Norah Owaraga

Hoes versus tractors, agriculture in the context of Uganda

Whereas a hoe is among the symbols in the emblem of the Democratic Party (DP), during Uganda’s 2016 presidential elections, the hoe was catapulted into mainstream national political debate by the ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM). The NRM presidential candidate and also the President of Uganda, His Excellency President Yoweri Kagutta Museveni, pledged…

Corruption, youth & Uganda’s disaster preparedness

We have manmade disasters and then we have natural disasters. There are very many manmade disasters which are systemically obviously going to happen. People like to talk about the word corruption as a vague abstract term. Corruption is not vague, corruption is not abstract. For corruption to take place there has to be the person…

UNBS is Incompetent

I was prompted to visit the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) website because of the level of impurities in cereals on farmers’ markets in Uganda. And apparently: UNBS is “mandated to ensure fairness in trade and to enforce standards in protection of public health, safety and environment through market surveillance and sensitization”, so it…

Conversation with Petitioner John Patrick Amama Mbabazi (JPAM)

These are one’s reactions to Daily Monitor reports of what JPAM has offered as explanation for the reason why he lost his petition against the declaration of President Museveni as president elect 2016. JPAM’s reported explanations are in bold. The Supreme Court is not fettered by the usual use of technical rules in conducting hearings.…