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22 August 2025, 7:46 pm

Lango war debts claimants appoint Kole North MP as patron

By Baker Okello Over 100 coordinators of Lango war debts claimants have unanimously resolved to appoint Hon. Dr. Samuel Opio Acuti, the Kole North Member of Parliament, as their patron to represent them in the forthcoming meeting with President Yoweri…

31 July 2025, 7:59 pm

Rising prostate cancer cases worry health experts in Lango subregion

By Dickens Odiko Health experts are raising concerns over the increasing cases of prostate cancer in the Lango subregion, following recent findings during a free medical camp organised by Mr. Benard Otim. Dr. Richard Ekwan, a public health specialist at…

25 July 2025, 9:57 am

Uganda loses trillions to ticks as NARO unveils new vaccine

By Ceaser Odongo Uganda is losing between 2.5 and 3.5 trillion shillings annually due to the impact of tick infestations on livestock, particularly cattle. This was revealed by Dr Frederick Kabi, Principal Research Officer at the National Agricultural Research Organisation…

25 July 2025, 9:46 am

UNICEF donates UGX 26 million to support girl-child education

By Baker Okello The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), through its Gender for Development Programme, has today donated 26 million shillings to support girl-child education at Iceme Girls Secondary School in Oyam District. The initiative, implemented in partnership with the…

22 July 2025, 10:55 am

Panic as two children with suspected measles die at Lira Hospital

By Baker Okello Panic has gripped parts of the Lango sub-region following the deaths of two children suspected to have suffered from a measles-related skin disease at Lira Regional Referral Hospital on Sunday. In a private interview with our reporter,…

20 July 2025, 3:09 pm

Newcomers triumph over incumbent MPs in NRM primaries in Lango

By Baker Okello As the political atmosphere heats up ahead of Uganda’s 2026 general elections, the public is beginning to scrutinise the profiles of emerging aspirants in the Lango sub-region who defeated incumbent National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearers in…

2 July 2025, 8:43 pm

Hand-held tractors in Lango idle amid spare parts shortage

By Baker Okello Several hand-held walking tractors distributed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to enhance agricultural productivity in the Lango sub-region are now lying idle due to limited access to spare parts and inadequate maintenance…

30 June 2025, 9:03 pm

FAFAD urges inclusion of persons with disabilities

By Baker Okello The Programmes Manager and Legal Officer at Facilitation for Peace and Development (FAFAD), Ms Grace Acot Akullo, has called on all stakeholders to unite in advocating for the inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in service delivery…

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.