Mama FM

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26 May 2025, 5:47 pm

Journalist speaks out after career setback

By Byamukama Alozious A young female videographer and field journalist based in northern Uganda has broken her silence on how she is being gradually edged out of her profession, shedding light on the deeper gender inequalities that continue to haunt…

26 May 2025, 12:54 pm

Journalists in Lango tasked to champion gender-inclusive reporting

By Byamukama Alozious During a gender sensitive training by the Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA) in Lira city, journalists were asked to promote gender-responsive reporting and amplify underrepresented voices, particularly women and marginalised groups. The training is part of the…

21 May 2025, 2:59 pm

OBWAVU obuyitiride ,okunywa omwenge n’okukozesa ebiragalalagala bivirideko…

Bya Annet Nakato ALipooti efulumizidwa ministule y’ebyobulamu eraze nti ku buli bannayuganda 3 kuliko omu omutabufu w’omutwe nga obuzibu buvude mukwenyika ennyo mubirowoozo n’okusoberwa. Bweyabadde afulumya Lipooti eno akulira offiisi evunanyizibwa kundwadde z’emitwe mu ministry y’ebyobulamu,Dr Hasfa Lukwata yategeezeza nti…

16 May 2025, 7:11 am

Uganda’s Carol Kakooza wins top women in tech award

By Philp Onyango The Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation has commended Ugandan innovator Carol Kyazze Kakooza, Executive Director of Axiom Zorn, for her remarkable achievement in winning a prestigious Women in Tech Award at GITEX Africa, the continent’s largest…

15 May 2025, 10:37 pm

Community dialogue in Nakawa tackles rising cases of SGBV, HIV

By Philip Onyango Tiko, in partnership with various organisations including the Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is spearheading efforts to end sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). This initiative highlights the…

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.