Norah Owaraga

Election geopolitics

Delegations of the European Union (EU) overtly paid courtesy visits and held meetings with major political parties and civil society organizations, the latter famous for human rights work. EU Ambassador, NUP Party leaders hold closed-door meeting @ PML Daily EU Ambassadors meet ANT Leaders @ New Vision The optics of these visits are a double…

Women’s participation in active politics

I boosted on Facebook my post containing a link to my blog post, which featured Hajjat Sebyala Afwa (popularly known as Hajjat Green) and it was titled: “Why aren’t Mutuba trees growing all over Uganda.” It garnered a reach of 20.6 thousand people; of whom 598 clicked on the link and presumably read the full…

Lying about one’s age is the norm in Uganda

Intentional lying about one’s age to fit or to qualify for something is a common practice in Uganda. However, it often catches up with one, especially so, when one is inconsistent. Meaning, de facto, that in order to get away with intentional lying about one’s age, one must make sure that one is consistent. And…

He doesn’t have papers …

I wondered, why the hullabaloo candidates are put through to answer allegations of “he or she doesn’t have papers”? Among the prominent, questioning of Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi’s (aka Bobi Wine’s) academic papers, by the notorious lawyer Male Mabirizi. “Bobi Wine’s academic details available at the parliament website indicate that he was born in 1982 and…