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Recent posts

3 July 2025, 11:03 am

Dean challenges Kigongo Moses for NRM top spot

By Byamukama Alozious Dean Emmanuel of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has thrown his hat into the ring, challenging incumbent Kigongo Moses for the position of First National Vice Chairperson. Today, Emmanuel’s nomination was confirmed by the National Electoral…

2 July 2025, 3:22 pm

Navigating disability and vitiligo with strength and visibility

By Regina Nassanga Meet Penina Katushabe, a voice of strength and hope. Penina is a proud woman living with Vitiligo, a skin condition that affects skin pigmentation. She’s not just living with it, she is leading with it. As the Chief Mobiliser and Co-Founder of…

1 July 2025, 9:37 pm

Climate change takes a toll on health: Experts sound alarm

By Byamukama Alozious During a webinar hosted by Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA) and the Health Journalists Network Uganda (HEJNU), experts from Uganda, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, and other countries convened to explore solutions to the growing challenge…

27 June 2025, 12:21 pm

Lugolobi ready to contest for Bujumba Member of Parliament seat

By Byamukama Alozious Lugolobi Willy, a seasoned leader from Kalangala, has joined the race for the Bujumba constituency seat under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party. With a strong background in community development and leadership, having served as a community…

23 June 2025, 11:25 am

Menstrual hygiene management for girls with disabilities

By Ssenoga Patrick Disability is Not Inability on Mama FM! Last week, we discussed the crucial role parents and guardians play in supporting young girls with disabilities to manage their menstruation with dignity. Listen to the radio programme here. Disability…

Mission and Vision

INTRODUCTION
Mama FM is a community development women focused radio operating in Kampala and the greater central region of Uganda. The radio publishes live edutainment programs, features, live talk shows, music and news. Mama FM as a community radio aims at causing learning and social change. Mama FM’s reach is about 100 km from one of Kampala suburbs, Kisaasi.  It broadcasts community development information and entertainment in a bi-lingual format Luganda and English. It creates space for women and other marginalized groups to meet over airwaves, discuss and learn about issues relevant to them and their lives. This improves their meaningful participation in decisions that affect their lives through strengthening their ability to communicate. Mama FM is a powerful social and economic platform in advancing women’s emancipation, and self-expression of marginalized groups like Persons with disabilities, youth, children and the elderly.

Station’s Slogan

The Voice To Listen To

Mission

Contribute towards empowering individuals and marginalized communities, especially women, by promoting their concerns and increasing their participation in the local and national development programs.

Vision

Have the concerns and voices of the less privileged in society take centre stage in the Uganda mass media for a fair and just world.