Muniini K. Mulera

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 ...

A surgeon's struggle to serve patients at Uganda's Mulago Hospital - By Dr. William Manyilirah, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon Uganda Heart Institute

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersOctober 29, 20181 comments

#Mulago #Manyilirah

Dear colleagues. I don't normally write on this WhatsApp group, but I've been forced to do so. This morning, 26th October, my team and I went to the Main Operating Theatre (OT) of Mulago Hospital Complex to operate on two thoracic cases. The first patient was supposed ...

Why it takes a degree of insanity to be a surgeon at Mulago Hospital

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersOctober 30, 20180 comments

#Mulago #Manyilirah #Buwembo #Uganda #Health #care #Uganda

When Dr. Joseph Buwembo, an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, visited Uganda in 2012, his mission was not only to see his relatives and enjoy his homeland, but also to give back to his people. He offered free neurosurgery on a baby that ...

How do you want to be remembered? - By Dr. Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 23, 20181 comments

#Legacy #Nannono

There is a big red- tiled house along Entebbe road , on the way to the country’s only International airport, that I have passed by for over fifteen years. On many occasions it has been pointed out to me as the house belonging to an ordinary man who, through sheer ...

Rajat Neogy: the man behind Transition Magazine

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaOctober 16, 20180 comments

Rajat Neogy (1938-1995) - Photo by Camera Press Rajat Neogy, the founder and first editor of Transition Magazine, who was arrested in Kampala 50 years ago this week, would have turned 80 this year. His personal story has been overshadowed by his remarkable work with ...