Norah Owaraga

Blessed to know my roots and to be culturally rooted

Papa Odolot is the youngest of my late father’s brothers and he is one of the two of my late grandfather’s sons who are still alive. He is a trained teacher who taught in Kitagobwa, among other schools, in those days when teachers were to be respected or was it feared … Those who know…

We each have our time surely

The life of my papa Omio, brother to my late father, has me convinced in the belief that if it is not your day you will not die. My papa Omio “star nnyoo” as they would say in street talk here in Buganda. As a youthful man he consumed significantly, to the extent that many…

The resting place of my late papa – Ejakait Eng. George William Obityo Owaraga

While he was still alive and well, he chose that his grave be located in the section of his ancestral home that he gave me – the grounds of my house which I inherited from my late grandmother; a house which he built within his home for her, his late mother, Ajakait Joyce Mary Alinga.…

We are at peace in Teso when the grave of our loved one is in good state

On Monday, as I made my way back from a work trip to Teso, I had the privilege and the honour to stop by my aunt’s home, my ija Agadi, my late father’s sister, and to be part of her family as she had the grave of her late husband and of her late granddaughter…