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Born on March 12,1967, Norbert Mao is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. His destiny seems to be proving naysayers wrong. Abandoned by his mother at eight months he was raised by two strong women - his grandmother and aunt in a remote village in Northern Uganda. He got his earlier education during the turbulent years of Idi Amin and in the conflict-ridden period after Amin’s ouster. Rising above the odds, he joined law school as one of the best students in the country. A fire brand student leader at university, at 29, Norbert was elected to the Ugandan parliament where he served two terms and retired to go and lead the local government of his war-torn home district of Gulu. He played a key role in the peace talks between the Uganda government and the Lord’s Resistance Army. In2010 Norbert was elected President of the Democratic Party, Uganda’s oldest party which he leads to date. In 2011 Norbert was a presidential candidate coming third in a field of eight. He made another unsuccessful run in 2021.Norbert writes a weekly column in The Monitor newspaper and is a panelist on The Frontline Uganda’s most popular live Television Talk show which airs every Thursday night on NBS TV. Norbert Mao lives in Gulu and Kampala.
- The poor are not powerless
- Brain drain or brains in the drain: the dilemma of Africa’s best and brightest
- To avoid bleeding in war we have to sweat more in peace
- The essence of leadership and why fish rots from the head
- Fighting corruption using the power of personal example
- How to move from being merely concerned to getting involved in tackling problems around us
- Picking up the pieces when the pieces are broken beyond repair
- Friends are relatives we choose
- The four dimensions of life young people shouldn’t ignore
- Why politics matter
- Facing crossroads with courage and confidence
- Winning when the odds are stacked against you
- Humility as the most underrated personal brand
- Building bridges in politics
- How to fight unavoidable wars - a personal testimony
- The poor are not powerless
- Brain drain or brains in the drain: the dilemma of Africa’s best and brightest
- To avoid bleeding in war we have to sweat more in peace
- The essence of leadership and why fish rots from the head
- Fighting corruption using the power of personal example
- How to move from being merely concerned to getting involved in tackling problems around us
- Picking up the pieces when the pieces are broken beyond repair
- Friends are relatives we choose
- The four dimensions of life young people shouldn’t ignore
- Why politics matter
- Facing crossroads with courage and confidence
- Winning when the odds are stacked against you
- Humility as the most underrated personal brand
- Building bridges in politics
- How to fight unavoidable wars - a personal testimony
