Norah Owaraga

1960s Prime Minister of Buganda Kingdom, Daudi Ochieng, son of Acholi Chief

Imagine my pleasant conscious awakening, this morning, in learning and realizing that in the 1960s the late Daudi Ochieng was Owekitibwa in the Buganda Lukiiko; a member of the Kabaka Yekka political party; as well as the honourable member of the National Assembly (Parliament of Uganda) representing Mityana; and that he did serve as the…

Why are reusable menstruation pads called Africa?

In characteristic ‘knee-jerk-combative-reaction-discourse’ that has unfortunately become normalised for some social media influencers in Uganda, the backlash has come fast and furious disparaging and denigrating First Lady Janet Kataaha Museveni for expressing her preference for menstruating Ugandan women to have access to and to use single-use disposal sanitary pads as opposed to multiple-use re-usable sanitary…

Gregorian calendar and climate change in Teso – October

We are in the month of Osokosokoma, the month of high grass (ema) and the time to cut thatching grass for renovating houses, granaries, etc. Osokosokoma is the name, in Ateso, the language of the Iteso, that our ancestors gave to the month of October. Iteso are currently the fifth largest first nation of Uganda,…

For good health your lifestyle determines food that you eat

The type and quantity of food that is good for Mukebezi, a smallholder farmer in Pallisa in Uganda, who weeds her farm, garden if you will, using a handheld hoe may be different from that of Alinga, a corporate executive from Pallisa who earns her livelihood seated behind her desk most of the day doing…