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Doctors have once again announced that they will go on strike through their umbrella organization Uganda Medical Association. They cited failure by the government to improve their working conditions and to increase their salaries. Those on strike include doctors, nurses, midwives, consultants, medical interns, and pharmacists. ‘’We don’t want signed papers, we don’t want promises, we don’t want meetings. This ...

President Museveni has directed that the medical interns pay should go up from 750,000shs to 2.5M. He wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja telling her to put this into action. In his letter, Museveni says they agreed that government increases the payment of these interns. They agreed to this in a meeting that consisted of the leadership ...