Norah Owaraga

Drought is Good?

“Drought is good because as a Country it has woken us up,” President Museveni is reported to have said. An insightful epiphany on climate change he seems to have had. One, however, is befuddled by President Museveni’s policy direction on matters climate change. Yes, drought conditions are revealing. One of the things that drought has…

Never good to pay civil & public servants bonuses for doing what they are paid to do

“Honest people are very rare to find in this country (Uganda).” His Excellency the President of Uganda for the last 30 years, Yoweri Kagutta Museveni, is reported to have said while justifying why highly paid civil servants and business people (the lawyers who were contracted to represent Uganda in the Tallow Oil case) deserved huge…

Voting in “New’ LCs by Lining Up

The Parliament of the Republic of Uganda approved that Local Council (LC) Elections could be held, once again, by people lining up behind their respective candidate of choice. Parliament approved this in 2015 and a bout time it was. And, yes, the implementation of it is long, long overdue. Here is an extract from an…

#6bnhandshake Mentality Countrywide

How different are the chief executive officers (CEOs) of not-for-profit charity, advocacy or development organisations (the so called civil society organisations (CSOs)) from those who partook of the 6bn handshake? On the surface, many, including those working with CSOs, will emphatically respond that there is a big difference. But a closer look by others may…