Norah Owaraga

Power balance in Parliament & LCs 2026

“We should have kept the 1990 RC system (Resistance Council System) with a national council of elders elected by the various ethnic groups to decide who should be president for the next 4-5 years.” What is your take on this proposition made on 16th January 2016, by Stan Burkey, now rested, in comment to my…

Heroes of Uganda – Dr. Freda Mamkiror Omaswa

“A scientist, physician and infectious disease specialist., whose vision was the attainment of empowered healthy populations in Uganda, Africa and the world.”

Role of cultural anthropology in Ebola control

The address that His Excellency President Yoweri Kagutta Museveni gave a couple of days ago, on the Ebola Virus Disease, reminded me of this post, “pandemic management task forces need cultural anthropologists” that I authored during the Covid pandemic. President Museveni implied human induced causation of the spread of Ebola from other animals to humans.…

Vice President Alupo is visible

I honestly think that among the Vice Presidents of Uganda in the recent past, Her Excellency Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, retired Major of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces, has played an overt and visible role more than her predecessors. She has severally and ably represented Uganda at presidential level not only in-country, but globally too.…