Norah Owaraga

Poverty, Mute MPs and the General

Pallisa District is among areas of Uganda which have the highest concentration of poor people, with a poverty density of more than 100 people per square kilometre who are living on less than a dollar a day. This is according to findings of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), published in the report: “The Spatial…

64 MPs said nothing in parliament 2021/22

In 2015 I wrote: “The current system is irrational for it allows for districts, such as my ancestral district, Pallisa, whose annual revenue collection is about 130 million shillings only, to be represented by five MPs that cost the nation 900 million shillings per year. Negative trends such as the most recent weakening of the…

Looking for a good fact-based online content creator? I am who you are looking for

I know many great people doing hugely positive impact filled grassroots work, but whom you can hardly find online. This status quo saddens me. What can I do about it, you may ask. Well, I offer my expertise and experience at a reasonable fee. I lend you my expertise and experience so you can make…

14 million mentally ill, many in prolonged grief

“Grief is such a difficult one. Thanks for sharing this article,” commented Guardian Lane in reaction to my blog post titled: “Tears of an orphan,” which I shared on Linkedln with the following introduction: “Coping with grief sometimes includes being able to talk about it or to write about it. And so I write. Often…