Muniini K. Mulera

A Letter to the People of Rukiga District - By Philip Odera

By Muniini K. MuleraRukigaAugust 1, 20170 comments

A Letter to the People of Rukiga District My dear brothers and sisters; first of all allow me to congratulate you on the creation of the new Rukiga District in Uganda. I am congratulating you because I was led to understand that this is what you had wanted and that the government ...

One of the Giants of Our Time - By Dr. Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraJuly 10, 20170 comments

#Masire #Botswana #Leadership #Africa

Sir Ketumile Masire , one of the founding fathers of our great nation: Botswana, has been laid to rest at his humble home in Kanye, south of Gaborone today 29th June 2017. He died almost a month shy of his 92 nd birthday. Botswana is my second home having worked and lived ...

Green with envy - By Dr. Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda East AfricaMay 24, 20172 comments

Last week, I attended a meeting in Arusha , a city in the northeast of Tanzania, East Africa. Arusha is the capital of the Arusha Region and is situated at the foothills of Mount Meru ; 4,566 meters and second highest mountain in Tanzania. Arusha is 80 kilometers west of Mount ...

The Real Face of the Never Give Up Spirit - By Dr. Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 12, 20170 comments

#Nannono #Moreno #Courage #Never #Give #Up

Things happen fast worldwide and living in the Digital era, they are spread fast online, on air, on mobile and on the television. We see things as they happen. On the 24th of May 2017, the world news was dominated by the horrendous Suicide bombing in Manchester, ...

Idi Amin and Donald Trump: Recollections by Neil Bonnell and Interpolations by Bbuye Lya Mukanga

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 14, 20170 comments

#Idi #Amin #Trump #Uganda #Buganda #Obote #Mutesa #Bbuye #Bonnell

Introduction: Neil Bonnell taught at King’s College Budo from 1965 to 1971, and was also House Master of Australia House and Cricket Master. Bbuye lya Mukanga was a student at King’s College Budo from 1966 to 1970. Idi Amin NEIL: I believe that ...

Gorilla tracking is an experience one should have at least once in a lifetime

By SCOVIA KYARISIIMAKigyezi Kigyezi TourismApril 11, 20171 comments

#Gorillas #Kigezi #Uganda #Tourism

Uganda's most pride is tourism. She has been named the fifth top tourism destination in Africa and she deserves it. Among many tourism attractions, Uganda has got the world's most interesting wild animals that are about 90% like humans. These ...

Urban Planning: preliminary thoughts about Mparo, Rukiga - By Davis Muhumuza

By Muniini K. MuleraRukigaApril 4, 20171 comments

Plan it very well today, for future generations Urban Planning is the arrangement of space. It mainly aims at design, management and administration of land use activities. The fundamental aim of Urban Planning is to secure the right use of land in the interest ...

Minimum age for President should be 18, not 35 years

By Kyokwijuka AlexanderUganda Uganda PoliticsApril 4, 20170 comments

While a good number of Ugandan political and civic leaders are agitating for lifting the age limit for one to contest for office of the president, I think it would make more sense for us to agitate for removing a minimum age for anyone interested in becoming President or Local Council ...

All work and no play........... By Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 21, 20170 comments

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy, so says an old adage. I can also add that all play and no work make Jack as poor as a church mouse. It goes without saying that somewhere between these two is what each one of us needs to live a successful life. At the end one’s ...

Grateful that I chose a career in medicine - By Dr. Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersMarch 21, 20170 comments

#Nannono #medicine #medical #school #makerere

Students continue to graduate from the eleven or so universities in my country during this month of March. I graduated forty years ago and by then, there was one university: Makerere University. Currently there are six public universities. Forty years today, I ...

Forty years later, not ready to hang up the stethoscope

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda Health MattersMarch 20, 20170 comments

#muniini #mulera #makerere #medical #school #medicine #graduation

It has been forty years since our class took the final bow from undergraduate life at Makerere University. We had shared five long years of learning, of pushing each other to excel, of building friendships and of supporting each other through very difficult experiences. We ...

Privileged Ugandan woman speaks from the heart ----- By Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 16, 20170 comments

#Women #Womens #rights #human #rights #Kavuma #Nannono

The earliest Women’s day was first observed in New York in February 1909. On March 8th 1917 a demonstration of women working in the textile factories in the then Russian Empire, sparked off the Russian Revolution. A week later, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated and the women ...

Uganda's Tobacco Control Act and the Shisha Craze

By Talibita MosesUganda Uganda Health MattersMarch 13, 20171 comments

It is 10 months since the tobacco Control Act entered into force on the 19th of May 2016. This law among others, banned Shisha, electronic cigarettes and related accessories including flavoured tobacco. It bans the advertising, promotion and sponsorships of tobacco and its products. ...

New Ugandan Districts: Leadership Matters

By Muniini K. MuleraUganda Uganda PoliticsMarch 14, 20170 comments

#Leadership #Uganda #Kigezi #Rukiga #Rukiga #District

Hopeful: A young boy from Mparo, Rwamucuucu, Rukiga I wish to speak directly to the people of Rukiga, Bunyangabu, Kyotera, Namisindwa, Butebo and Pakwach, whose counties will metamorphose into districts on July 1 this year. Whether or not your new district ...

Horace Parlan: the triumph of a genius of Jazz piano

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicMarch 11, 20170 comments

Horace Parlan: b. January 19, 1931 Pittsburgh, PA, USA d. February 23, 2017 Korsor, Denmark Horace Parlan, a giant of Jazz piano music, may not be as well known as some of his contemporaries, but his music is some of the best in the Jazz canon. The Blues and Soul were ...

Lining up to vote not as humiliating as for food rations or a loan for education

By Talibita MosesMarch 10, 20170 comments

The Electoral Commission last held LCI and II elections in 2001 under the one-party Movement system. The councils’ office term expired on May 12, 2006. Only elections at Local Council III (sub-county), district, parliamentary and presidential level have been held under ...