Muwado – Africa's Storytelling Platform | Ganzi Isharaza | Activity https://muwado.com/members/ganzi-isharaza/activity/ Activity feed for Ganzi Isharaza. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:23:16 +0300 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 5b913e33be06934a0e6c6ac2c2101d30 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=57710 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:56:58 +0300 THE THINGS A DAUGHTER TEACHES A FATHER With each year that passes by, I am finding that nothing quite prepares you as a man, let alone a father, for the absolute roller coaster ride that having a […]

]]> 54bd4821ffb36067bc24f12cbb6050d6 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=55987 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:44:09 +0300 PART 3: THE TRICKY BUSSINESS OF DEFINING UGANDANNESS Part 2 At the height of Dr. Milton Obote’s fallout with Museveni, he (Obote) repeatedly insisted that Museveni was not a Ugandan citizen. At a rally in M […]

]]> d8d5be4f1eed62432bc212d830eb9d7e Ganzi Isharaza posted a new activity comment https://muwado.com/on-muganga-being-rwandan-and-ugandas-demons-of-identity-politics-part-1-the-reality-of-being-of-rwandan-descent/#comment-18414 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:47:44 +0300 Part 2: https://muwado.com/part-2-of-muganga-and-his-particular-predicament/

In reply to - Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post ON MUGANGA, BEING RWANDAN AND UGANDA'S DEMONS OF IDENTITY POLITICS PART 1: THE REALITY OF BEING OF RWANDAN DESCENT It is true in a way that few care to contemplate, that no people […] ]]> dabe394f7e26b38a52a7d90b75d458c7 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=55792 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:45:06 +0300 PART 2: OF MUGANGA AND HIS PARTICULAR PREDICAMENT Part 1I have seen lawyers argue about the legality and constitutionality of Dr. Muganga’s ministerial appointment. Those in support argue that the c […]

]]> 60840da25fe2df3da8d0981e938eb299 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=55704 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:20:06 +0300 ON MUGANGA, BEING RWANDAN AND UGANDA'S DEMONS OF IDENTITY POLITICS PART 1: THE REALITY OF BEING OF RWANDAN DESCENT It is true in a way that few care to contemplate, that no people in the East African region have been as persecuted, harangued and vilified like Rwandans and […]

]]> 80758a7c56ce4fdffffc528dbe56685e Ganzi Isharaza just earned the Voice of the People badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37767/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:10 +0300 0 80758a7c56ce4fdffffc528dbe56685e Ganzi Isharaza just earned the First Comment badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37765/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:10 +0300 0 f164675d3fb8080bcf4a77f89f8662bb Ganzi Isharaza just earned the First Follower badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37762/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:09 +0300 0 f164675d3fb8080bcf4a77f89f8662bb Ganzi Isharaza just earned the 1K Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37760/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:09 +0300 0 9f191bcb513f32f20f7f0bfb6dc65cdb Ganzi Isharaza just earned the 500 Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37759/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:08 +0300 0 9f191bcb513f32f20f7f0bfb6dc65cdb Ganzi Isharaza just earned the 100 Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37757/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:08 +0300 0 22905ef481f580cca8fb5e9cd0f2e48c Ganzi Isharaza just earned the Voice of the People badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37755/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:07 +0300 0 22905ef481f580cca8fb5e9cd0f2e48c Ganzi Isharaza just earned the Monthly Consistent badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37754/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:07 +0300 0 22905ef481f580cca8fb5e9cd0f2e48c Ganzi Isharaza just earned the First Comment badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37753/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:07 +0300 0 22905ef481f580cca8fb5e9cd0f2e48c Ganzi Isharaza just earned the Marathon Writer badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37752/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:07 +0300 0 0707f5de3d72bee3fc7a286851a97daf Ganzi Isharaza just earned the First Follower badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37751/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:06 +0300 0 0707f5de3d72bee3fc7a286851a97daf Ganzi Isharaza just earned the Storyteller badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37750/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:06 +0300 0 0707f5de3d72bee3fc7a286851a97daf Ganzi Isharaza just earned the 1K Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37749/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:06 +0300 0 0707f5de3d72bee3fc7a286851a97daf Ganzi Isharaza just earned the First Story badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37748/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:06 +0300 0 617b7d8832d4affb9706a2d2f23b6dc5 Ganzi Isharaza just earned the 500 Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37747/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:05 +0300 0 617b7d8832d4affb9706a2d2f23b6dc5 Ganzi Isharaza just earned the 100 Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37745/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:05 +0300 0 617b7d8832d4affb9706a2d2f23b6dc5 Ganzi Isharaza just earned the Monthly Consistent badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37743/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:05 +0300 0 1e88cfc1a4aa4bd8f0b8d5ac39f1a181 Ganzi Isharaza just earned the Marathon Writer badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37741/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:04 +0300 0 1e88cfc1a4aa4bd8f0b8d5ac39f1a181 Ganzi Isharaza just earned the Storyteller badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37739/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:04 +0300 0 3ec2b5b3f1601a0ad2b0cd69767e79c3 Ganzi Isharaza just earned the First Story badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37737/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:03 +0300 0 8e943c849813a3bb183c559f2395606c Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52764 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:35:16 +0300 “THE PROBLEM OF AFRICA” AND OTHER DELUSIONS There are many people-some Black Africans- that would have us believe that the institutional and nation-building failures we face across the continent are […]

