Norah Owaraga

In a state of gratefulness

When I have peace of mind to appreciate my genuine loved ones; that I am loved; and living a good life, within my means; this is what freedom means to me. For example, I am grateful for my immediate biological family, children of my mother, their spouses and their children, each and everyone of them…

Full time academia

I dream of a country and a world in which policies that matter in the lives of people are made on the basis of empirical evidence. I dream. I dream to be among academics from different fields of study who pro-actively and or are intentionally consulted to bounce off ideas from different points of view…

A judicial officer

In his book, “Banana Republic where writing is treasonous,” Kakwenza writes about a “youthful and suave magistrate” who cleverly protected him by not granting him bail. For if the magistrate had done so, chances are that Kakwanza would have been re-arrested and taken back to a place less safe than a “gazetted prison”, he narrates.…

Ideas brands

More and more, I am seduced by ideas brands. Those brands which effectively communicate and represent the best of one’s ideas and how one embodies them; amplifying the best in: And I love it when an ideas brand is genuinely embodied in the actions of those who claim it. From what I have read and…