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30 January 2025, 7:59 am

Elderly in Kagadi receive SAGE grants to improve their livelihoods

By James Muhumuza SAGE is a social protection development strategy that targets senior citizens aged 80 years and above. However, in more vulnerable areas like the Karamoja region, the eligibility age is lowered to 60 years to enable beneficiaries to…

30 January 2025, 7:27 am

Experts Back Museveni’s Ban on Toxic Groundnuts

By James Muhumuza As the government moves forward with the ban, experts are calling for increased awareness, stricter regulations, and farmer education to ensure its success. Advocates for proper nutrition have applauded President of the republic of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta…

29 January 2025, 9:11 am

Kagadi boda boda riders hail Museveni’s loan plan

By James Muhumuza Both leaders emphasised the importance of direct engagement with local representatives to ensure the programme’s effectiveness and prevent potential mismanagement. Boda boda riders in Kagadi town council, Kagadi district, have welcomed the proposed loan scheme by the…

15 January 2025, 7:21 am

Hoima stadium construction stands at 20%

By James Muhumuza A soccer-specific stadium is a sports venue that is either purpose-built or extensively redesigned specifically for football, with its primary purpose being to host football matches. The leadership of Hoima City has confirmed that the construction of…

13 January 2025, 7:48 am

Tension in Kagadi as father and son face coffee theft charges

By James Muhumuza Drama unfolded in Kayanja Village, Mairirwe Sub-county, Kagadi District, as residents voiced their outrage after a father and his biological son were accused of stealing coffee. The incident occurred on 12th January 2025 in the same area.…

27 November 2024, 4:22 pm

Kagadi Community Hall closed over lack of toilet facilities

By James Muhumuza A toilet is a piece of sanitary hardware that collects human waste such as urine and feces, and sometimes toilet paper, usually for disposal. The Kagadi district council has decided to close the Kagadi Community Hall due…

17 November 2024, 8:45 pm

Government donates 18 tractors to Bunyoro districts

The donation of tractors is expected to significantly improve farming practices in Bunyoro, helping the region’s farmers increase their productivity and contribute to Uganda’s overall agricultural development. By James Muhumuza In a significant effort to enhance agricultural productivity and promote…

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.