Tuesday 20 August 2013

Voice of Kamwenge journalists lobby for accountability programs

Radio mentors on Voice of Kamwenge used the mentorship skills acquired through the mentorship training by ToroDev in April 2011 and November 2012 to lobby for accountability programs on their radio station for improved service delivery monitoring in the district.

“We used the skills that we acquired from ToroDev to lobby for accountability programs from our manager. Such programs include Insinjiro Program that runs every Saturday from 9:00 -11:00am. Different people such as politicians and civil servants are hosted to give accountability concerning the services that they deliver in the different sectors.” Said Ngabirano Gerevaziyo, a mentor at Voice of Kamwenge.

L-R: ToroDev Staff with Ngabirano
The mentors also used the advocacy skills from ToroDev mentorship training to lobby for a program that sensitizes the youths and women about the NAADS program so as to improve agricultural production. Like other rural parts of Uganda, Kamwenge district is pre-dominantly an agricultural economy, with over 80 percent of its population either directly or indirectly employed by the sector.

“We lobbied a program known as the Farmers Program that runs every Monday from 8:00 -10:00pm. During the program, NAADS personnel such as the District NAADS coordinator, Sub County coordinators and extensional workers are invited to come and give accountability and also sensitize the people about the program.” Said Gabriel Gerevaziyo, a mentor at Voice of Kamwenge Radio.


To improve broadcasting for accountability, ToroDev has been conducting a mentorship program on the 12 FM radio stations in the Rwenzori Region. In each FM radio station, three people were identified and trained in mentorship for sustainable accountability broadcasting.  

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