Norah Owaraga

here’s to a true Ugandan hero!

“And I look forward to the James Mulwana Trade Shows where only Ugandan products are accepted – no Chinese imports, Iranian carpets or pieces of Egyptian furniture stacked up on floors laid in Italian Tiles.” I do too, most certainly. scare-a-hero We can’t say enough about James Mulwana and the fact that he is a…

Misogyny so deeply rooted

What is with the “thank you for not shaming me” thingy at marriage ceremonies? You know, when the bride goes on her knees and thanks the groom for not shaming her, by not showing up for THEIR marriage ceremony. This is on my mind. I think it is a symptom of deep rooted misogyny that…

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…