Norah Owaraga

The Vinci Coffee Deal

His Excellency, the President, would have us believe that the Vinci Coffee Deal is in the interest of our smallholder coffee farmers. “This is a struggle between the comprador bourgeoisie, the agents of foreign interests, and the local bourgeoisie.” President Museveni on push back against Vinci Coffee Deal @ The Independent Really, how so? A…

Women singly raising children deserve respect

Seemingly, the majority of children in Uganda are mostly raised by a female as the primary parent or guardian. The latest national household survey report, revealed that the majority, 45.8 percent, of persons aged 15 years and above have never married. Add the 6.1 percent who are divorced or separated and the percentage goes higher…

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…