

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…
21 January 2024, 10:10 am
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
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…
19 January 2024, 7:57 am
In a decisive move to contain the rapid spread of Foot and Mouth Disease, authorities in Kyegegwa district have enforced a ban on the sale of livestock at the Rwensasi market, effective next week. The weekly market, held every Thursday…
18 January 2024, 4:23 pm
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…
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.