Norah Owaraga

Iteso Lens on Cabinet

Using President Yoweri Kagutta Museveni’s 14th December 2019 Cabinet, hence forth to be referred to as “Cabinet”, put to test the assertion: “first nations of Uganda are a major factor that cannot be rubbished away by a president.” A cursory look at Cabinet, may give an impression that Mr. Museveni’s allocation of Cabinet positions is…

Ethnicity an important factor

“Ethnicity will always be a key element in Uganda’s political organizing. We identify more with our ethnicity than with ‘Ugandaness’.” Maria Alesi The ethnocide of the first nations of Uganda is our most important and central negative legacy of colonialism. Unfortunately, it sustains unabated, and is the epicenter nurturing significant discomfort among us. Uganda, the…

Gender Lens on Best Ministers

A deeper analysis of Mr. Museveni’s cabinet of six months ago, in fact, reveals that the top five positions in cabinet – President, Vice President, Prime Minister, and the 1st and 2nd Deputy Prime Ministers – were all men, and it continues to be the case even now. Of the full ministers in Mr. Museveni’s…

Refusal of male partner responsibility for pregnancy

Hypocrisy of our MPs at its best. But such which is consistent with some institutionalised negative beliefs and practices in our communities in Uganda; including the legacies of negative conservative christian religiosity that was forced down our throats by colonial missionaries. We must detoxify and decolonize our minds so we may shun warped moralists who…