Norah Owaraga

Uganda is a set of monarchies pretending to be a democracy

During the second historic Uganda presidential debate, President Yoweri Kagutta Museveni, the current President of the Republic of Uganda, alluded to it – the connection between attitudes and ideology, on the one side; and the presence of war and terrorism. This validates the question: does Uganda have sufficient quantities of elite Ugandans or is rather…

US Government wishes better for Ugandans?

The United States Government Mission in Kampala tweeted on 21st February 2016, following Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections: “Ugandan people deserved better.” US Mission, Kampala Which Ugandans, all Ugandans, really? And what constitutes better for Ugandans – the opinion of the US government over that of Ugandans? These are the questions that I posed on…

IT’S JUST ANOTHER ELECTION, FOLKS, NOT THE END OF THE WORLD

Originally posted on kalungikabuye: This article ran in the New Vision on Friday, Feb 19th, the day after Uganda’s elections. But it was written before the elections. Until recently I belonged to several WhatsApp groups, made out of different kind of people so each one served up different observations and views on life. But I…

English and Uganda Politics

Yesterday, Monday, 15th February 2016, I was a discussant on the radio programme: “Spectrum” on Radio One FM90 and I stated a fact thus: “There are nine districts in Uganda in which the ruling party, the NRM, has its candidates unopposed for the positions of members of parliament.” My submission was located within the context…