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KUTAMBA BLUE LUPIN COMMUNITY LIBRARY FIRST QUARTER REPORT ( JANUARY,
FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2022)
Introduction
Kutamba Blue Lupin Community library is located in Nyakishenyi sub-county Rukungiri district in south
western Uganda under Nyaka to enhance knowledge and community awareness through the use of ICT and
increased reading culture.
Library activities
The Library opens at 8:00am-5:00pm Monday to Friday throughout the year.
The library provides a free reading room for students and members of the community to read newspapers
and textbooks to enhance knowledge and community awareness.
The library also provides a computer room comprised of 9 desktop computers and 4 laptops with access
to wireless internet. There is a librarian responsible for advising library users on how to get books, repairing
and ordering new books, keeping order in the library, computer training, printing, photocopying, scanning
services and management of the functional rooms.
Free computer lessons are provided to Nyaka staff members, primary and secondary school students during
the holiday.
The Library received 461 visits in a period of three months (Jan, Feb, march 2022).
Table; 1 below represents number of library users as per the months
1 - LIBRARY VISITS (outputs)
a. (Pre Primary Pupils)
January February March Q1 2022
Girls
21 21 21 63
Boys
9 9 8 26
TOTAL
30 30 29 89
b. (Primary School Pupils)
January February March Q1 2022
Female
25 46 78 149

2.
Male
11 22 43 76
TOTAL
36 68 121 225
c. (Secondary School Students)
January February March Q1 2022
Female
5 24 2 31
Male
8 21 1 30
TOTAL
13 45 3 61
d. (Institution Students)
January February March Q1 2022
Female
2 1 1 4
Male
3 - - 3
TOTAL
5 1 1 7
e. (Community Users)
January February March Q1 2022
Female
1 5 11 17
Males
7 12 4 23
TOTAL
8 17 15 40
f. (staff members)
January February March Q1 2022
Female
6 3 6 15
Males
8 8 8 24
TOTAL
14 11 14 39

3.
Secondary school students
During the months of the third quarter 2022, 61 secondary school students visited Kutamba library with
the intention of finding information. Students who came to the library were from within and outside the
community. Most of the students, who got chance of accessing the library, used it profitably to get what
they wanted and all behaved well with not making noise, these secondary students were from different
schools. The Library received few secondary school students because the students are in their schools
studying.
Table: 2: shows secondary school students who visited the library during the 1st
quarter 2022.
c. (Secondary School Students)
January February March Q1 2022
Female
5 24 2 31
Male
8 21 1 30
TOTAL
13 45 3 61
Table; 3 shows the secondary schools where these students were from
School January February March Total
Nyaka 08 00 00 08
Grace High school 0 27 00 27
Modern High 00 18 01 19
St.Pauls Bucundura 00 00 02 02
Immaculate 02 00 00 02
Ntungamo 01 00 00 01
Standard, ntungamo 02 00 00 01
TOTAL 13 45 03 61

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Tertiary institution students
For the 1st
quarter of the year 2022, Kutamba library received 07 students from higher institutions of
learning like collages, universities, vocatinal schools.
Table 3: Higher institutions of learning who visited the library for the 1st
quarter 2022.
d. (Institution Students)
January February March Q1 2022
Female
2 1 1 4
Male
3 - - 3
TOTAL
5 1 1 7
Community members
40 People from the community managed to visit Kutamba library to acquire different services such as
reading books, newspapers, photocopying, internet, laminating etc.
Table 5: Below is showing the number of community members who came to the library during 1st
quarter
2022.
e. (Community Users)
January February March Q1 2022
Female
1 5 11 17
Males
7 12 4 23
TOTAL
8 17 15 40

5.
Books borrowed from library
169 books were borrowed from the library by different Library users, these were mainly Kutamba staff
members, book club members, students from the community and members from the community who are
registered as library members. For one to become a member must pay a subscription of 10000/=
Also during the First quarter the Library received books which are being the returns from the borrowers
Table 6: below shows number of books borrowed from the library.
7 - BORROWER's STOCK CARD
(number of library books
borrowed) January February March Q1 2022
# Books borrowed
43 77 49 169
# Books returned
488 13 501
Book Clubs:
The Library visited two book clubs in the in the first quarter of 2022, the visited book clubs were Mukaka
book club. They read a book about Ebihikirizi by’omumaka no mumuhanda (problems faced in homes and
on the way). They were later given refreshments (soda and cakes) , these made them much excited. The
book teaches how to be mindful, how to be responsible,they also read Nkutebeze, they all liked the book
. There was Loud reading, questions and answers. The book does not teach only the young but also the old.
It teaches how to obey our subordinates, how african culture. It also teaches people to work hard, giving
respect.
Mukaka Book Club
January February March
Q1
2022
# Male visits
- -
# Female visits
28
56 84
TOTAL
28 -
56 84
Kajera Book Club January February March Q1 2022
# Male visits 8
8
# Female visits 19
19
TOTAL 27 -
- 27

6.
Mukaka Book club

7.
Outreach/ Mobile Library
Kutamba Librarian made an out reach program to Kisizi school of Nursing and Midwifery. during the visit
the Librarian introduced herself to the Principal who later introduced her to the tutors. the tutors were
shocked by the kind of books they really needed to find them at Kutamba Library. These were 4 male tutors
and 3 female tutors.
Mobile Library
<Mobile Library> Kisizi Hospital
January February March Q1 2022
# Male visits
42 42
# Female visits
62 62
TOTAL
- - 104 104
Outreach
January February March Q1 2022
# Males attending outreach
58 - 46 104
# Females attending outreach
81 - 65 146
TOTAL
139 - 111 250

8.
Mobile Library at Kisizi hospital Primary school.
KOHA
Kutamba Library received Library volunteer and data entrant to manage KOHA, the data entrant has done
a very good job whereby 2552 books are already entered in the system.
However, there is still a need for more training on how to generate reports, getting Library cards adding in
Class room Library books as well as monitoring the progress. There fore l request Mr. Bagenyi Masereka
Henry to come back for the lacking information.
7 - COHA ENTERPRISE
DATABASE
(number of books digitised in
COHA) January February March Q1 2022
# Books digitised (KOHA)
529 2,023 2,552
# Books not digitized (COHA)
-

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Computer training;
Kutamba Libraian trained only three new staff in Microsoft word and excel
5 - COMPUTER TRAINING
[OUTPUTS)
(number of computer students)
January February March Q1 2022
# Trained in Microsoft Word 3
3
# Trained in Microsoft Excel 2
2
# Trained in Internet Use
-
# Trained in Publisher
-
# Trained in Microsoft
Powerpoint -
TOTAL
- - 5 5
INCOME RECEIVED:
The Library received seventy three thousand six hundred shillings only from photocopying services,
laminating, internet and library membership fees
Table 8: Below is showing all the money that was received during 1st
quarter 2022
6 - LIBRARY REVENUES / UGX
(outputs)
(monthly library incomes)
January February March Q1 2022
Ugx / Membership Subscriptions
60,000 60,000
Ugx / Coffee shop
-
Ugx / Internet Use
1,000 1,000
Ugx / Secretarial Services
6,000 6,600 12,600
Ugx / other Services
-
TOTAL
- 7,000 6,600 73,600

10.
Conclusion
I really thank Nyaka Aids Orphans Project for the selfless empowerment by setting up a community Library
which is enhancing knowledge in the community.
Prepared by :
Katwebaze Prudence
Librarian.
Kutamba Blue Lupin Community Library