Norah Owaraga

Trending in Uganda: Agent Banking

“There is this new thing in Africa that I don’t understand. It’s called Agent Banking. A store/shop acts as an agent to a bank, or several banks. The same store is also an agent to a telco’s mobile money business. The agents are in remote places where banks don’t want/can’t afford to set up branches.…

Museveni Ugandan Culture-Normal Man

Castigating President Museveni for his comments diverts attention from the fact, for example, that many married professional carrier women and politicians, such as Hon. Janet Museveni, who is currently not only the First Lady, but is also the Minister of Education, likely hardly do the cooking in their homes, if at all.

Discourse ‘Facipulation’

‘Facipulate’, as it was explained to me, was formed by combining two words: “facilitate” and “manipulate”; meaning that ‘facipulation’ is when a facilitator manipulates discussions to achieve a predetermined conclusion.

Capacity to Test for TB in North Uganda

“We must always advise our people to go for TB testing the way we talk about HIV,” recommended a Greater Northern Uganda respondent of CPAR Uganda Ltd’s qualitative investigation into tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda. Click here to download and read the 5-page PDF of CPAR Uganda’s fifth TB research findings briefing which covers: The need…