

13 February 2024, 7:30 am
A man in his 40s is living in fear after his wife allegedly chased him out of their house and attempted to burn him alive, sparking a dramatic intervention by local authorities. Charles Tumusiime, the husband, sought refuge at the…
10 February 2024, 6:44 pm
A boda boda rider in Kagadi town sadly ended his life today afternoon (Saturday) by hanging himself using shoe-threads due to overwhelming stress caused by the theft of his motorcycle. The deceased, identified as 24-year-old Bonefence Kahwa from Kiraba Upper…
10 February 2024, 4:14 pm
A one top UPDF officer at a rank of Major and two others have yesterday (Friday) survived lynching by an angry mob in Bwikara Sub County on allegations of cattle theft. The incident transpired in Kisura trading center Bwikara Sub…
9 February 2024, 8:35 am
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, in collaboration with Kagadi district local government, convened a high-level stakeholders’ awareness meeting yesterday (Thursday) to inaugurate the micro-scale irrigation program at Kagadi Community Hall in Kagadi town council. Attended by Lc3…
6 February 2024, 7:17 am
Two suspects, Sadick Mwesigye, 46, and James Kaahwa, 60, both residents of Rwomubazi cell in Buhimba town council, Kikuube district, are currently in custody at the Kikuube central police station on allegations of murdering Henry Benjamin Kaija, a 64-year-old retired…
26 January 2024, 8:32 am
During a yesterday’s (Thursday) health interview with our reporter, Dr. Julius Birungi, Director of Kagadi Community Health Center and a physician at Kagadi General Hospital, disclosed a startling revelation of 96% of Ugandans are unknowingly living with malaria. Dr. Birungi…
23 January 2024, 4:06 pm
In anticipation of the upcoming reopening of schools for the first term in 2024, Kagadi district’s nutritionist, Ismail Zahura Rutagwera, is urging school leaders to implement meal plans aimed at preventing malnutrition-related diseases among students. The schools in Uganda are…
23 January 2024, 8:30 am
A man identified as Pius Mbabazi accused of stealing a motorcycle has survived being lynched by an angry mob in Kasonga village Pachwa Sub County in Kagadi district. The incident happened last evening(Monday) Pius Mbabazi, a resident of Kazizi village…
22 January 2024, 9:54 am
A 30 year old man has committed suicide by hanging in Pachwa Sub County, Kagadi district over unknown reasons. The deceased has been identified as January Tom a resident of Nasut village, Pachwa sub county, Kagadi district. January hanged himself…
21 January 2024, 10:42 am
President Yoweri Museveni has been elected the new chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement summit that started on 15th – 20th January 2024 in Munyonyo, Kampala. Uganda’s three-year chairmanship will expire in 2026. He assumes the chairmanship from H.E. Ilham Heydar…
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.