Norah Owaraga

Fare thee well brother in love Okiring Eliot Daniel

Death has robbed us of the best of souls. Our brother in love, husband to Mrs. Betty Apio Asekenye Okiring, our eldest biological sister, Mr. Okiring Eliot Daniel, fondly known to us as Dan, has rested. He died in the wee hours of this morning, but we are not yet certain of cause of death.…

The power of a national anthem – lessons from Sankara’s Burkina Faso

Folklore holds that the former president of Burkina Faso, the late Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara, aka Thomas Sankara (1949-1987), was an accomplished guitarist and because of that, he himself wrote the new national anthem for his country. The English translation of the Burkina Faso anthem speaks volumes. Anthems of African nation states, such as my…

It was a beautiful angelic funeral service for Georgette Mutesi Mugisha

While the remains of Ms. Georgette Mutesi Mugisha lay in a coffin, her loved ones grieving, and still they found the strength to celebrate her life here on earth. In her speech at the funeral service, on behalf of the late’s maternal aunts, Dr. Alice Baingana Nganwa reminded us of the meaning of the late’s…

Hilda Baingana and George Barenzi are mourning daughter Georgette

The family of Hilda Mable Baingana and George Mugisha Barenzi are in mourning. Their daughter, Georgette Mutesi Mugisha, has died at a tender age of only 28 years. Georgette passed away on Thursday, 15th June 2023. The late was the granddaughter of the famous late Mrs. Erina Baingana, mother to Hilda; and of the retired…