Norah Owaraga

Uganda’s Indigenous Communities as at 1st February 1926 and 2024 population

The complete list of Uganda’s Indigenous communities as at 1st February, 1926 as published in the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (article 10 a); and population size as of 2024 as published by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics: Source Wikipedia This post was first published in October 2021, without population figures. It was updated,…

Issues to do with rule of law or the lack of it make me nostalgic

As a young girl growing up in the 1970s, the time when the experiment of the nation-state Uganda was in its infancy, it was hammered in our belief system that judicial officers were inherently law abiding. That in execution of their duties and in their conduct of Court business, judicial officers are bound by existing…

How did I miss it? Reflecting on my judgment of character

This morning, I happened on an X post in which it was revealed that a United States Congresswoman, Kay Granger, who is 81 years old and had not been physically seen for six months has been found living in dementia care facility. In comments to the X post, it was revealed that people close to…

My top grocery store items depend on purchasing power …

In good times, including when my big sister, Pamela owe London, has gifted me survival money, I stock up and my top 5 grocery store items will likely be: For my other food shopping, like potatoes, cooking bananas, cassava, etc, I buy them at the farmers markets fresh each time I would like to cook…