Norah Owaraga

Urban-slumitisation of villages, land dispossession and food insecurity in Teso

Introduction: In 1959, the Iteso were the second largest nationality in Uganda and by 2002 they were the fifth largest – making up at least 6.4 percent of Uganda’s population (Uganda Bureau of Statistics 2006). This paper uses the example of Teso (the area – in North-Eastern Uganda) and Iteso (the people) but the analysis…

Children, the first victims in land grabs

Originally posted on KARAMOJA DEVELOPMENT FORUM: The rights of children are unequivocal, regardless of circumstance Since 1991 when the Organization of African Unity (now African Union) gazzetted June 16th the Day of the African child in memory of the children murdered in 1976 in a demonstration against the apartheid regime in Soweto, the day has…

Social media can be a tool for the ‘powerful’ to silence others

Below is a social media discussion (for lack of a better word) between me and a Non-Ugandan-Non-Black-Man (NUNBM). Likely an ‘important’ citizen of the global North (Europe or North America). ME: Interesting term AGRO-COLONIALISM. For example, BIDCO’s operation in Kalangala which is supported by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); in which BIDCO…

Conflicts In Uganda’s Land Tenure System

In 2012, I authored a backgrounder on Uganda’s land tenure in which I highlighted and demonstrated how Uganda’s dualist land tenure system is a root cause of conflict over land use and ownership. Uganda’s constitution stipulates: “All land in Uganda shall vest in the citizens of Uganda and shall be owned in accordance with the…