Tag: Iteso
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What is needed to defeat gender-based violence
I wrote this before I became a victim of sibling-on-sibling gender-based violence; albeit now, I am a determined survivor who is legally fighting back with all she has got. Meanwhile, each word that I prior wrote has taken on enhanced meaning for me. I wrote: “A common misunderstanding or distortion of gender in Uganda is […]
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100 years on earth you rested, fare thee well ija Mangada
She who babysat my father, the Chief now rested, his sister, my ija (aunt) Akia Magdelene, and whom we popularly and fondly knew as ija Mangada, rested on Wednesday, 24th August 2022, aged an estimated 100 years. I was battling a common cold, which necessitated medication, and so was not able to go and physically […]
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My mother a woman of valor
I watch toto, my mother, Mrs. Betty Anne Apio Owaraga, as she endures abuse from those she opened her home to and raised. I watch her as she weighs the options and chooses the ones that serve her children best, even though sometimes it comes with considerable cost to her. But still and with grace […]
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Engineer George William Obityo Owaraga was a civil servant hero
The month of June for Uganda is one that is packed with activity that celebrates heroes. The controversial Uganda Martyrs’ Day on 3rd June; the equally controversial National Heroes’ Day on 9th June; and the equally controversial Fathers’ Day on 22nd June. I wonder, can my late papa, be defined as heroic in his religious […]
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Residences for orphans better protected by succession act
“To his credit, Daddy allocated each of his three marital homes to the respective wife and children living there. Polygamous men should be wealthy enough to bequeth each wife an independent home. I was prepared to fight to the death if any outsider had been given my mother’s residential home. Phew!!” Dr. Stella Nyanzi, 2014, […]
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