Norah Owaraga

Lubigi saga opens legacies of colonialism land injustices

Namuddu Ruth, a 69-years old widow is in despair after her home in which she has lived since 1996 and her rental houses at Lubigi Wetland in Ganda-Nasere Village in Wakiso Sub-County in Wakiso District in Buganda Kingdom were last week demolished by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). She has since become the ‘poster…

Corruption manifested in content and quality of Uganda parliamentary debate

There should be no room in the Parliament of Uganda for ignorant members of parliament (MPs). Ignorance for MPs is a choice, for they are significantly facilitated to be knowledgeable and to legislate on the basis of fact. We, the citizens, should not accept the choice of our MPs to be ignorant and to use…

US joins UK in sanctioning Speaker of Parliament Among on questionable grounds

It isn’t far fetched to extrapolate that Muhammad Kakembo’s ‘whistle blower story’ published on 24th April 2024 in The Observer and titled: “MPs bribed to save government agencies” may be among that which provided justification for the United States to join the United Kingdom in sanctioning Speaker Anita Annet Among on questionable grounds, allegedly for…

UK Sanctions against Speaker Anita Anet Among

This post is contextualized within the big picture of the Ministry for Karamoja Affairs – Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) Karamoja Livelihoods Program corruption scandal 2021-2023. Parliament of Uganda approved and allocated 30 billion shillings plus to an ill designed, ill planned and eventually ill executed livelihoods program that was claimed would be effective…