Norah Owaraga

TV shows of my childhood I still love …

What TV shows did you watch as a kid? The sitcom “Mind your language” is the one I can never forget. Every so often I rewatch and it is funny still🤣 It is still relevant today as I watch and listen to government officials struggle to express themselves in English in writing and while speaking…

An uprising against the Police in Kamonkoli in Budaka District, Bukedi North

Purely on the basis of their experiences with individual police officers in Bukedi North, many indicate they can understand the frustration and the plight of the residents of Mile Five, Mugiti Sub-County, Budaka District. They could not take it anymore, and so, reportedly, yesterday, 20th August 2024, they purchased padlocks, matched to their local station,…

The immense power a journalist has

In reaction to a story tiled: ” Understand gender-based sexual violence to better report”, and published on the CPAR Uganda website, a veteran journalist, Opolot, had this to say: “From the time social media provided everyone a platform to be a “journalist” everything changed! I no longer go for sharp headlines! Recently, (after the death…

Where did my name come from? Well Legend has it …

My legal surname that I am known by and appears on my academic papers, Owaraga, is my late father’s name. Two legends about it, that I know of. The first legend. His father, my late grandfather, was a chief and who served under the Kabaka, King of Buganda, during the proxy colonisation of the Greater…