KKCR FM
KKCR FM
12 June 2025, 6:08 pm
By James Muhumuza Pesident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni asks cultural institutions to stick to their roles of promoting indigenous languages and cultural norms President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned traditional and cultural institutions against engaging in partisan politics, emphasizing their core…
9 June 2025, 10:48 pm
By James Muhumuza Filbert Ayebale was a Golden Soccer Academy Goalkeeper, a football team based in Kagadi town. A tragic incident occurred yesterday evening at Shimo Resort Hotel in Kagadi Town Council, Kagadi District, when a young man drowned in…
28 May 2025, 12:36 pm
By James Muhumuza The elections had earlier been postponed in Bunyoro subregion due to President Yoweri Museveni’s visit to officiate a thanksgiving ceremony for State Minister of Public Service Grace Mary Mugasa in Kikuube District. The Bunyoro sub-region yesterday joined…
27 May 2025, 6:25 pm
By James Muhumuza Muhoozi Kainerugaba (born 24 April 1974) is a Ugandan military officer and the eldest child of President Yoweri Museveni. He serves as the Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) and is the…
4 March 2025, 7:52 am
By James Muhumuza In Uganda, any person who commits arson (burning another’s property) commits an offense and, if convicted, can be sentenced to life imprisonment. If a person, however, merely attempts to commit arson but does not succeed, they can…
19 February 2025, 11:10 am
By James Muhumuza The Chairperson of Uganda’s Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Simon Byabakama has called on graduates to be ambassadors of peace and development by embracing responsibility and actively engaging in community transformation. Speaking last evening at a graduation ceremony…
18 February 2025, 7:56 am
By James Muhumuza Nourishment economies: Integrating social, environmental, and economic benefits Nourishment economies create a complete economic cycle by integrating social, environmental, and economic benefits. Nutrition serves as the common thread connecting people and soils, generating numerous value propositions. Social…
11 February 2025, 7:46 am
By James Muhumuza The provision of rural water supply and sanitation covers communities or villages with dispersed populations in settlements of up to 1,500 people, as well as Rural Growth Centres (RGCs) with populations ranging from 1,500 to 5,000. The…
6 February 2025, 7:44 am
By James Muhumuza It is transmitted through contact with infected bodily fluids and tissues. The Sudan Ebola virus is highly severe, with a fatality rate of at least 40%, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Uganda is currently experiencing…
4 February 2025, 7:20 am
By James Muhumuza Concerned parents are urging the government to take action and ensure that teachers fulfil their responsibilities to prevent disruptions to the academic calendar. Schools across Kagadi District recorded a moderate learner turnout as the first academic term…
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.