Muniini K. Mulera

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 catastrophe

By 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 Industry

By 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 Nannono

By 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 myself

By 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 blindness

By 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 hero

By 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 ...

Lake drownings in Nalubaale: a collision of human folly and physics

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 26, 20180 comments

#Nnalubaale #drowning #Lake #Victoria #Uganda

Sadness. Anger. Fury. Pity. Disillusionment. Helplessness. These and other emotions have been pummeling me since I received the news of the premature and preventable deaths of almost three dozen Ugandans that drowned in Lake Nalubaale (Victoria) over the weekend. It goes ...

Neither Bride Price nor Dowry – Only Love Reigning Supreme: A letter to my niece and my nephew-in-love on their wedding day

By Bbuye Lya MukangaNovember 25, 20180 comments

#Bride #price #dowery #love #marriage

Pre-script: In recent days, some friends have been having some back and forth among themselves about the marital concepts and practices of BRIDE PRICE and DOWRY. By way of definition, bride price comprises the payment by the groom (via one of or a combination of money, wealth ...

Uganda stands to benefit by ratifying protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products.

By Talibita MosesNovember 21, 20180 comments

#cigarettes #tobacco

On the 27th of June 2018, conditions for the entry into force of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products were met following the accession of United Kingdom to the same. This legal requirement allowed Parties to hold the First session of the Meeting of the ...

Health Care Corruption in Uganda: A Matter of Life and Death

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersNovember 20, 20180 comments

#Corruption #Uganda #Health #care #corruption #Uganda #hospitals #Uganda #doctors

As we continue our conversation about the dangerous levels of corruption in Uganda’s health care service, there are two points that need emphasis. First, the majority of Ugandan doctors and other health workers are dedicated, honest professionals. A lot of what I am sharing ...

Why Uganda should scrap tax-payer funded private health care

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersNovember 12, 20180 comments

#Uganda #Healthcare #Uganda #Hospital #Uganda

I understand why patients scramble to get referred to India and other distant lands for healthcare. First, there is a deep distrust of the Uganda health services – even at private hospitals. This, together with a natural tendency to believe that health care abroad is always ...

Profiteering or Medical ill welfare gap explains out of Uganda exodus

By Talibita MosesMay 31, 20161 comments

The Daily Monitor of the 30th May 2016 run a story ‘240 specialist medics leave Uganda- official’ by Emmanuel Ainebyona. This story justifies brain drain arguments. Supposing that, these schemes are government propelled after all, the medical profession is sidelined. ...

Corrupt alliance between Ugandan doctors and Indian hospitals hurts patients

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersNovember 6, 20180 comments

#Medical #tourism #Ugandan #doctors #Indian #doctors #Indian #hospitals #medical #ethics

When Dr. Nuwa Masinde Muliro, a senior surgeon in Kampala, referred his patient to what he believed to be a reputable Health Centre in India, he did not expect anything except a consultation report and, hopefully, news of a good outcome. Instead the first communication Dr. Muliro ...

The Gift of Knowing that You Do Not Know Everything - By Dr. Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 2, 20180 comments

#Knowledge #learning #Nannono

Arguably no one is perfect and no one can know everything. Knowledge changes fast and this demands that we keep abreast by being willing to learn every day. We first learn things from those around us, then join the formal education in schools, colleges and universities. We also ...