Norah Owaraga

Sanitizing Daughters of Uganda

Dr. Stella Nyanzi wrote on her Face Book wall: “Considering that the police officers will interrogate me about my social media posts critiquing Janet Kataaha Museveni for shamelessly declaring in parliament that there is no money to buy sanitary pads for Uganda’s poor daughters who stay out of school during their menstruation, I have decided…

‘Modern’ agriculture & crops are cause of hunger & famine in Uganda

During the Radio One FM90 Talk Show, “The Friday Panel on Spectrum”, on Friday, 17th February 2017, His Worship the Lord Mayor of Uganda’s Capital City, Kampala, Hon. Erias Lukwago, aptly pointed out how discussions of Pastor Kakande’s “Holy Rice” had diverted attention from the real challenge of raging hunger and famine now prevailing in…

Impose Church Tax on Kayanja Followers

“The Bible says ‘bring the 10% to the house of God, so there may be food,’” he said, adding that he had been able to build the magnificent Cathedral and completed many other projects through the tithe. Kayanja is quoted as having demanded a 10 percent cut from Uganda’s national budget to be allocated to…

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…