Norah Owaraga

How not to disrespect Ateso language of Iteso

“My Iteso friend promised to re arrange my face, free of charge, because I told him the name Teso was coined from a Luganda word ekiteso (discussion). He ranted, how the Iteso roots are as clear as day follows night and needs no editing or remixing. At this point I wonder, have the Kenyans, got…

President Obote legacy lives in his speeches – Part III

“Please give us a chance to find our bearings and resolve our problems in our own way.” President Dr. Apollo Milton Obote We are liberated now and let us proclaim loud and clear that as far as we are concerned the past is now firmly behind us. We harbour no ill-feelings towards any country or…

President Obote legacy lives in speeches – Part II

Indeed, most of the countries maintained diplomatic relations and some not only carried on trading, but sold to this butcher (President Field Marsha Idi Amin), no doubt, at exorbitant prices, weapons and other electronic gadgets to carry out his massacres more efficiently. Near home, the OAU (Organisation of African Unity) honoured the monster by holding…

President Obote legacy lives in speeches – Part I

I stand humbly before you, today, in a country ravaged, plundered and divested for over eight years by the brute and monstrous regime of Idi Amin. I am deeply conscious of the untold suffering and misery inflicted on the people of our country by the monster Amin and his henchmen. His attempt to enslave the…