radio debate/magazine in Kanyamukura village Ntoroko district to capture women
and youth concerns on the state of service delivery in their area especially on
Roads,Water, Health, and Education among others.
The views from
Kanyamukura were amplified on 15th October 2017 on ToroDev supported
weekly program “Listener’s Forum” that is aired live every Sunday starting from
8:00-10pm on jubilee FM a local radio station found in Kabarole district for leader’s
intervention.
key issues raised by the concerned citizens of Kanyamukura Village.
roads are impassable, slippery and they
flood during rainy seasons, we have encountered this problem for many years but our elected
leaders have not done a lot to lobby for the construction of the main road that
connects to the town council.We request our elected leaders to consider this
road in the next financial year”. Said Kabatuuku
Jamimah a citizen of Kanyamukura Village.
further said due to the nature of the roads pregnant mothers have suffered a
lot when the due time reaches, some women have restored to avoid going for
antenatal check ups and some have even refused to deliver in health centre’s
because the roads can’t allow them to move freely to access services. We request
the district to work on this road.
“We
raised concerns as community members on the issues of Rebisengo to Kanyamukura
road we wrote to the district duty bearers but they have failed to help us on
that issue as leaders at a lower level we can’t do anything now other than
waiting and reminding the leaders all the time” Said
Kyomuhendo A LC1 chairperson Kanyamukura 2 in Rwebisengo.
Women,youth and leader who attended the Rural Radio Debate in Kanyamukura Ntoroko district |
promised to work on Kacwankuna road
during the last campaigns but up to now it’s in a sorry state which is
even a problem to farmers .We request duty bearers to come back on ground and
give accountability,” Said Kato Robert during the rural
debate in Ntoroko district.
only primary school we have in Kanyamukura village has only four class from 1-4 classes and after P.4
children walk long distances to access education in Rwebisengo town council
which is a challenge to our children and this has resulted into high dropouts of
both girls and boys who can’t afford to move to town council to access other
classes on this note we request duty bearers and DEO Ntoroko district to lobby for a better primary schools with all classes
in this village”. Said Mutegeki Ronald.
“We
don’t have any secondary school in Kanyamukura village student’s move 30km to
access secondary school which is very costly. We request government to
construct a secondary school in our area to solve school dropout challenges
within our area”. Said Sight Tagga during the rural radio
debate.
A youth from Kanyamukura sharing his views to the program moderator. |
“Kanyamukura primary school the structures are
badly off and they have cracks.We request district education department to work
hand in hand with the head teacher to overcome this challenge.”Said Pastor Benjamin.
“We
don’t have a health centre in Kanyamukura village we walk long distances to
access health services in Rwebisengo health centre IV. We request our duty
bearers to lobby for a health centre in our village to allow patients’ access
services nearer”,Said Kiiza penenna during the rural radio debate.
health centre IV we don’t have an ambulance we request duty bearers and health
department to lobby for an ambulance such that health services can be improved”. Said Misaki Jackson from Kanyamukura.
Jackson added that we
have formed groups but we have failed to benefit from government programs like
operation wealth creation and youth livelihood.We request sub county chief and
community development officer to come on ground and teach people such that they
can also benefit in these programs.
“We
don’t have clean water in Butungama we are sharing water with animals. We
request the government and water engineer Ntoroko to lobby for piped water and repair our boreholes”. Said Bugoge Ezra during
the rural radio debate.
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technical support.