Why is Barclays Pulling Out of Africa? - By Philip OderaBy Muniini K. MuleraJune 16, 20161 comments“Mbu, I hear that Barclays is leaving Africa. Aah, let them go! Me, I’m fed up with some of these banks that think they are doing us a favor by denying us loans when we need them,” was a statement I overheard recently. I was in a supermarket checkout counter and stuck between ...Read more...
Solution to youth unemployment stares us in the face - By Philip OderaBy Muniini K. MuleraEast AfricaJune 15, 20161 commentsLast Sunday I spent my lunchtime seated between two women who were in a heated discussion about many things. I, on the other hand, was busy negotiating my way through a succulent chicken piece, having successfully hauled my overweight body through an 8km run (actually I walked through ...Read more...
The Gift of Time - By Dr. Jane Nannono Kavuma-KayongaBy Muniini K. MuleraJune 15, 20160 commentsOn 21st April 2016 I watched mesmerized as Queen Elizabeth II of Britain celebrated her 90th birthday- making her the longest –reigning British monarch (64 years) and the longest-reigning queen in world history.( the king of Thailand has been king for 70 years) I would say that at ...Read more...
Bribes and the Tobacco Control Act, 2015By Talibita MosesJune 15, 20160 commentsThe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) documentary: Panorama; The secret bribes of big tobacco broadcast on the 30th November 2015. Panorama found that British American Tobacco (BAT) illegally paid politicians and civil servants in countries in East Africa. Uganda has a ...Read more...
THE RISE AND RISE OF GRABIOSIS AFRICANOPATHISBy Susan GithukuKenyaApril 18, 20163 comments#Corruption #Kenya I am developing an interest in anthropology and particularly in a new breed of being, which I have named Grabiosis africanopathis. The broader species of the fictional genus Grabiosis are to be found everywhere in the world but their presence in Africa as the Continent continues to ...Read more...
2 photosThe Boda BodaBy Joy OderaEast AfricaMarch 10, 20166 comments The Boda-Boda In East Africa and some other parts of Africa, we got our ‘Eureka’ moment and determined that the answer to instant youth unemployment, poverty and a mass rapid transit system, was ...Read more...
John Coltrane - Locomotion on Blue TrainBy Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of MusicJune 9, 20160 commentsIt is futile to attempt to describe music with words. Please listen and see why I love Jazz played by the Masters. Read more...
Mentors and sponsors - By Dr. Jane Kavuma KayongaBy Muniini K. MuleraMay 30, 20163 comments Iron sharpens iron, so says an old proverb. We learn from each other as we interact with one another. This explains why parents are our first teachers, mentors and sponsors. Each time I reflect on my life to assess whether I am living my own life, the life I want to live and ...Read more...
Isn’t Uganda hurting from health sector underfunding?By Talibita MosesUganda Uganda Health MattersMay 9, 20161 commentsWhile before Uganda’s Parliamentary Health Committee, Dr Diana Atwine, head of medicines and health service delivery monitoring unit, explained Uganda’s state of public hospitals, maintaining that 60 % of health centres IVs are not functional, and the referral system at ...Read more...
What I Learned from My Parents, Elders and Peers about the Gift of Community: Part Two – Vulnerability and BelongingBy Bbuye Lya MukangaUganda Uganda PoliticsMay 16, 20160 commentsWhat I Learned from My Parents, Elders and Peers about the Gift of Community Two – Vulnerability and Belonging My previous blog contains the 1960s story of Mwami Semei of Kiwafu Village, Entebbe, Uganda, and how Mwaami Semei stumbled into belonging and community only ...Read more...
Barbarians at the Gates? The Unemployment Plight of Africa's University GraduatesBy Steve Kayizzi-MugerwaMarch 11, 20162 comments Introduction The plight of our youthful university graduates in Africa is quite paradoxical. For many of them, education has not unleashed economic opportunity nor social security. In spite of improving economies, graduates exit their institutions ...Read more...
Uganda’s Tobacco Control Act comes into force on 19th of May 2016By Talibita MosesUganda Uganda Health MattersMay 11, 20162 commentsThis 19th of May 2016 is the day the Tobacco Control Act No. 22 enters into force. The same was passed by Parliament on the 28th of July 2015, assented to by the president on the 19th of September 2015 and gazetted in the Uganda Gazette No 67 Volume CVIII dated 18th November 2015. ...Read more...
The "No Change" Slogan and the Health Care System in UgandaBy Asa AhimbisibweUganda Uganda Health MattersMay 9, 20160 commentsUganda has been under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government for 30 years. There are things that continue to puzzle the local people and the educated all alike. For example, why would the NRM Government refuse to allocate at least 15% of its National budget to the ...Read more...
Empowering nurses builds patient-centred health careBy Talibita MosesUganda Uganda Health MattersMay 4, 20162 commentsEmpowered nurses have effective conflict resolution skills and understand the skilful application of nursing ethics to build strong patient care teams in Uganda. Cultivating a culture of advocacy and empowerment among nurses decreases the length of hospital stays thus improving patient ...Read more...
POLITICAL WILL AND REDUCING MATERNAL AND CHILD MORTALITYBy Asa AhimbisibweUganda Uganda Health MattersApril 27, 20160 commentsWhat is Uganda's budget for this year's presidential swearing in ceremony and how much does it cost to save the 16-20 women who will possibly die in childbirth that day? Sri Lanka is one of the low income countries in South Asia, but has been hailed for progressively ...Read more...
Just Like the Spots of a Hyena – the Swagger of Impunity and Military DictatorshipBy Bbuye Lya MukangaUganda Uganda PoliticsApril 25, 20160 commentsJust Like the Spots of a Hyena – the Swagger of Impunity and Military Dictatorship In my first blog at Mulera’s Fireplace, I alluded to an incident at a pre-Independence election rally where the person who went on to be Independent Uganda’s first Attorney ...Read more...