Norah Owaraga

Emyooga what is it?

Emyooga Presidential Initiative This question was put to me by a colleague, a non-Ugandan, a prolific thinker, who does extensive empirical research in Uganda. Emyooga is a sh260b presidential initiative on wealth and job creation that targets Ugandans, especially in the informal sector, that come together in form of savings and credit co-operative societies, according…

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…

Longest cassava in the world

We, Iteso, need cassava for making our atap (either sorghum and/or millet mixed in cassava to make atap ugali). Euphoria following production in Teso of cassava tubers believed the longest in the world, is understandable in the context of it is our major staple food. No doubt, it is either produced of ‘improved varieties’ of…