Norah Owaraga

Know why “Entebbe za Mugula” was the original full name of “Entebbe”

For the most part of my life, decades long, I live in Entebbe. Be that as it may, it is only today, when I am planning a campaign to stop used sanitary pads and other medical waste ending up in the Nkumba landfill, which serves Entebbe Municipality, that I have sought to understand the history…

Lessons from Ham-DTB saga – cost of borrowing too high for loans to bail out poor

Media reports of the attempts by businessman Hamis Kiggundu to recover 120 billion shillings from Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) of Uganda and of Kenya interest me. It is reported that Kiggundu insists that DTB Uganda illegally deducted 85 billion shillings from his account; and similarly DTB Kenya illegally deducted 34 billion shillings from his account.…

Lugazi councillors complain of too much English in reading the budget

This morning, I enjoyed listening to conversations on “Zukuka ne Nalumyanso” (wake up with Nalumyaso) on 88.5 Super FM; a radio stations that is owned by Entrepreneur Peter Ssematimba and which broadcasts in Luganda, the language of the largest first nation of Uganda, Buganda Kingdom. The topic of conversation was the displeasure of Lugazi councillors…

The legal and moral battles against the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 are on

The writing was on the wall. It was a forgone conclusion that Gen. Yoweri Kagutta Museveni, in his capacity as the President of Uganda, was going to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 in to law. And he did so on Monday, 28th May 2023. There was no other way for him, but to sign it.…