Norah Owaraga

Food Manners

So, you can imagine the discomfort and shock that I experience now in my adult life, when the tables have turned and I am now among parents, and I hear or read derogatory comments of another’s food from those who normally would be considered parents in the central logic of African culture.

Hon. Zuleika Hassan breastfeeding child in Parliament was effective symbolism

Dear Hon. Zuleika Hassan, Thank you for putting your wisdom to use; for your courage and ingenuity in representing you constituency, women and humanity at large. Thank you for being the true role model of a great African woman legislator. Bringing your breastfeeding child on to the floor of parliament was an effective symbolic gesture…

Individualism versus group-think and Uganda’s political parties

“The bills tabled by the Attorney General, William Byaruhanga, capture what was proposed by my DP Acting Secretary General Mr. Siranda, during the IPOD meetings on independents.” Hon. Betty Namboze Bakireke, Journalist, Politician, MP representing Mukono Municipality, Member DP. ended up equipping Dictator Museveni with a killer idea.

NRM’s Achilles Heel & Men in Uniform

The ongoing fracas in which Gen. Elly Tuwmine is reportedly totally disrespecting his fellow members of parliament and the institution of parliament as a whole lends credence to this blog post and provides a valid example that exemplifies the assertions here in. Sadly, it would appear that the military under NRM is going full circle…