• GPS: S01° 15’ 0” x E29° 57’ 0”
• 450 km from Kampala (borders with Rwanda)
• Altitude: 1200-2300m
• Located at Kachwekano ARDC in Bubaare sub­ county, Kabale district
• 8 km from Kabale town
• 2.5 km to Lake Bunyonyi

• Although the CMC is only 8 km from the district's town, it has characteristics of remote areas because of the terrain.

• Kabale district: 500 000 people
• Kabale municipality: 40 000
• Temperature: 15-20 degrees all year long
• Landscape: hilly (no mountains)
• Rain season: March -May, light rains: September-December

• Main source of income: subsistence farmers (peasants) and or small scale fishermen and some do stone quarrying.

• ICT
  • Internet cafes: 15
  • calling point: many

• No structured public transport to the town
• Few scattered secondary schools
• In general, people are poor.

• Public sector
  • 8 primary schools < 5km
  • 2 secondary schools < 5 km
  • > 20 secondary schools and 16 tertiary institutions and very many primary

schools in and around the Kabale town (< 12km from CMC)

• 10 NGOs in the area
• 20 health facilities (clinics, dispensaries, hospitals)
• 15 churches and mosques (< 10km)

• Location: 8km from Kabale town

• Started as a branch of Kabale AHI telecentre 6 years ago
• A radio component was added to make it a full CMC
• Owned and run by Bubaare sub­county and NARO­Kachwekano AR

Name: Rogers Kakuhenzire
Age: 36 years
Position: General Manager
Languages: English, Rukiga
Employment:
Email:
Phone:

• 7 people (3 full time)
• 5 volunteers.

• Computer training: Yes
• Internet/Email: cut off due to breakdown of computers
• Library service: yes
• Photocopy: Yes
• Printing
• Telephony: Yes
• Community radio: struck by lightening (not in use), picked up by few dues to low transmission power, hills and valleys.Served a redius of 20km.

• Main source of income: contributions from NARO, income services like computer training and photocopy.

• Serves mainly people with in a radius of 5 km, mostly students from the nearby villages, NARO staff and tourists.

• PC’s: 2 computers (general use), 1 for radio station
• Internet access:
• ISP: N/A
• Access method:
• Cost:
• Bandwidth:
• Other ICT equipment: Radio mast which is currently being rented out to MTN as the radio is non­operationa

• Access to roof top:
• Secure storage:
• Thefts:
• Shares premise:
• Masts:
  • MTN
  • UTL
  • Telecentre mast

• Primary source: Hydro electricity
• Alt. source: generator
• Load shedding: every day

1. Internet access: What bandwidth do they have in Kigezi Telecentre?
2. Power backup: How are the telecentres and partners equipped in termsof UPS’s?
3. Radio tower in Kachwekano:
   • Who is the owner of the radio tower (contact person, email)?
   • How high is the tower?
   • What is the deal they have with MTN for renting the mast? For how long? Do they have the the sole right to the mast?
4. Cartography: We would like you to take a detailed map of the Kabale area and point out
   • All partners (also the ones that were not visited but were identified in the report)
   • The 2 Telecentres
   • The radio mast + the 2 GSM masts
   • All clear LOS between partners, telecenters and masts