Norah Owaraga

Books that have had a huge impact on my life

Three books are on my mind. For decades, I have read them over and over again; and each time it benefits me a self-liberation. Okot pBitek’s Song of Lawino, a poem set in Uganda in the 1960s and remains relevant today as Uganda grapples with the interaction of legacies of colonialism and knowledge systems of its…

Did your MP speak during the plenary?

It is campaign season. As they pick up party primary nomination forms, what questions are we the electorate asking of our people’s representatives? Are we even bothering to find out how they have truly done their jobs? What is documented in the Hansard, is the universally accepted objective means of verification for evaluating performance of…

Fear to critique those known to be vocal

I have since learnt that if you critique them objectively, even those known to be vocal in a certain fierce and intimidating way, will think twice before retaliating. Let me contextualize this. In my neck of the woods, in particular how the majority use social media is extremely scary; worse more for my gender, women.…

Be paid for fact-based writing

I may not have seen the Speaker’s post, but it was drawn to my attention via the X time line of Anthony Natif (@TonyNatif). He re-posed it with a caption, “the rich families that truly own our politicians:” “I want to express my gratitude to Prasad and the Dott family for their commitment to friendship…