Norah Owaraga

Challenges of basing decisions and plans on ‘scientific data’

I would like to highlight some of the problems in using data to support a particular position. Taking an example of my country, Uganda, it is quite possible that data collected on any subject is incomplete and or does not represent the whole country. It is logical to believe that the best place to find…

Discourse analysis & fact check of Police statement on Nabulime

Uganda Police Force (UPF): “The mother/housewife identified as Nabulime Dorothy, aged 22” has a “two-year-old daughter.” ME: Which means she was a child bride and is a child mother. UPF: “The mother showed no sympathy, compassion and love, expected from a mother towards her 2-year-old daughter. Upon arrest, she was subjected to a mental health…

When titling creates land rights for men at the expense of women

Yesterday, 31st August 2022, Dr. Margaret A. Rugadya (PhD) brought to our attention her paper titled: “Titling of Customary Tenure is not a fix for Women’s Land Right: a review of Evidence and Practice.” She did so as she delivered the keynote at the launch to the Stand For Her Land Campaign Uganda Launch at…

100 years on earth you rested, fare thee well ija Mangada

She who babysat my father, the Chief now rested, his sister, my ija (aunt) Akia Magdelene, and whom we popularly and fondly knew as ija Mangada, rested on Wednesday, 24th August 2022, aged an estimated 100 years. I was battling a common cold, which necessitated medication, and so was not able to go and physically…