Norah Owaraga

Enhancing National Food Security or Not

The Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit (BMAU) of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) caused a bit of a stir during the most recent Joint Agriculture Sector Annual Review (JASAR) 2016 when it reported its findings on the performance of programmes under the agriculture sector during the government’s financial year 2015/2016 –…

49.9 bn Agricultural Credit Fund Unused

The Agricultural Credit Facility (ACF) is a Government of Uganda (GoU) programme that was established in 2009. A document that is published online by the Bank of Uganda (BoU), a brief for clients, explains the ACF and its purpose as follows: “The ACF was set up by the GoU in partnership with Commercial Banks, Uganda…

Beauty in Uganda, what is it?

I suppose it is a tad odd to launch from a franchise that embodies exogenous global-western standards of beauty, Miss Uganda Pageant, in order to answer the question: “Beauty in Uganda, what is it?” Then again why not? Yes, on the evening of this past Saturday, 15th October 2016, through to the early hours of…

“Wahala in President Buhari’s kitchen cabinet”

Wahala in Buhari’s Kitchen Cabinet “President Muhammadu Buhari has kicked the hornet’s nest. A couple of days ago, responding to a question from the press, he made the following statement: I don’t know what party my wife belongs to but she belongs to my kitchen, my living room and the other room. The reaction to…