Norah Owaraga

WEALTH CREATION OCCURS WHEN WE LISTEN

On Monday, 23rd February 2015, four Ugandans were honoured with the responsibility to debate on Spectrum, Radio one FM90 the question: “Is President Museveni, and by extension the ruling party, the National Resistance Movement Organisation (NRMO), prescribing the right solutions to poverty?” and I was among. Naturally, the current ‘wealth creation drive’ was scrutinised –…

Unity in AU Summit

African leaders meeting, where they are all together, is a very good thing. We should not present ourselves on the world stage as tiny little countries, and therefore, once in a while we need to use symbolism. An achievement, yes it is of regular meetings of African leaders showing that we are united. This is…

Anti-corruption senses blocked by ‘charity’ of politicians

As we get closer to the 2016 elections the lukewarm out-cry against vote buying gets louder and even more superficial. Those who are allegedly forking out the cash to buy votes are crying out loud, perhaps even louder than those who are selling their votes, but nevertheless buyers and sellers are all crying foul. Some…

Christmas meat in Teso – Part I

Christmas without beef is not Christmas among us Iteso. You may not have beef throughout the year, but at Christmas it is not acceptable not to have beef. Within Iteso rural classes, in fact, if you have no beef at Christmas you are among the absolute poorest of the poor. It is a shame on…