Norah Owaraga

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…

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…