Muniini K. Mulera

Uganda at 55 – Part 2: Missed Opportunities - By Dr. Bbuye Lay Mukanga

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 9, 20170 comments

#Uganda #Constitution #Independence #State #failure #Bbuye

Momentous things have happened in Uganda since Part 1 of my reflections on Uganda at 55 was published. Soon after, the Government moved to introduce a “Private Members Bill” that would remove the less than 75 years old limit on the age of any Presidential candidates. There ...

Uganda at 55: The Spectre of a Stunted Country – Part 1 By Dr. Bbuye lya Mukanga

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 20, 20170 comments

#Uganda #Constitution #Independence #State #failure #Bbuye

A friend of ours was 12 years when she lost both of her parents. She was left as the minder and care-giver to her three younger siblings. During growing up, the youngest sister, then around 5 years old, contracted Japanese B encephalitis, a brain-attacking viral disease that is spread ...

Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op.18

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Classical MusicSeptember 18, 20170 comments

When it comes to top tier piano concertos, we are spoiled for choices. I could spend the rest of my life listening to piano concertos only and would have no regrets whatsoever. The challenge is to choose which single one, among the hundreds that are available in very good recorded ...

George Austin Otim Laker: The beggar who took bread to another beggar - By Dr. Bbuye Lya Mukanga

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 22, 20171 comments

On 6 August 2017, the Laker family of Kati Kati, Alokulum and Entebbe lost a most loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin, in-law and so many other monikers; the agricultural fraternity lost one of its pillar elders; a country lost a great patriot, one ...

We All Want the Same Things in Life - By Dr. Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 1, 20170 comments

Some years back, I took this photograph of young, innocent smiling girls from the West Bank. They were warm and bubbly and were able to talk to me for some minutes before I took the photograph. I asked them about what each one wanted to be in future. Instantly, the first ...

Sam Owori: A Passion for Service - By Dr. Jane Nannono

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 1, 20170 comments

#Owori #Nannono #Rotary

The unexpected death of Rotarian Sam Frobisher Owori of the Rotary Club of Kampala and President-elect of Rotary International on 13th July 2017, shocked many Ugandans and millions of his friends world-wide. I am not a Rotarian and I cannot claim that I knew him enough but what I ...

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

By Muniini K. MuleraRukigaAugust 1, 20170 comments

#Rukiga #Odera

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 ...