Norah Owaraga

“Trust No One” by Gregg Hurwitz

This is the second book this year that got me thinking of how far activists in Uganda are truly willing to go – be they of the party politics kind or or of the social justice kind. See if this quote from the book does not give you a reality check: But he’s still a…

Normalization of false charity primarily for political gain

How does “dancing for the LORD” or dancing Zumba, Kona Dance and learning insanity and self-defense skills deal with the root reasons as to why Pallisa Hospital was never maintained in the first place and now needs charity to renovate? Who did not do their job? Who squandered the resources?

Maximum Respect for Business Owners in Uganda

When famed successful business gurus are invited to give talks to the business community in Uganda, I often wonder who the teacher should be and who the learner should be. So, when their talks, keynote address, or whatever are praised, I often take it with a pinch of salt – in terms of applicability in…

Lessons on doing business in Uganda from Dr. Clarke’s “The man with the key has gone”

It has been 30+ years since Dr. Ian Clarke wrote his book, “The man with the key has gone” and the mentality sustains in Uganda – read more in the the first part, Man With The Key Has Gone. The mentality has gotten worse. Apparently, for the sole purpose of individual primitive wealth accumulation, it…