Norah Owaraga

What does changing complex systems look like in practice?

What does changing complex systems look like in practice?.

Economically, socially and environmentally accountable

It seems like we are the first organisation ever to deliver to our auditor’s books of accounts – box files of vouchers and of reports – in environmentally friendly kikapus – bags made out of dry palm leaves. I deduce this from our auditors began to identify us as those who brought their records in…

Economics that works but is incompatible with culture is doomed to fail

The Context This is the story of an economically well designed life insurance scheme for members of a Ugandan individual membership development organisation; an association with thousands of members from all over Uganda. Association members being over 2,500 men and women living in relative poverty; able to meet their basic needs, but unable to meet…

Modernizing Agriculture Impact on Land Use

The President Museveni led National Resistance Movement (NRM) Administration promotes a single story that there is a need to modernize Uganda’s agriculture from ‘subsistence farming’ to commercial farming. This single story suggests that commercialization of agriculture will usher in better utilisation of Uganda’s land that is claimed currently underutilized by the majority who are categorised…