Norah Owaraga

East African Legislative Assembly elections an eye opener for Uganda

If anything, the inter-political-party and intra-political-party tensions that are at the peak here in Uganda with regards to the elections for representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) should worry most of us. No doubt, our motherland, Uganda, is divided on multiple fronts. That we cannot come together to agree on who the best…

#6bnhandshake Elitist Proceedings

The proceedings that are looking into the sharing of the 6bn presidential handshake are leaving a bitter taste in one’s mouth, particularly so the seeming definition of “extraordinary work” that has been adopted. Take for instances this extract from media reports: Mr. Angulla who at the time of the cases was serving as URA’s Clerical officer and…

I am Alinga

Culturally, my first name is Alinga. A week after I was born I was named in an Iteso naming ceremony. I was named after the mother of my father, my grandmother Ajakait Joyce Mary Alinga. My name Alinga is part of my social capital. Within Iteso culture the name that one is given signifies one’s…

Live on Dr. Mungherera’s Legacy of Activism

Dr. Margaret Mungherera has succumbed to her long battle against cancer and has died in a hospital in India. Ugandans and the World received this horrible sad news on 4th February 2017. She died in a hospital in India for no hospital in Uganda could provide her with the care that she needed! Shame on…