Norah Owaraga

Going back to our roots & be culturally rooted

On Saturday, 9th May 2015, I had the opportunity to make a presentation at a TEDx Kiira event at the Serena in Kampala Uganda. This is the full text of my presentation. “The future is today,” the theme of this event, fits well with my talk. The essence of my talk is to remind us…

NEMA enforcement of ban on polythene bags

Remember when the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) decided to enforce a ban on polythene bags as shopping carrier bags? NEMA gave supermarkets and farmers’ markets a deadline to phase out polythene bags; and by the time the deadline arrived on 15th April 2015 they had seemingly complied. NEMA’s ban of polythene shopping bags did…

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…