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30 October 2025, 7:38 am

Chimpanzee kills a five-month-old baby in Kagadi

By James Muhumuza One resident lamented that Katyoboona Forest Reserve sits on private land and people are tired of living in fear. Grief and shock have engulfed residents of Kahyooro B, Karuswiga ward in Muhorro town council, Kagadi district, after…

29 October 2025, 7:58 am

Kiryandongo steps up forest conservation to combat climate change

By James Muhumuza With the collaborative efforts of local authorities, development partners and community members, Kiryandongo district hopes to become a model for sustainable forest management and climate-smart development in Uganda. Kiryandongo district has intensified its efforts to manage existing…

27 October 2025, 3:04 pm

120 people living with down syndrome registered in Bunyoro

By James Muhumuza A total of 120 individuals living with down syndrome have been registered across Bunyoro region, including six who have since passed away, according to Ms. Mildred Katusabe, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rowan’s Down Syndrome Awareness…

26 October 2025, 3:52 pm

Masindi MP urges collective action in fight against climate change

By James Muhumuza Fighting climate change through environmental conservation is a collective responsibility that demands urgent attention, the Bujenje County Member of Parliament in Masindi district, Mr Kenneth Kiiza Nyendwoha, has said. The legislator cautioned that ignoring the effects of…

24 October 2025, 11:53 am

Grassroots action seen as crucial in Uganda’s climate fight, experts say

By James Muhumuza Uganda, a country whose economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, is increasingly feeling the devastating effects of climate change from erratic rainfall and rising temperatures to rampant deforestation and plastic pollution. Despite government initiatives to curb environmental…

29 September 2025, 7:53 am

Kagadi tree planting campaign gains momentum as residents participate

By James Muhumuza Tree planting is the process of establishing young trees for purposes such as land reclamation, forestry, or landscaping. It involves careful preparation, proper hole digging, root management, correct tree placement, backfilling, and consistent watering to support the…

13 September 2025, 5:18 pm

Fire guts Kagadi hospital staff quarters

By James Muhumuza Management and staff of Kagadi District General Hospital are in grief after a fire gutted the hospital staff quarters, destroying property worth millions of shillings. Fortunately, no deaths was recorded. The fire, which broke out today 13…

Mission and Vision

MISSION
-To enable communities actively participate in decision
making on sustainable development
-It offers a plat form and voice of the marginalized to ensure
exchange of ideas, experience and enhance solidarity for
shared vision and action

KKCR VISION
Forum for participation and information sharing for rural
transformation.

-Enable people tell and document their history and culture
-As an education facility through modular course targeted at
farmers, business people and artisans
-Enable communities to participate in developing, producing
their own Programmes

BACKGROUND OF KKCR (91.7 FM)
This is the first community radio station in Uganda based in
Kagadi Town Council of Kibaale district mid-western
Uganda. KKCR is a product of partnership between the
communities in Kibaale and the URDT an indigenous
nongovernmental organization and it’s regulated by Uganda
Communication Commission (UCC)


KKCR is part of East African community media Programme
(EACMP) initiated in 1992 after the RIO World Earth
Summit in De-janairo Brazil. It has strong orientation to
Environmental Management and people participation in
decision making about the action points of the agenda 21.


The radio has primarily a developmental function. It has an
open-door policy and acts as platform to community members
and development partners to share sustainable development,
thoughts no decision making, accountability, good
governance, environment human rights, health and nutrition,
agriculture and service delivery.