Radio Wa
Radio Wa
2 April 2026, 10:37 am
By Ceaser Odongo At least three political leaders in Lira City East Division Council have been implicated in the alleged illegal sale of government land, prompting councillors to threaten a petition to the State House Anti-Corruption Unit. The female councillor…
2 April 2026, 9:51 am
By Ceaser Odongo At least 68 Senior Four candidates from Namasale Seed Secondary School in Amolatar District will be required to re-sit their Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations after the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) annulled their 2025 results…
2 April 2026, 9:04 am
By Agness Agilo The Aswa West Regional Police Headquarters, together with the territorial and divisional command, has assured members of the public that it will fully carry out its statutory mandate of protecting life and property during the Easter season.…
31 March 2026, 7:29 pm
By Ceaser Odongo The Ministry of Health, in partnership with Lira City Council, has successfully vaccinated 40,000 people against Mpox (monkeypox), focusing on high-risk and hotspot areas within Lira City. The City Health Inspector, Innocent Ojwang, confirmed the development in…
30 March 2026, 11:33 am
By Lira diocese media The Bishop of Lira Diocese, Rt. Rev. Sanctus Lino Wanok, on Saturday evening 28th March, 2026, returned to Uganda Martyrs Cathedral in Lira after a week-long Ad Limina Apostolorum visit to Rome. Bishop Wanok arrived at…
26 March 2026, 7:53 am
By Agness Agilo A devastating incident has shaken the community as a student of Atapara SS in Oyam district was struck dead by lightning last evening. Speaking to Radio Wa Fm news desk, Vincent Ogwang, the Director of Studies of…
25 March 2026, 9:32 am
By Agness Agilo Women farmers in Lira District are raising concerns over their limited involvement in climate decision-making processes, warning that their exclusion is weakening efforts to cope with the increasing effects of climate change on rural livelihoods. Across subcounties…
25 March 2026, 9:22 am
By Agness Agilo Farmers across the Lango Subregion have raised alarm over the circulation of counterfeit and substandard seeds, even as weather conditions remain favorable for planting. In Oyam District, a farmer identified as Kakson Odongo shared his frustration after…
16 March 2026, 8:11 pm
By Baker Okello More than 200 Special Police Constables (SPCs) in Lira City have threatened to petition the government and the Electoral Commission of Uganda over delays in receiving their allowances following the Uganda General Elections 2026. Some of the…
15 March 2026, 9:17 pm
By Baker Okello In a bid to reduce road carnage and observed traffic guidelines, Mobile enrollment team in partnership with Lira-Amolatar taxi driver’s association-Uhuru Bar stage in Lira City set to conduct mobile enrollment of driving license programme in North…
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.