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3 March 2024, 8:52 pm

Makerere University officially launches New Academic Center in Kagadi

Makerere University, through its College of Education and External Studies Centre for Lifelong Learning, has officially launched the Makerere University Kagadi Study Centre in Kagadi district today. The launch ceremony was officiated by Dr. Kaleb Magara, a lecturer at Makerere…

1 March 2024, 8:10 am

2,686 people vaccinated against measles in Hoima

By James Muhumuza The Hoima district health department has so far vaccinated 2,686 people against measles.  The new measles outbreak was confirmed last week in four villages of Runga and Kavava in Kiganja sub-county, and Tonya and Rwentale in Buseruka…

29 February 2024, 7:45 am

Police fire live bullets at funeral of man killed by government vehicle

A funeral in Rwensonzi Village, Mairirwe Sub County, last evening (Wednesday) turned chaotic as police fired live bullets during the burial of Magezi Tuhaise, who tragically lost his life after being struck by a Kagadi District Local Government vehicle. Magezi…

27 February 2024, 8:18 am

Government car knocks dead a protester over poor state of road

Tensions wide in Muhorro as demonstrators took to the streets demanding action on the deteriorating Muhorro-Ndaiga Road, resulting in a tragic incident that claimed one life. The protest, which escalated yesterday morning (Monday) at 9:00 Am in Muhorro Town Council…

22 February 2024, 9:31 am

Kagadi Residents Demand Accountability from Leaders amid Poor Service Delivery

Kagadi district, residents engaged in a fervent discussion with local leaders, voicing their frustrations regarding persistently inadequate service delivery. During a community meeting organized last evening (Wednesday) by the Prime Minister’s office at Kabuga Health Center III Premises in Muhorro…

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.