Muniini K. Mulera

Topher Twesigye: Ugandan diplomat with a politically incorrect identity

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 14, 20230 comments

#Twesigye #Topher #Budo #Nyakishenyi #Kigezi #Kigyezi #Uganda #Makerere #Ekwaro #Anyang #Nyongo #Mugyenyi #OporiaEkwaro

In many countries, Topher Twesigye would have been a household name, an honoured and celebrated intellectual and leader of his people. In Uganda, most readers of this column probably have no idea who he was. Easily one of the brightest and most patriotic citizens, Twesigye’s ...

Memories of Kampala's Katanga Valley

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 7, 20230 comments

#Katanga #Wandegeya #Kampala

(Photo: An example of Kampala's urban anarchy. This not Katanga Valley. The latter is worse than this.) *** On an Old Budonians’ WhatsApp Forum, Daudi Mutaaga asked whether we knew why the area between Wandegeya and Mulago Hospital in Kampala was named Katanga. I ...

Africa’s great volcanos and Uganda’s Alliance for National Transformation

By Muniini K. MuleraJuly 31, 20230 comments

#ANT #Alliance #Uganda #Alaso #Muntu #Muhabura #Mgahinga #Gahinga #Mugahinga #Sabyinyo #Bisoke #Mikeno #Karisimbi #Volcano #Sebahire

Photo: Gahinga, Sabyinyo, Bisoke, Mikeno and Karisimbi viewed from the Second Hut on Mount Muhabura. © Ezra Sebahire ************ The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), which was launched on Wednesday May 22, 2019, is like Ibirunga, the eight volcanic mountains in Africa’s ...

Dennis Chisholm of Budo: an impactful life

By Muniini K. MuleraJuly 24, 20230 comments

#Chisholm #Budo #Lockerbie #Mugisha #Bikangaga

© Photo of Sandra & Dennis Chisholm by John Bikangaga Jr. ********** Budonians of my generation are in mourning. Dennis Chisholm, the senior physics teacher at King’s College, Budo from 1964 to1973, died in Scotland on Tuesday July 11. He was 89 years old, and ...

Diaspora Banyakigezi Organization not part of Muhoozi Kainerugaba Project

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 26, 20230 comments

#ICOB #MK #Muhoozi #Kainerugaba

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 ...