]]> 7adc8726a28aa4d4237c75e1eeb06c43 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52430 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:51:37 +0300 14 Years. That’s how long Diana and I have been married today. In some ways, it feels like it was just yesterday that my wife and I walked down the aisle to say o […]

]]> 457692b122e401fdefe4a1933b9084b9 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=50747 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:18:33 +0300 OF DAUGHTERS AND THEIR CHILDREN This is our granddaughter. Her name is Hearty Cutie. She was named so by her mother on the day she became hers. As with our Lord, her conception and birth are […]

]]> 82c718103cdcb6b383bde0f816717581 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=45656 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 07:01:27 +0300 BECOMING GULUMIZA’S FATHER PART 3 I dropped Netanya off to her school. For the first time in both our lives (as far as I could recall), I was first to let go of her embrace as she hugged me […]

]]> fb2173a9d22be8d0bf86c18568e87671 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=45628 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:13:43 +0300 PROLOGUE: TRUMP'S VICTORY AND THE DEAFENING SOUND OF THE SILENT "MAJORITY" Full disclosure: Like many people I know, I’ve been processing Trump’s re-election with a mixture of shock and resignation. Shock because until the res […]

]]> 39b200579ea9a3dfce7ecd9e742fb159 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=40132 Sun, 25 Jun 2023 18:05:05 +0300 BECOMING GULUMIZA'S FATHER (Part 2) The 14th of June came and went. Apparently, Shoroora was fine where he was and saw no need to change his place of abode. His mother on the other hand was […]

]]> a23eefa4e069f4ae439f218d2ff563cf Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=40129 Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:55:23 +0300 BECOMING GULUMIZA'S FATHER (Part 1)Like his sister before him, Gulumiza wasn’t a ‘planned’ baby. Sure we’d talked about the possibility of having a second and hoped i […]

]]> 5b3f765518a3ae2dd77f77717aeed6b9 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=39961 Fri, 21 Apr 2023 07:02:20 +0300 ON FATHERHOOD AND THE TRAPS OF SOCIALIZED GENDER ROLESOn Tuesday, I walked into Café Javas at Oasis mall carrying my 10 month-old son in a baby carrier and ordered […]

]]> d278bab8253e6e46fab19de76d16ba7a Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=39739 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:29:01 +0300 ON HOMOSEXUALITY, ABORTION AND THE HYPOCRISY OF OUR NATIONAL OUTCRY – PART 1: This Thing Called Homosexuality When the Anti-homosexuality Bill 2009 (and later 2014 Act) […]

]]> 46c9c015ee77b8bbe3884f8bc05f97cf Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=39518 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:54:10 +0300 A GENERAL, A QUEEN AND THE SUBTLE ART OF BEING HUMAN(E) A friend of mine texted asking me to confirm if it was indeed true that Gen. Tumwiine had passed on. When I said […]

]]> e9afc19b3eb4d8e521cc8a3920daa970 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=39515 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:51:22 +0300 OF TODDLERS AND THEIR MARVELOUS IMPROVISIONS. Netanya is at that stage in her development where her brain makes a lot more sense of things than her vocabulary can […]

]]> 43b2881abd0266dbabf5f4a78fc342f8 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=39512 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:39:40 +0300 On the salaries of Uganda Airlines Executives It’s probably not a very popular opinion, but I’ll say it anyway. I’m both surprised and disappointed by the MPs’ […]

]]> 6bb3e86027dce233f1500842c8079b6a Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=38820 Mon, 21 Mar 2022 13:12:13 +0300 Today, I inch closer to the 4th floor than the third.There’s been lots to celebrate this past year.There’s been lots of loss this past year.There’s been several lows and several highs and many in-betweens.Looking […]

]]> 4e098f30976a98a6e918c7b558d33312 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=38217 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:31:41 +0300 Everything was going as we had hoped. Ramya had enjoyed the three trial short nursery sessions, much to our relief. We had really worried that as a “lockdown child” who had had very limited interaction with oth […]

