Norah Owaraga

Individualism versus group-think and Uganda’s political parties

“The bills tabled by the Attorney General, William Byaruhanga, capture what was proposed by my DP Acting Secretary General Mr. Siranda, during the IPOD meetings on independents.” Hon. Betty Namboze Bakireke, Journalist, Politician, MP representing Mukono Municipality, Member DP. ended up equipping Dictator Museveni with a killer idea.

NRM’s Achilles Heel & Men in Uniform

The ongoing fracas in which Gen. Elly Tuwmine is reportedly totally disrespecting his fellow members of parliament and the institution of parliament as a whole lends credence to this blog post and provides a valid example that exemplifies the assertions here in. Sadly, it would appear that the military under NRM is going full circle…

Understanding poverty in rural Uganda – how will SDGs succeed where MDGs didn’t?

Following the failure of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to eliminate poverty from the world by 2015, the United Nations (UN) has a new blueprint, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of which the first goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere and over a 15-year period that ends in 2030. Unlike the MDGs, however, the…

Sanity on Social Media

I identify as Atesot, Ugandan, African , Woman who is subscribes to the following feminist ideologies: Black Womanist, Africana Womanism, Post-colonial and Transnational.