Uganda Medical Association (UMA) president, Dr Samuel Odongo Oledo (seated, centre), addresses a press conference in Kampala on November 8. PHOTO/ISAAC KASAMANI
What you need to know:
- President Museveni had in a separate meeting in June at State House Entebbe told the doctors that each of them would get Shs5 million as a starting salary from July.
The Ministry of Health has asked doctors not to go ahead with their planned strike today saying they should put patients first.
“Patience pays. The issues raised by Uganda Medical Association (UMA) are being handled. A supplementary budget to implement the presidential directive is being processed after being passed by Parliament. They should follow their professional calling by putting patients first,” Mr Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the ministry’s spokesperson, said in a tweet yesterday.
Doctors under their umbrella the UMA said in a statement yesterday that their strike starts effective midnight because it is the language government seems to understand most.
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