Norah Owaraga

Dismantle and re-design Kampala City to rid it of structural racism

I am currently reading the book: “The Black Man’s Burden – Africa and the curse of the Nation-State”, by Basil Davidson. For that reason, I find the blog post “the racism behind Kampala” not so profound. It essentially remains confined within the narrow framework and mentality of those that Davidson categorized as the re-captives. Re-captives were African…

East African Legislative Assembly elections an eye opener for Uganda

If anything, the inter-political-party and intra-political-party tensions that are at the peak here in Uganda with regards to the elections for representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) should worry most of us. No doubt, our motherland, Uganda, is divided on multiple fronts. That we cannot come together to agree on who the best…

#6bnhandshake Elitist Proceedings

The proceedings that are looking into the sharing of the 6bn presidential handshake are leaving a bitter taste in one’s mouth, particularly so the seeming definition of “extraordinary work” that has been adopted. Take for instances this extract from media reports: Mr. Angulla who at the time of the cases was serving as URA’s Clerical officer and…

I am Alinga

Culturally, my first name is Alinga. A week after I was born I was named in an Iteso naming ceremony. I was named after the mother of my father, my grandmother Ajakait Joyce Mary Alinga. My name Alinga is part of my social capital. Within Iteso culture the name that one is given signifies one’s…