Norah Owaraga

Economics that works but is incompatible with culture is doomed to fail

The Context This is the story of an economically well designed life insurance scheme for members of a Ugandan individual membership development organisation; an association with thousands of members from all over Uganda. Association members being over 2,500 men and women living in relative poverty; able to meet their basic needs, but unable to meet…

Modernizing Agriculture Impact on Land Use

The President Museveni led National Resistance Movement (NRM) Administration promotes a single story that there is a need to modernize Uganda’s agriculture from ‘subsistence farming’ to commercial farming. This single story suggests that commercialization of agriculture will usher in better utilisation of Uganda’s land that is claimed currently underutilized by the majority who are categorised…

Report: Camille Cosby Believes Women Consented To Drugs, Sex With Bill Cosby

She was a rape victim who accepted tuition fees from the rapist for years … Why, why, why? Me thinks the answer goes beyond just one man. It lies within the wider ‘hollywood’ or ‘star culture’ within the individualistic neoliberal paradigm … If we look closer, perhaps rape is all around us – of the…

DOING DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS

Originally posted on CPAR Uganda: CPAR Uganda has partnered with Alinga Farms to add value to eboo (cow peas leaves) – vegetable sun drying using the indigenous knowledge of the Lango peoples of Uganda – one of the examples of CPAR Uganda’s genuine wealth creation initiatives – food for you good health and for income…