIVES US Gun Violence on its way to Uganda? By Muniini K. Mulera March 6, 2000 Dear Tingasiga: The television screen came alive last week with yet more pictures of armed police officers with body armour, crouching behind trees and motor vehicles, ...
Congo, as it was, is now and ever shall be?By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 5, 20190 comments#Leopolds #Ghost #Congo #Democratic #Republic #of #Congo #DRC #Mobutu #Kabila The regular traveller along the Masaka-Kampala highway in Uganda is accustomed to a dangerous stretch of road that has claimed thousands of lives since it was built by the Europeans. A road sign carries the grim warning: "WEKUUME LWERA", meaning "BEWARE OF LWERA." Many have ...
The president, his trusted adversary and a magnificent catastropheBy Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 5, 20190 comments#Museveni #Mbabazi #Uganda #elections #2016 Twenty years from now, my grandchildren will read with deep fascination a spell-binding account of a defining presidential election in which two former close comrades fought each other. They will read that the two men had enjoyed a long partnership leading a heroic struggle ...
Expose false prophets ripping big from the Jesus IndustryBy Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 1, 20190 comments#Pastors #false #prophets #evangelical #churches #man #of #God Tito Watts, a Zimbabwean “pastor,” wins the 2018 gold cup for Conman of the Year because of his daring originality in hoodwinking the gullible. In an industry that one thought had exhausted its bag of tricks, Watts and his wife Amanda devised a scam in which they sold ...
Joyful childhood memories of Christmas - By Dr. Jane NannonoBy Muniini K. MuleraDecember 27, 20180 comments#Kavuma #Christmas #Nannono Nothing awakens the child in me as the festive season. I only need to hear Silent Night or Joy To The Worldand the small girl in me lights up and is instantly transported back to her childhood. This is one place where I had felt loved, cared for therefore ...
Do not kneel before me, I am only a man myselfBy Muniini K. MuleraDecember 24, 20180 comments#Christmas #Uganda #Christianity #Poverty #in #Uganda Today, Christmas Day, church sanctuaries across the land will be full of worshippers, gathered together to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The clergy will be seated at the altars or other distinct places of honour. Front pews will be reserved for what the world calls VIPs ...
Virtues of political colour blindnessBy Muniini K. MuleraDecember 17, 20180 comments#Uganda #NRM #Political #colour The first time I had an opportunity to choose my own clothes was in 1966 when my mother took me to Bachu’s, our favourite clothier’s shop Omugabahindi (in the Indian section) in Kabale Town. I chose a red T-shirt that had clearly been made with me in mind. It was the beginning ...
David Wycliffe Tindyebwa: Impactful Ugandan heroBy Muniini K. MuleraDecember 10, 20180 comments#Tindyebwa #Hornby #High #School #Blind #Teacher My childhood memories are dominated by the exploits of famous athletes and other high achievers who inspired us to aim high in whatever we did. Kigyezi was a small place where we knew pretty much who-was-who among the great celebrities of the day. One of them was ...
Uganda’s deep-seated culture of recklessness needs Rwandan-style treatment By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 3, 20180 comments#Uganda #Road #Traffic #Accident The latest major disaster on Lake Nalubaale continues to evoke incredulity among many Ugandans. How does one make sense of the recklessness that claimed the lives of dozens and created hundreds of orphans? Survivors’ stories and the Uganda Government’s investigations ...