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18 September 2024, 7:54 am

Increase in child neglect linked to rising malnutrition rates in Kagadi

By James Muhumuza Malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses, or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients. Medical professionals at Kagadi General Hospital are raising alarms about increasing cases of child neglect, which are contributing to a troubling rise…

13 September 2024, 7:45 am

Deputy national coordinator condemns abuse of PDM programme in Kagadi

By James Muhumuza The Parish Development Model (PDM) is a government-led initiative in Uganda aimed at transforming subsistence households into the money economy, with the goal of lifting 17.5 million Ugandans in 3.5 million households out of poverty. Joveline Kalisa…

7 September 2024, 12:37 pm

One dead, two injured in brutal attack on family in Kagadi

By James Muhumuza The concept of brutal murder emphasises not only inflicting suffering on a victim but also committing murder with cruelty and extreme violence. Unknown assailants have attacked a family in Kagadi district, resulting in one death and two…

6 September 2024, 7:18 am

Three officials of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom sued over leadership crisis

By James Muhumuza The development follows the announcement by Chief Prince, Engineer Mugenyi Fred Ruchuya, of plans to welcome the newly elected cabinet, a move that has faced opposition from the dismissed prime minister and his team. Denis Asiimwe, a…

5 September 2024, 7:24 am

Sacked Bunyoro premier breaks silence on new cabinet

By James Muhumuza Bunyoro, also known as Bunyoro-Kitara, is a traditional Bantu Kingdom in Western Uganda. It was one of the powerful kingdoms in Central and East Africa from the 13th to the 19th century. Andrew Kirungi Byakutaga, the embattled…

3 September 2024, 7:49 am

One killed, another injured in Kagadi

By James Muhumuza The offence of murder in Uganda is punishable by the maximum penalty of death, as provided under section 189 of the Penal Code Act. A tragic incident occurred last night in Rwenjobe village, Pachwa sub-county, Kagadi district,…

27 August 2024, 10:15 pm

World Vision Uganda ends 15-year mission, urges sustainability

By James Muhumuza World Vision began its work in Uganda in 1986, helping communities in the Luwero triangle in central Uganda to resettle and rebuild their infrastructure following the 1981–1986 war. After 15 years of dedicated service, World Vision Uganda…

19 August 2024, 9:39 am

Kagadi bids farewell to beloved agricultural officer James Turyahikayo

By James Muhumuza The Kagadi district community gathered last evening to lay James Turyahikayo, the district’s Principal Agricultural Officer, to rest at his ancestral home in Kicwanyindo cell, Kagadi town council. The funeral mass, led by Msgr. Rev. Fr. Peter…

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.