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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…

19 June 2025, 9:34 pm

NRM nominations enter third day

By Byamukama Alozious The National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) nomination process for members vying for various leadership positions is ongoing, with today marking the third day. So far, over 800 candidates have been nominated out of more than 2,000 who expressed…

15 June 2025, 2:45 pm

Kampala young girls unite to discuss HIV prevention and teenage pregnancy

By Byamukama Alozious During the dialogue held by the Girls’ Act initiative under AHF-Uganda Cares, young girls and boys gathered to discuss critical issues affecting their community, including the recent rise of HIV infections among young people and teenage pregnancies.…

12 June 2025, 2:33 pm

The struggles of accessing antenatal care in Uganda’s public hospitals

By Annet Nakato As Uganda’s population reaches nearly 46 million, according to the 2024 Uganda National Population and Housing Census (NPHC) conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), the country faces growing challenges in delivering essential public services particularly…

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.