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23 January 2024, 8:30 am

A Suspected Motorcycle thief survive lynching in Kagadi

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 commit suicide by hanging in Kagadi

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

Uganda takes over NAM chairmanship

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…

21 January 2024, 10:10 am

Masindi Authorities to Launch Operation against Emyooga Program Defaulters

The deputy Resident District Commissioner for Masindi, Sanon Dhaala, announced plans for a security operation targeting defaulters of the Emyooga program.    During the Masindi Municipal Emyooga Chairpersons Review Meeting held last evening (Saturday) at the municipal chambers, Dhaala emphasized…

19 January 2024, 8:24 am

Kikuube Residents Harness CD Drives to Revitalize Road Infrastructure

In a creative community-driven effort, residents of Bwera village in Butoole parish, Kyangwali Sub County, Kikuube District, have taken matters into their own hands to address the deteriorating state of their road network. Faced with escalating transport costs attributed to…

18 January 2024, 4:23 pm

President Museveni Pardons Ex-NSSF MD Jamwa, 12 Others

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pardoned 13 convicts including the Ex-Managing Director of National Social Security Fund -NSSF who has been serving a 12-year jail term handed to him for causing government a financial loss of 3 billion shillings. Others…

15 January 2024, 8:17 am

Man arrested for stealing, hiding a goat in a pit latrine in Kagadi

In a bizarre turn of events, a 38-year-old man has been apprehended in Kabamba Sub County, Kagadi district, for the alleged theft of a goat. The incident unfolded yesterday (Sunday) in Ruzaire ‘A’ village, Kabamba Sub County, leaving the victim,…

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.