Norah Owaraga

Uganda Cabinet 2021-2026

Time will tell if Her Excellency the Vice President Hon. Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, a retired Major of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces, shall have a visible, clear and substantive role in the actual day to day running of our nation. Will she remain hidden behind scenes and serve out her term of office, simply…

Budget allocates more to MPs than to doctors

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended doctor to population ratio is at least 20 medical doctors per 10,000 people, as in the WHO recommended doctor to population ratio is 1:500. In Pallisa District, my home district in Eastern Uganda, for example, the doctor to population ratio is 1:45,854; nearly more than 92 times higher than…

How first Karamojong women were appointed into Uganda’s cabinet

In December 2019, I was the keynote speaker for the first Karamoja Women’s Conference. During my keynote address, I asked women of Karamoja thus: “Through a qualitative lens, are you, the women of Karamoja, convinced that the two Karimojong men in Cabinet are able and are fully equipped to represent the Karimojong women’s voice during…

Role of statistics in Ugandans’ day to day lives

A few days ago, as His Excellency President Yoweri Kagutta Museveni read his nth State of the Nation address, he got to a point where his speech writers had included statistics to back an argument in the speech. He paused a while and then explained that he felt uncomfortable reading out loud those statistics for…