Muniini K. Mulera

Diaspora Banyakigezi Organization not part of Muhoozi Kainerugaba Project

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 26, 20230 comments

Photo: Comrades walking paths we trod decades ago ********************************************************* The conmen are at it again. President Yoweri Museveni has been repeatedly conned by some Diaspora Ugandans into believing that they have thousands of supporters of the ...

Legacy of David John Kanabahita (March 24, 1934 – June 11, 2023)

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 12, 20230 comments

#Kanabahita #Abainika #Kigyezi #Kigezi

School teaching is the most important profession. That you are reading this is evidence of my assertion. As a literate professional, you stand on broad shoulders of those who taught you how to read, write and count. That was a foundation without which all else was impossible, except ...

Educated elite’s shameless exploitation of Museveni’s generosity

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaJune 5, 20230 comments

#ICOB #Museveni #Banyakigyezi #Banyakigezi #Kabale #Kalimuzo #Ngorogoza

A friend asked me why Banyakigyezi in Uganda seemed to be unable to form sustainable organizations. He cited the Kigezi National Bank of Commerce, and the ICOB-Uganda Chapter as examples. I did not have a clear answer, except that greed and bad politics ...

Kigyezi Safe Motherhood: support pregnant mothers in Rukiga District

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMay 31, 20230 comments

#Mparo

Photo: Portable ultrasound presentation to Mparo Health Centre IV, February 17, 2023 My letter about the disparity in healthcare access in Uganda triggered many responses from readers, the majority of whom agreed and shared their own experiences as patients or relatives of ...

ICOB 2023-2026 Leadership Candidates' portraits

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMay 30, 20230 comments

#Sebikari #Ninsiima #Muhaabwa #Rumanyika #Mugisha #Kamusiime #Kalungi #Kagimu #Rwanika #Gabulaya #Biteete #Besigye #Bucyana #Kemigisha #Kyomugisha #Turyamuhaki #Tatwangire #Nkojo #Mugisha

Photo: Bridget Begin Nkojo, Presidential candidate, ICOB. Date: Monday, May 29, 2023 To: Members of the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB) From: Muniini K. Mulera, President, ICOB Subject: ICOB LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES ...

Experience at Nakasero Hospital and critical inequalities in the land

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMay 22, 20230 comments

#Nakasero #hospital #Miiro #Nsubuga #Candiru #Namata #Uganda

Photo: Dr. Marvin Miiro Nsubuga, a specialist in internal medicine in Kampala, Uganda. (© Muniini K. Mulera) ********************** The overwhelming healthcare needs of Uganda’s population can cause as much despondency to health professionals as they do to patients ...

ICOB@20: Banyakigyezi to celebrate coming of age

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMay 15, 20230 comments

#ICOB #KEF #Nyakatare #Kyamakanda #Muhabura #Nyarushanje #Kizinga

(Photo: Left to right: Mr. Robert Bagumisiriza, Principal, Rukungiri Technical Institute; Ms. Florence Ntambi Mulera, founder-member of ICOB; Muniini K. Mulera, founder-member & current President of ICOB; Dr. Stephen Rwaboona Katashaaya, Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, ...

Katara ka Kajumba: Forgotten soldier who was mentally liberated by the Second World War

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMay 8, 20230 comments

#Katara #Kahondo #Rukooko #Mununuura #WW2 #WWII #KAR #Byamarembo #Kacururu #Nduhira

Mr. Katara ka Kajumba (1918 - May 8, 2023) A 105-year-old gentleman, who was one of my most beloved teachers and last link to my paternal ancestors, died at his home in Kahondo ka Byamarembo in Southern Kigyezi, Uganda, on the afternoon of Monday May 8, 2023. He is now ...

Memories of early encounters with English

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaMay 1, 20230 comments

#English #Bisamunyu #Kigezi #High #School #Budo

Photo: Main Hall and classrooms, King's College, Budo in April 1996 © Muniini K. Mulera ************** We all make grammatical mistakes in speaking and writing English. I certainly do. I frequently catch myself tongue tied as I struggle to extricate myself from ...

Homosexuality: Ugandan scientific research needed

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 25, 20230 comments

#Homosexuality #Uganda

President Yoweri Museveni respects science and scientists. He often exercises admirable patience before making evidence-based decisions. It is my hope that he will exercise the same patience and insistence on solid evidence before assenting to an amended Anti-Homosexuality Bill. ...

Bishop Akanjuna of Kigezi is well qualified for his ministry

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 17, 20230 comments

#Akanjuna #Bishop #Kigezi #overseer #COU #ChurchofUganda #Paul

Another episode of conflict is brewing in Kigezi Diocese of the Church of Uganda. Through his lawyer, Mr. Nelson Habasa, a member of the Church, wrote to the Provincial Secretary of the Church of Uganda, on March 31, 2023, to demand that a Provincial Tribunal be constituted to hear ...

Homosexuality: a medical doctor’s perspective

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 10, 20230 comments

#homosexuality #LGBTQ #gender #sexuality #Uganda

The conversation about human sexuality, including homosexuality, suffers from oversimplification. One understands the difficulty many people have with calls for sober consideration of this complex subject. I was once in their shoes. My upbringing as an African heterosexual male, and ...

Homosexuality in Africa: A Christian's perspective

By Muniini K. MuleraUgandaApril 4, 20231 comments

#Homosexuality #LGBT #Uganda

The Golden Rule: Matthew 7:12 (ESV) ******* I had hesitated to make public comment on homosexuality and Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill because the polarised positions taken, complete with abusive language, may not allow room for sober consideration of this complex subject. However, ...

Budo co-education@90: female leadership the next goal.

By Muniini K. MuleraMarch 27, 20230 comments

#Budo #Grace #Aggrey #Fraser #Achimota #Kandy

Photo: Budo Pioneer girls. (Photographer - unknown. 1934) Ninety years ago this year, ten (perhaps twelve) girls were admitted at King’s College, Budo, a 27-year-old school hitherto exclusively dedicated to the education of boys. The girls - Flora Kawalya, ...

For our sobriety, legally ban alcohol promotion

By Talibita MosesUgandaFebruary 22, 20230 comments

Yes, alcohol may not be the only legally recognized substance taking away your sobriety, but the fact that 12.6 million Ugandans continue to drink alcohol and that 110.6M liters were consumed in the year of the study according to Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance, is an issue deserving ...

Address delays of accessing safe childbirth in Uganda to save mothers

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 7, 20230 comments

#MMR #maternal #mortality #morbidity #Uganda

There is a preventable tragedy that hardly engages sustained public interest. The Monitor newspaper, among others, has faithfully reported stories of women who have had bad experiences in labour, some of whom have died. Such news quickly disappears, unless the victim ...