Norah Owaraga

Atekerin cuisine with a blend of Buganda foods

My families top three favorite foods are right here in this picture. Groundnuts pasted sauces rule! Atap, millet ugali, often erroneously described as millet bread is the staple of the Atekerin peoples, of whom Iteso, my people we are among. I think due to colonization of Teso and Bukedi by the Baganda, the reign of…

I trust my instincts fifty fifty

My instincts borne of existential experience guide me and urge me to follow logic, for I am a logic kind of woman, I think. But, however, often I fail myself by being human. Giving the benefit of doubt. More often than not it has gotten me burnt. Leaving me reeling and confused in an instant.…

Diary of undecided voter on US foreign policy

Hello Ija, I know it has been a while. I have been rushed off my feet at work, Ija. It is okay Ajakait, I understand. How have you been otherwise? And what is on your mind today, I ask. With excitement in her voice, Ajakait launches off … Ija, it might be that they have…

Remember people are the source of government legitimacy

Spiritual Poverty Government is not the giver of rights to the people. It is the people who are the source of the government’s legitimacy. Sadly, people at the grassroots in Africa do not believe that they are the source of the government’s legitimacy. They are suffering from spiritual poverty, sustained by a psychological feeling of…