Norah Owaraga

Replicating slow-cooked restaurant food is my favorite thing to cook

I have grown up and I have been socialized in a culture were our cuisine is cooked nearly the same way each time – mostly boiled. Mark you, we do so with a huge range of flavors, and mostly without written down recipes. It is an experiment each time – getting condiments right. You have…

She justices dominated quorum on matter of military court trying civilians

Justice Monica Mugenyi, Justice Catherine Bamugemereire, Justice Elizabeth Musoke, and Justice Night Percy Tuhaise, you were all woman, yesterday, 31st January 2025. With excellence, you delivered the long awaited and overdue ruling of the Supreme Court of Uganda on whether Military Courts are legally bestowed with a mandate to hold Court for the purpose of…

Uganda get rid of the blonde wig

I remember, Wednesday, 8th June 2011, found me at my favourite hair salon in Bugolobi having my hair plaited. It had slipped my mind that it was budget day, until one of the stylists started flipping television channels in search for a better program to watch other than the live broadcast of the nation’s budget.…

Misogyny directed against black African women

“Black African women have figured it out. They can’t compete with their White and Asian counterparts in intellect or work ethic. Their only comparative advantage in today’s digital screen era is their shapely bodies. So they display them at every turn,” this according to Timothy Kalyegira. Obviously, Kalyegira and I are accessing different online spaces.…