]]> a79151d6a74752e996f0c2955a3ed308 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=38214 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:18:46 +0300 Three weeks ago, our daughter Ayinza started going to daycare. She started by attending a 3-hr session. The plan was that she gradually gets used to the idea before she starts the longer, official sessions. I […]

]]> 613722928901b74b51a343dc207876d6 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=38211 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:08:09 +0300 Should Housewives Be Paid? Not so Fast… Confession: My wife and I are avid Bump Love watchers. Ok, my wife is probably a little more than I initially but oba that is […]

]]> 52bd9ec6a9ea25deffb13ba0574f6186 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=38207 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:47:20 +0300 Our Dearest Ayinza,Two years! You are now two years! We still can’t believe it, really. And yet we can. You have grown so tall my dear, you really have. On the playgrounds in parks, you often leave us in the a […]

]]> 6c01ef2bec08ad2b33f1bbf9efb359e2 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=38204 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:38:03 +0300 Dearest Netanya Ayinza Ramya Isharaza,Today is the last day you can be said to be one year and something. Tomorrow, you will be two years old. It has been a year filled with so much joy. And growth. And just […]

]]> 76e77c936704a30715d295292490dce4 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=34934 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:41:40 +0300 My grandmother, Mary Kigongo was a proud, strong and independent-minded woman. When I say strong, I mean really strong. In my Primary school days, during third term holidays when we went to visit her in Natteta, […]

]]> 988a53a62ff97d3f65a4dcafb341b2fe Ganzi Isharaza posted a new activity comment http://muwado.com/decolonizing-christianity-part-1-africa-christianity/#comment-4083 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 22:58:22 +0300 Hello Emmanuel,
Thank you so much for your feedback. Indeed, it is this process of reclaiming our place in history that will enable us to deal with some of the inequality and inequity challenges we face today. I am looking forward to your paper!

In reply to - Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post Over the past several months, a few friends and I have been discussing Africanness. Specifically, we have been thinking about, reading up on and discussing the place of Black Africa […] ]]> 3db87e09e22d96e108041215d12b1b9a Ganzi Isharaza posted a new activity comment http://muwado.com/decolonizing-christianity-part-1-africa-christianity/#comment-4082 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 22:56:19 +0300 Hello Vijay,
Apologies for this late response. Thank you for the feedback. I will read your piece and revert in the coming week.

In reply to - Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post Over the past several months, a few friends and I have been discussing Africanness. Specifically, we have been thinking about, reading up on and discussing the place of Black Africa […] ]]> 0293e9e57ea948806060fdc1c10e875c Ganzi Isharaza posted a new activity comment http://muwado.com/decolonizing-christianity-part-2-what-is-christian-about-christian-weddings/#comment-4081 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 22:53:45 +0300 Hi Batirah,
Indeed, it is the sad reality of our times that (as someone has put it), we buy things we do not need, do things that don’t benefit us, say things we do not mean, to please people that do not even care about us. The sooner we start fining our true north, the better.

In reply to - Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post OK, before we go on, I need to make a few things clear. I was wed in church. Namirembe Cathedral no less. It was the 17th of December 2011 at about 12:20 pm. We had booked the 12 […] ]]> d7d05dc2c820efc884e50f7bbe453811 Ganzi Isharaza posted a new activity comment http://muwado.com/decolonizing-christianity-part-2-what-is-christian-about-christian-weddings/#comment-4080 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 22:51:08 +0300 Hi Roland,
I did not claim that monogamy is the only right way of doing things (although I certainly believe it is the best way). I only said Christianity teaches that it is God’s intended way. That there are incidences of polygamy in the bible is not necessarily indicative of it being God’s preferred way (there are incidences of slavery, incest…Read more

In reply to - Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post OK, before we go on, I need to make a few things clear. I was wed in church. Namirembe Cathedral no less. It was the 17th of December 2011 at about 12:20 pm. We had booked the 12 […] ]]> aaa38a20862438e9b8294bfa36062de3 Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30523 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 01:17:50 +0300 OK, before we go on, I need to make a few things clear.

I was wed in church. Namirembe Cathedral no less. It was the 17th of December 2011 at about 12:20 pm. We had booked the 12 noon service and arrived 20 min […]

]]> 1f2434b14f5862f3ab4a8b7e99ba9eec Ganzi Isharaza wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30270 Sun, 19 Jul 2020 12:50:35 +0300 Over the past several months, a few friends and I have been discussing Africanness. Specifically, we have been thinking about, reading up on and discussing the place of Black Africa in the bible and Christianity. […]

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