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Up to 100 senior house officers will resume work today following a suspension of their industrial action by the Uganda Medical Association General Assembly.The strike had entered its 14th day yesterday and it happened in protest of delayed payment of monthly allowances. The senior officers said this among other grievances led them to hold the strike but will be expected ...

Medical workers under their umbrella body, the Uganda Medical Association have accused the government of hypocrisy. This is because of the government’s decision not to implement the presidential directive on employing all healthcare workers who served during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Dr. Samuel Oledo, the president of UMA, all medical workers that were deployed during the Covid-19 pandemic, must ...