Norah Owaraga

Harassment of Sserwanjjas reveals government intolerant of whistle blowers

Unless you are Hon. Opendi, don’t go undercover in to unmask corruption in healthcare services provision?

Ugandan Universities: Civil liberties in peril

Originally posted on masakeonline: Striking Makerere University students. © The Observer Newspaper “If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other, it is the principle of free thought – not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.” Oliver…

Education and politics during Nawangwe’s Reign at Makerere University Kampala

Prior to his appointment as Vice Chancellor (VC) of Makerere University Kampala (MUK), there were allegations that Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe is with indiscipline and questionable ethics. Case in point, for example, allegations made against him by his former boss, his predecessor, Professor John Ddumba Ssentamu. In a letter to Prof. Nawangwe dated 30th January 2017,…

Who is an educated person?

As we ululated and cheered, Brenda took off her mortarboard or square academic cap, if you choose, and placed it on the head of her mother. Then she took of her academic gown and draped it on the shoulders of her uncle-father.