Norah Owaraga

Power of my middle name Alinga

ALINGA, technically, is my first name. It is the name I was given first when I was borne and which roots me within my parent’s household and my paternal lineage. ALINGA, appears third on my birth certificate, after my two ‘Christian Names’ of Biblical origin. ALINGA, appears nowhere on my academic documentation and my other legal…

Legal rights on paper can be meaningless …

The emphasis of the official United Nations International Women’s Day theme for 8th March 2026, rings true for me at a personal level and overall too for my motherland. “Legal rights on paper are meaningless without justice in practice.” While I continue to fight on, the battle is uphill. In keeping with the International Women’s…

We have come full circle…

“On social media, the posts, tweets, news up-dates, give a distinct impression that the whole of Kampala, hell the whole of Uganda is on fire in protests against the incumbent. That is not exactly truthful. My post election observations from Pallisa, my home district in Eastern Uganda, driving through Teso in North-Eastern Uganda and…

Grieving for papa hardest phase to let go …

Thank you papa for your love of me. Post your death, several people who have no need or reason to lie to me, unprompted, have told me how you let them know how you loved me so. I now realize many ways in which you did try to shield me from hate, but I, busking…