Radio Wa

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7 June 2025, 4:45 pm

Grader Breakdown Delays Road Works in Agali Sub County, Lira District

grader breakdown curtsey photo By Dickens Aruca & Baker Okello A grader breakdown has delayed the rehabilitation of a 9-kilometer impassable road in Agali Sub-County, Lira District, despite its inclusion in the 2024/2025 financial year budget. Residents have expressed frustration…

7 June 2025, 4:35 pm

Otuke LC5 chairperson warns Health workers against charging patients

Francis Abola curtesy photo By Baker Okello The Otuke District LC5 Chairperson, Francis Abola, has cautioned health workers against charging patients for services at government health facilities. Abola made the remarks in an exclusive interview with our reporter following the…

6 June 2025, 4:27 pm

Gov’t proposal to ban PLE exams draws mixed reactions among stakeholders

By Baker Okello The government proposal to abolish Primary Leaving Examination-PLE in primary schools has drawn mixed reactions among stakeholders in Lango. According to the proposed policy, home work for learners, termly assessment and Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) will be…

6 June 2025, 9:21 am

Apac deputy RDC, warns contractors against shoddy work

By Baker Okello Joan Apio deputy RDC Apac deputy Resident district commissioner, Joan Apio has issued a stern warning to contractors over shoddy work The notice follows an award of contract of over 30 million to a company whose name…

4 June 2025, 10:25 am

PDM funds disbursed to Sacco groups in Bardyang parish, Dokolo district

By Dickens Aruca & Baker Okello The long-awaited Parish Development Model (PDM) funds have finally been disbursed to Sacco groups in Bardyang parish in Adok subcounty, Dokolo district. This comes after 42 group members raised concerns over alleged irregularities and…

Profile

Broadcasting at Frequency Modulattion 89.8, Radio Wa is a non-profit venture. Its main goal is not the financial benefit, but the welfare of the community and the civil society at large in Northern Uganda.

Radio Wa has the most diverse programming of any radio station in the Northern Region. The programs feature music, drama, talkshows, short drama skits, informercials and religious presentations with commercials at regular intervals.

From its humble inception in 2002, Radio Wa is a promising leading FM Radio Station in Northern Uganda with a broadcasting power of 4 kilowatts with an optimum coverage of entire Lango and Acholi, Parts of Teso, Karamoja, West Nile and Bunyoro Sub Regions.

Programming

The contents of the programmes are very much determined by the needs and the expectations of the local community rather than by commercial, political or financial interests.

In order to broaden the opportunities of having the voices of the different rural communities heard, Radio Wa banks on the support from over 80 Social Communicators; they are local reporters scattered all over the region.

They represent the effort of Radio Wa to reach out even the most remote areas of the sub-region and to provide opportunities of dialogue as well as information all over the region.

Our Vision

Our vision is to become the household radio staion for the people in the region by a peacuful, responsible, healthy, informed , educated and productive Northern Uganda.

Mission

Radio Wa exists to promote harmony, peace, justice and develiopment  primarirly in rural communities of Northern Uganda.

Values

Radio Wa cherishes integrity, social justice, Fairness & Equality as it strives to be the voice of the voiceless.