Muniini K. Mulera

Void left by my father’s death filled with joyful thanksgiving

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 11, 20191 comments

#Kisigo #Mulera #Muniini #Mulera #Kahondo #Rukooko #Nyamijumbi #Keiramibwa #Kigezi #High #School #Ezekiel #Balaba #Semu #Ndimbirwe

My father died last week. Tuesday November 5, 2019 has joined a list of dreadful dates whose memory will bring sadness of loss and the unfulfillable longing for another glimpse of a loved one. Yes, he had long run out of steam and had been in steady retreat for several years. The ...

A HISTORY OF KIGEZI IN SOUTH-WEST UGANDA edited by Donald Denoon: The National Trust, Kampala 1972 pp 302

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 22, 20190 comments

#Kigezi #Kigyezi #Denoon #Katuregye

I was very pleased to learn recently that this interesting book has been re-printed and is available in bookshops in Uganda. Until now, the first and only edition was very hard to find, even in used bookstores online. That it is now available to younger generations is most welcome ...

Banyakigyezi Clans (Enganda z'Abanyakigyezi)

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 16, 20190 comments

#Clans #Bakiga #Bahororo #Kigyezi #Kigezi #Enganda #Totems

The main nationalities (or ethnic communities) in Kigyezi, a district that was created in 1909 and became officially incorporated in the British Uganda Protectorate in 1911, are the Bafumbira, Banyarwanda, Bahororo, Bakiga and Batwa. Each community is divided into clans and the latter ...

Uganda's spectacular beauty and the ICOB Convention in the USA

By Muniini K. MuleraKigyezi Kigyezi TourismJuly 16, 20190 comments

#Kigezi #Kigyezi #Muhabura #Mugahinga #Sabyinyo #Bisoke #Karisimbi #Mikeno #Mikyeno #Nyamuragira #Nyiragongo #Neogy #Lapcek #Tourism #Uganda

(Photo: Ibirunga across Lake Mutanda © Muniini K. Mulera) I write from Kabaare, the town of my childhood and early youth, which continues to be misspelt as “Kabale,” a meaningless word that was imposed by this area’s colonial rulers a little over a century ...

Banyakigyezi Convention in the USA to promote Ugandan Tourism

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda TourismMay 21, 20190 comments

#ICOB #Uganda #Tourism #Kigyezi #Kigezi

The International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB) will gather in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA on August 1, 2019 for their Seventeenth Annual Convention. This year’s theme, “Innovation-Driven Tourism” will build on the ideas and strategies that were generated ...

Happy stories of self-reliance and community empowerment in Uganda

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 27, 20190 comments

#Kigezi #Mparo #Kahondo #Community #development

Ugandan politicians are readying themselves for another orgy of vote-buying. As usual, the next election season will witness enhanced cash infusions to individuals, churches, youth, women, elders’ organizations and other vote-rich groups. The people will gladly ...