KYEGEGWA DISTRICT RESOURCE CENTER

HOW THE RESOURCE CENTER HAS BENEFITED THE 

GIRLS/WOMEN OF KYEGEGWA DISTRICT.

The resource center is now one year old and various activities have been carried out at the resource center.

Among these activities, the resource center has involved so much and encouraged the girl child to embrace computer skills and this has been a success because the resource center introduced free trainings in computer essentials and trained various individuals among them includes:

Table showing girls that have been trained in computer skills at the resource center

Index	Name	Gender
1	Komubaranzi Cleophas	F
2	Kobusinge Annociate	F
3	Katusiime Diana	F
4	Orishaba Emily	F
5	Tuhaise Mary	F
6	Namande Caroline	F
7	Nakamya Priscilla	F
8	Alicwamu Annet	F
9	Ahaisibwe Rose	F
10	Kukunda Olivia	F
11	Asingwire Macline	F
12	Kugonza Pauline	F
13	Agonzibwa Aisha	F
14	Kabahweza Gorret	F
15	Keeza Amina	F
16	Birungi Agnes	F
17	Hon Dr. Jane Rose Ngonzi	F
18	Kunihira Rita	F
18	Kansiime Joyce	F
20	Agonzibwa Aisha	F
21	Kugonza Pauline	F
22	Kababikira Immaculate	F

Most of the girls above are in their senior four and six vacation and between the ages of 17-60years. Most of the senior four vacists have gone back to join senior five and testified that computer will be one of their subjects to offer at A level.

Miss Kukunda Olivia and Miss Kansiime Joyce who are between the ages of 17-20years old have joined nursing and are computer literate nurses in the making.

Miss Agonzibwa Aisha who completed her training at the resource center last year is now a university student of IUIU and says that the training she got from here has greatly improved her use of computer at the university especially in report writing ad research. She recently did interviews with the electoral commission Kyegegwa district which required computer knowledge and she successfully passed them now awaiting appointment for the enrollment officer job.

Miss Namande Caroline aged 27years a graduate from Makerere University trained with the resource center last year in various computer packages and was able to get a job with UNICEF for four months as there data entrant for birth certificates in Kyegegwa district and currently she got a job in Ibanda district as the biostatician last month.

HON Dr. Jane Rose Ngonzi is in her late 50s ad currently doing research for her PHD of philosophy in public management from KIU and a lecturer at mountains of the moon university fort portal. Had her training in Microsoft word and introduction to internet from center.  She testifies that the training greatly enabled her to type her research work and was also able to share with her colleagues on line via emails.

The kyegegwa community is greatly benefiting from the resource center and individuals especially the girls are getting skills which have greatly improved their computer knowledge now. It’s no longer a man’s world when it comes to computer knowledge but more and more women/girls have picked interest in learning how to operate and use a computer to run various activities.

The district resource center with great pleasure encourages the girl child to come and get trainined in computer essentials not only the girls but the whole community is advised to come and benefit from this opportunity being offered by RIC-NET organization

ICTO KYEGEGWA DISTRICT

MASIKA MBABAZI BRIDGET

RIC-NET AND KYEGEGWA DISTRICT TO SET UP FIRST COMMUNITY RADIO IN THE DISTRICT

 In a bid to support information sharing and dissemination throughout the Rwenzori Region and Uganda at large RIC-NET through its information Centre- Kyaka rural information centre (KRIC) has embarked on working with the Kyegegwa district Local government to put up the first ever community radio in the district.

Kyegegwa district is one of the newly created districts in the Rwenzori region. It has a population of 159,800 people. with the establishment of the radio we believe that the flow and access of information will be boosted in the district. Definitely the radio will help create awareness on the silent issues in the community and also educate the masses on their rights and responsibilities to development. Simply put the radio will voice the silence, serve as a mouth piece of the disadvantaged and also serve as the heart of communication and democratic process within the society.

High level consultation meetings about the same kicked off on  15th Oct 2013 at Kyegegwa district offices. During this meeting the members discussed the process and procedure to the installation of the radio. participants in this meeting were Uganda Broadcasting corporation (UBC) technical staff  Mr. Sam .k. Batanda and Mr. Muziransa Sadat, RICNET documentation  officer Mr. Muhindo Geoffrey and the System Administrator Mr. Asiimwe Charles, KRIC staff and Board and the district leaders at Kyegegwa District head quarters.

 Above is Mr. Muziransa Sadat (second right) head of transmission at UBC with some Kyegegwa district leadership inspecting the community radio equipments.

Consistent with the principle of public –private –partnership (PPP), the district reached an understanding with KRIC to jointly operate and run a community radio whose objectives will be;

1. To catalyze the development efforts of the rural communities through sharing timely and relevant information on development issues, opportunities, experiences, life skills and public interests.
2.  To reinforce transparency, accountability, good governance and democracy in the district through giving the community means to make their views known on decisions that affect them.
3.  To develop and protect geographical identity, culture and character for the people of Kyegegwa district.

Justification for the establishment: awareness has been growing of the social and economic benefits that can result when ordinary people have access to appropriate information and it is also evident that when people, especially the poor,can participate in communication processes and consensus building about issues that affect their lives it helps them to cast off their traditional state of apathy and stimulate them to mobilize and organize to help themselves.

Other issues discussed during the meeting were the technical and operational aspects. They included;

The community broadcasting radio station will be run as a non – profit making institution. It will be  owned and managed by Kyegegwa District Local government and KRIC represented by the independent board.

And the radio's sole aim will be to serve the common good of Kyegegwa district community irrespective of the ownership.
The radio’s policies, management and programming will be the responsibility of the community in order for it to be considered a true community radio.

A Wantok-SBS-1 equipment with the following parts; transmitter, six channel audio mixer, compact disc/Mp3 players, audio cassette recorders/ players and microphones will be provided for the establishment of the radio. This equipment was given to RICNET/KRIC by the Ministry of water and environment to disseminate weather related information to farmers.

  It can conclusively be said that the community radio will respond to the needs of the community it serves, contributing to development within progressive perspectives in favor of social change. And that the community radio will strives to democratize communication through community participation in differing forms in each specific social context

Kyegegwa District Local Government Gets Solar Kit

The National Planning Unit in collaboration with Ministry of Local Government and with Support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under “Strengthening Institutional Framework for Service Delivery” Project provided the district with solar kit to ensure that there is stable and reliable power.

Among the departments that were installed with solar power is the;

• Works Department that houses the planning unit and the E-society resource center
• The Health Department.

The installation was limited to only tools that support the planning, health unit in carrying out its work with particular focus on ICT infrastructure and ICT based tools.

Solar Kit Delivered at the works Department