Charles Ssebana in his shop at Kitengesa with is wife. He is one of the library's most enthusiastic members

All staff and students of Kitengesa Comprehensive Secondary School are automatically members of the library. Residents of the sub-county in which the school is located can become members on payment of an annual fee of 2,000 Uganda shillings (i.e. a little more than one dollar). People from further afield may also join on payment of a fee of 3,000 Uganda shillings.

In January 2008, the library had 645 members who were in good standing, including 16 teachers from the school, three non-teaching staff, and 513 present or former students. The remaining 112 members include 11 business men or women, 14 teachers from other schools, a cook, a builder, a driver, 10 farmers, the head of the school for the deaf in Kitengesa, and 60 students from other schools. Over the course of 2007, 133 new members signed up.

One of the library's youngest members

The people who use the library most are students and teachers in Kitengesa Comprehensive Secondary School, but some other local residents use it regularly too. Two such are Joseph Mukiibi and Charles Ssebwana, a pair of brothers who own a shop in the trading centre. Teachers from the neighbouring primary schools also come in to prepare their lessons, and students from other schools visit frequently, especially during the school holidays. The library serves uneducated members of the community as well, for Dan Ahimbisibwe encourages them to come and work on their reading and writing with him. Particularly impressive is Angella Namuddu, a cook at a neighboring primary school. She could not read at all when she began coming to the library in 2003, but over 2004-5 she borrowed, and read, more books than any other member.