Norah Owaraga

Kakwenza, will you survive this time round?

Dear Kakwenza, In 2020, your “The Greedy Barbarian” rubbed the handlers of our head of state the wrong way; as did Denis Cecil Hills’ “The White Pumpkin”, rub handlers of another of our heads of state the wrong way, for in it Hills likened the head of state to a “Village Tyrant.” Like Hills you…

28 bags of oranges stolen from farm & middleman stole them from the thieves

Men, for the purpose of this post, let us refer to them as ikokolak (thieves in Ateso), went to this woman’s orchard and without her permission they harvested 28 bags of oranges, farm-gate price value of about a million shillings. Loaded them on a vehicle, drove off to the market and sold them to the…

Christmas meat in Teso – Part II

Food for thought, are there investors who would like to invest in a akiring n’ebaga (Christmas meat) enterprise in Teso? It is a sure deal win-win for all. Let us do the math with a case study. In 2014, at the beginning of the year, my aunts, like many in rural areas of Teso, each…

Totems of Karamoja and cultural tourism

According to my friend, Lomuria Betty Konyen, in Karamoja every ethnic group has a totem, which are largely animals; this signifies how the Karamojong’s life is entrenched in animals, both domestic and wild. For example, according to Lomuria, some of the totems are: Ngi-Matheniko – Giraffe – Ekori (they are Ngikorio). Ngi-Bokora – Turtle…