Norah Owaraga

Why we shouldn’t judge a country by its GDP

South Africa is among the top 68 countries on the Social Progress Index. Makes one wonder where the xenophobia of black on black violence is coming from?

Long history of State sanctioned disruption of Karimojong pastoralists’ lives

Case in point, the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), prioritising interests for extracting minerals from under Karamoja’s land, in Kautokou. “The issue of the land of Kautokou is a result of deceit like of you the educated.” Karimojong Elder quoted in “Take Anything, Leave our Land,” a publication by KDF Karimojong communities that are affected are…

Jury is in on militarization of agricultural extension

While we celebrate the arrival of the rains for our first cropping season 2015, we are also apprehensive of a major change in our agricultural system – the allocation to the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) the role of logistical distribution of planting material; a role which has been removed from trained agricultural extension workers.…

An explanation of constitutionalism using Germany & Uganda

Chapter Seven of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda 1995, stipulates the role and responsibilities of the Executive (99 Executive Authority of Uganda, sub-section (3): as follows: “It shall be the duty of the President to abide by, uphold and safeguard this Constitution and the laws of Uganda and to PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF…