Norah Owaraga

Uganda’s land law is like sausage, made out of the worst meat

“Uganda’s dualist land tenure system is a root cause of conflict over land use and ownership. The current land tenure laws facilitate land alienation, threaten livelihoods and contribute to food insecurity. Given the nature of land disputes in Uganda, reform is needed to move forward and develop a land tenure system that works for the…

Celebrating Cultural Mothers As Well

When the state fails mothers bear the brunt and they gap fill

Uganda, subsidise agriculture for food

On Tuesday, 28th October 2014, from 8:20 to 9:00 am, I participated as the guest discussant on the programme: “Talk Back” on Radio One 90FM. The topic of discussion was taxes on agriculture versus subsidies for agriculture. Here below is the transcript of what I said: It is not a blanket subsidise agriculture. You can have…

Wisdom Eludes Uganda

In order to become a government minister in Uganda, one has to have a minimum qualification of an Advanced Level Certificate. This means that one has had at least thirteen years of schooling within the global-western education system. Meanwhile, the majority of Ugandans have not attained this minimum qualification, but this does not necessarily make…