Norah Owaraga

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…

Police in Pallisa force gender-based violence victims to settle out of court

It was not proper for her to push the complainant (Alinga) and the suspect to have the matter amicably settled … The D/ASP should be cautioned to desist from settling criminal matters at Police.” Uganda Police Professional Standards Unit The Uganda Police Professional Standards Unit concluded following its investigation of Alinga’s complaint against the D/ASP…