Norah Owaraga

Letter to Minister Balaam Barugahara

Greetings Hon. Blaam Barugahara, Minister of Local Government of Uganda. Ms. Namyalo Mariam, NRM Chairperson, Entebbe Division B, said this in 2023 regarding road works in Entebbe Municipality: “I tell you this. Rain or shine the contractor who is doing these roads needs to be jailed. We are tired of being disrespected. If the press…

About numeracy …

The popular Luganda (language of Buganda, largest first nation of Uganda) children’s poem and nursery rhyme, “Embaata Ento” (The Young Ducklings), is on my mind. Its lyrics: Ffe tuli embaata ento, tetumanyi kubala, tubala nga tuddamu: emu, bbiri, ssatu, nnya, ttaano, mukaaga, musanvu, munaana, mwenda, ne kkumi! Translated into English: “We are little ducklings, we…

Which political party gets stronger in Uganda?

Power of Numbers Over a 30-year period, since 1996, there have been seven presidential elections conducted in Uganda. Each time, the incumbent, candidate Yoweri Kagutta Museveni, was on the ballot, and was declared winner with the highest number of votes. Using numbers, an assertion of opposition leaning commentators can be nullified. After all, 339,899 more…

If experiences shaped us more …

Can we truly detach who we are from our experiences? Can we truly neglect the impact of who we are on our experiences? Certainly not, as is clearly implied in todays daily writing prompt: “do you thin we’re shaped more by our experiences or by who we are?” From a cultural anthropological perspective, I think…