By Jackson Gaaniko<\/p>\n
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Seven years ago, a young man, innovated an FM Radio with a signal covering about 60 households in Yambio Municipality, Western Equatoria State.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n A 23-year-old Andrea Angelo Atoroba, who named his innovative radio station, St. Tereza FM, works with three employees to broadcast information to the community.<\/p>\n \u201cI am the C E O of St. Tereza FM, a local Radio Station. Our programs are all about Peace, Education, Agriculture, Church Affairs\u00a0and Culture,\u201d Atoroba tells No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper,<\/em> on a visit to the station.<\/p>\n Atoroba explains that the radio station operates on car battery and because of not being stable; it picks on 108.5 and 106.5 frequencies.<\/p>\n As Atoroba narrates his ordeals, St. Tereza FM ration is not his first innovation but the 5th<\/sup> following others that were mysteriously stolen.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not the first time I have invented a radio station. This is the 5th<\/sup> and the previous ones were stolen and I lost all my equipment\u201d Atoroba said.<\/p>\n In 2016, while a primary pupil, Atoroba was inspired to his first invention of an Aeroplanes, when his teachers asked them to provide handcrafts.<\/p>\n Then, later on he ventured into innovating radio equipment that has brought him both fame and misery.<\/p>\n In an exclusive interview with No.1 Citizen Daily newspaper <\/em><\/strong>in Yambio, Atoroba discloses facing numerous challenges including threats to his life.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don’t have a solar or generator to constantly power the system and also no room to keep this equipment,” he says while pointing at facility in the open.<\/p>\n Atoroba\u2019s talent has placed him in loggerheads with society, attracting hatred and threats to his life; they do not trust its genuineness.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of the people are threatening me, saying how can someone like me have such a talent and experience on discovering a radio?\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n Instead of standing with him, the family of the young man conspires with his adversaries on unfounded fears that Atoroba might have got involved in evil practices.<\/p>\n \u201cMy family doesn’t like me. They have fears that I may sell my people using witchcraft but this is all\u00a0lies\u201d he refutes.<\/p>\n Raising his eyes and hands up in the sky, Atoroba places his case to God for protection, saying \u201cI am not safe; they can come and attack me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am, a man of God. I trust in myself, and this is a gift by the Almighty God\u201d Atoroba pleas for innocence, against the fears and allegations.<\/p>\n Adamant of the threats, passionate about his dreams, Atoroba, appeals to the government and development partners to help him reach his goals.<\/p>\n “I am appealing to the government, partners and well-wishers to support me to extend the signal coverage to 10K2<\/sup> in Yambio Municipality\u201d he requests.<\/p>\n The young man also needs support to boost power for the innovative radio station for regular broadcast and a building to accommodate the facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Jackson Gaaniko Seven years ago, a young man, innovated an FM Radio with a signal covering about 60 households in Yambio Municipality, Western Equatoria State. 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