Norah Owaraga

Filling the position of Speaker of Parliament in a rush after Oulanyah’s death is not wise

Sadly, in Uganda, Okot p’Bitek’s prediction has escalated to the worst point ever. “The breakdown in the traditional African political systems that emphasized unity” is complete or at best vulgarized. How now can we not accept that in Uganda “the adoption of Western political systems” is the cause of “Africa’s problems of poverty, ignorance and…

Don’t cause own unhappiness

Our Trip Together Is Very Short! A woman climbed up the bus and sat down beside a man, hitting him with her numerous bags. When the man remained silent, the woman asked him why he did not complain when she hit him with her bags? The man replied with a Smile: “There is no need to be upset…

Mbidde magniloquence pakalast

Hon. Mukasa Fred Mbidde is described on his Wikipedia profile as a lawyer, a human-rights activist, a mass communication specialist, a motivational speaker and a politician. Indeed, an apt description of him, except, perhaps, the “mass communication specialist” accolade. This I doubt, purely on the basis of Hon. Mbidde’s use of the English language in…

Bridge online gender-gap

My Facebook page, Norah Owaraga’s Blog, is followed mostly by men. It bothers me. So, I generated a post on Facebook with the breakdown statistics of my blog followers, accompanied with the caption: “Just wondering why my blog is followed by 79 percent men and only 21 percent women. And moreover, the majority are in…