Norah Owaraga

A poem about the meaning of our names

Our journey begun in the spirit of MUFURUKI – an immigrant – in our case, one who crossed borders in search of a solution to the leadership challenge of East Africa and Africa as a whole. The spirit of MUFURUKI combined with ZUHURA – a beautiful scented flower – to entice us into a BOMANI…

Ineffective corruption fight deals with symptoms & not root causes

The story of the young banker who stole 780 million shillings from Stanbic Bank is an interesting story of corruption. However, like most stories on corruption in Uganda it mostly dwelt on the symptoms and not the root causes. The story did not tell us about the systemic reasons why this guy was able to…

Going back to our roots & be culturally rooted

On Saturday, 9th May 2015, I had the opportunity to make a presentation at a TEDx Kiira event at the Serena in Kampala Uganda. This is the full text of my presentation. “The future is today,” the theme of this event, fits well with my talk. The essence of my talk is to remind us…

What progress on the ban on polythene shopping bags by NEMA?

I feel so strongly about this issue because we, ordinary people, as opposed to government, can do something about it, if we were not so selfish and lazy. I recall as a young child, whenever we went with my mother to the market or to the shops, she always had shopping baskets (made out of…