Norah Owaraga

Surgery as a medical tourist in Edinburgh

“A cardinal tenet of good healthcare is that it provides not only good evidence-based outcomes, but it enhances autonomy and choice. If the system does not do that, many people, especially those of means, vote with their feet!” Dr. David Ndawula. I am among those who voted with my feet and chose to travel abroad,…

Staying true to my cultural roots

Consciously and even sub-consciously, I believe, I have a constant hunger to be nourished by knowledge of my cultural roots. To understand from whence I came and who my people were pre-colonization. When I learn something about my ancestors and their way of life, I attempt to adapt and live by my new learning. Each…

Incarcerated victims of domestic violence

On my mind are women I have never met. Women I have only fleetingly heard about, because domestic violence and gender-based violence, as a whole, has become normalized in my Country. Today, I am thinking of all those women incarcerated for murder and or manslaughter where the deceased was in a domestic relationship with her.…

Aeon

I have four names as they appear on my birth certificate, not necessarily in this order, with initials: A E O N. Alinga is the first name I was given at birth. Named after my paternal grandmother, may she continue to rest in power. Given to me during an Iteso naming ceremony, the day that…