Norah Owaraga

Loans can’t bail out our rural poor

Uganda Change Agent Association (UCAA) has been empowering rural folks for the past 12 years. Harriette Onyalla talked to UCAA’s executive secretary Norah Owaraga. Below are the excerpts. Question (Q): Why do you emphasise training instead of financial assistance? Answer (A): We are addressing why they lack capital. Our product is a countrywide training and…

A Citizen’s Experience with Immigration

So about two months ago, a citizen, let’s call her Ajakait, went to Immigration in Kampala in order to apply for the renewal of her passport which had not only expired but was also filled up. Only one page was remaining. It had been over ten years since she had been to Immigration and this…

#OWC and the Ad hominem Fallacy

If farmers were able to wash and eat the seeds, what kind of seeds were they?

Enhancing National Food Security or Not

The Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit (BMAU) of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) caused a bit of a stir during the most recent Joint Agriculture Sector Annual Review (JASAR) 2016 when it reported its findings on the performance of programmes under the agriculture sector during the government’s financial year 2015/2016 –…