Norah Owaraga

Smell of Pinetti coffee deal is in the air

The Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Ltd deal with government is simply but just the latest symptom of systemic government policy and practice that favours so-called foreign investors over Ugandan born genuine innovators and investors. Sadly, my thesis of 2014 continues to hold true; and thus my plea that we should close Uganda’s market also continues…

Angry ghost of former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah shows up at his burial

I remember as a child, I was in awe of my late paternal grandmother, my tata. You see, we would be sitting in her front yard, threshing millet or winnowing millet or doing other post-harvest handling activity, and on occasion a spiral wind would blow over. And my grandmother would rush to cover “the eye”…

Skyrocketing food prices a big cause of food insecurity and poverty in Uganda

In his Good Friday address to the nation, His Excellency President Museveni assured Ugandans that he knew how “high commodity prices are disturbing our people.” The President promised that this week he would discuss with the caucus (I am assuming the National Resistance Movement Caucus) first, and then he would address the nation on the…

“All Ugandan children can read and count?”

I would like to believe that in less than 10 years, Uganda has registered massive success to the extent that “all Uganda children can now read and count,” but the facts on the ground indicate that this is highly unlikely. Here are some facts: “Only about 50 percent of the children in Primary 3 (normally…