Norah Owaraga

Iteso forest rights food security & environment

“Only an owner or user may cut trees on his(/her) land but any person may cut trees on unallocated land. Certain trees because of their food properties or utilitarian uses are regarded as reserved trees and may not normally be cut down even by the person on whose land they grow… Trees planted by hand…

Fact Check: Emyooga in Pallisa – Gogonyo

Last week, I heard Mr. Orone Derrick, the Honorable Member of Parliament representing Gogonyo Constituency in Pallisa District, speaking on Super FM (a Buganda based radio station, which broadcasts in Luganda). Speaking in Luganda, Hon. Orone asserted that the Emyooga funds that were deployed in and for Gogonyo were 100 percent well utilized. I heard…

The longest cassava is it good or bad for Teso?

Last month, July 2021, I saw screaming celebratory headlines on various platforms, including those for Voice of Teso, heralding the discovery of the longest cassava in the world in Teso. Photo credit @ Voice of Teso And when I saw the pictures of the cassava, it immediately reminded me of a conversation that I had…

Iteso groundnuts PHH and value addition

So, the other day, I dropped in to see my sister, Iretor Sikola, daughter of Papa Otim, a brother to my late father. I had heard she was not well, but look what I found. I found her seated in a shade sorting the damaged groundnuts from the good ones from her recent harvest. Iretor…