Balikowa Ali

Dental Clinics

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@ntvuganda Congratulations 🎊
It's been a couple of weeks without watching news now that our beloved TV station is back am so delighted

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@nbstv Isn't he contradicting himself

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@hey_chinna7 @modernHealthMe It was for testing whether breath is present or not

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@faith_nabushawo Dr we have shaving creams like Nissa, Disaur, veet

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@drkeithsiau When broken, the tooth pick spicules can remain trapped within the gum causing a gingival abscess.
Continuous foward and backward movement of the tooth pick causes wearing out of the cementum around the neck of the tooth

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@drkeithsiau The other health problems are oral health related including interdental gum recession and widening of the interdental space causing more lodging of food particles in between teeth.
The tooth pick itself even pushes food particles deeper further causing gum inflammation and infec

[Government of Uganda @GovUganda]

Which area of national development would you like to see prioritised in the coming year.

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@fsnakazibwe Indeed even when the surgeon is done with the operation successfully, the Anaesthetic team still put a very clear distinction btn life and death at the eleventh hour.
Kudos to them

[Uganda Medical Association @TheUMAofficial]

Let us be honest: the issue is not that medical interns are too many.
It is not that Uganda has no money.
It is that medical interns are not being treated as a priority.

Consider the choices being made:

• Parliament keeps growing.
Parliament’s budget reportedly doubled to about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭. 𝟮 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻. The money going to 529 MPs rose from about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟰𝟬𝟬𝗯 in 2020/21 to 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟳𝟰𝟰.𝟰𝗯 in 2026/27, an increase of about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟯𝟰𝟰.𝟰𝗯.
What direct return does this give the common Ugandan in a crowded hospital?

• Two offices alone tell the story.
The Speaker and Deputy Speaker offices had about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟳.𝟭𝗯 combined in 2020/21. In 2026/27, they stand at about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟱𝟬.𝟮𝗯 , an increase of about 𝗦����𝘀 𝟰𝟯.𝟭𝗯 for only two offices.
That increase alone can pay 𝟯𝟬𝟬𝟬 interns 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭𝗺 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, with money left.

• Questionable spending continues.
In 2025/26, selected Speaker’s office lines reportedly included 𝗦𝗵𝘀 ��.𝟰𝗯 for foreign travel, 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟵𝟲𝟲𝗺 for fuel, 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟰.𝟴𝗯 for incapacity, death benefits and funeral expenses, and 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟱.𝟮𝗯 for donations. Total: about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭𝟰.𝟮𝗯. What lasting public health return does this produce compared with doctors on wards?

• RDC structures are being funded.
Uganda reportedly has 146 RDCs, 170 Deputy RDCs and 432 Assistant RDCs, total 748 officials. Their proposed salary enhancement requires an extra 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟮𝟵.𝟬𝟳𝟵𝗯 every year.
Add the reported 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟯𝟬𝗯 for LC I to LC V political leader facilitation, and that is about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟱𝟵𝗯. In what way does this benefit the common Ugandan?

• Donations are funded.
State House donations reportedly consumed 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟳𝟱𝟭𝗯 over seven financial years. In 2023/24 alone, donations were budgeted at 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭𝟴.𝟭𝗯, but actual spending reached 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟴𝟬.𝟭𝟴𝗯. If tens and hundreds of billions can be found for donations, how does 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟮𝟰𝗯 to 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟯𝟲𝗯 for over 2,000 medical interns become impossible?

• Health was not protected with the same urgency.
The Ministry of Health vote fell from about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭. 𝟲𝟵𝟯 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in FY2023/24 to about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭. 𝟯𝟰𝟰 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in FY2024/25, a reduction of about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟯𝟰𝟵𝗯. Even the 2025/26 estimate of 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭.𝟱𝟲𝟰 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 remains below the 2023/24 level. Yet health is the sector that directly touches mothers in labour, accident victims, children with malaria, emergency patients and families in public hospitals.

Now compare:

• 2,000 interns × Shs1m × 12 months = 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟮𝟰𝗯 per year
• 2,500 interns × Shs1m × 12 months = 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟯𝟬𝗯 per year
• 3,000 interns × Shs1m × 12 months = 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟯𝟲𝗯 per year

Even using the Ministry of Health’s own gross figure of Shs15.6m per intern per year, the reported 2,706 eligible interns would require about Shs42.2b. That is still small compared with what is being found for political comfort and administrative expansion.

That money is not a handout.

✨ It avails doctors on wards.
✨ It keeps emergency units covered.
✨ It supports maternity care.
✨ It fills staffing gaps in regional referrals.
✨ It protects patients.

So let us stop pretending.

This is not a numbers problem.
This is not a money problem.
It is a priority problem.

Medical interns are doctors under apprenticeship, not free labour!

#InternsNotSlaves

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@ASIIMWEIGNATIU1 @TjkWAkram Naye banange, this Dr. Whose head can't even hold a few MBs to think rightly on a straight forward matter. LOP is just stating abd acting what is provided for in the constitution, now how useless is that

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@nbstv @TheUMAofficial WAS THIS PROGRAMME MEANT TO AIR ON NBS OR SANYUKA????
OR GOV'T HAS ALREADY INSTRUCTED YOU TO LET IT GO

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@PathOfMen_ These animals don't do refined food so they consume foods in their natural form, this form of food doesn't release extrinsic sugars for bacteria in the mouth to ferment the sugars into acids. This therefore means these animals are absolutely consumers of the safe intrinsic sugar

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@UgandaEC In case you want to access and know your polling station you can use "ugtally" feed in your names and date of birth

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@UgandaEC This link does not actually work, it shows we are blocked from accessing this information

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@PriscillaNallie Yes madam check 1,2

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@FirstAfrican_ @HEBobiwine @UgandaEC You could make processions way back, now it is impossible it is a matter of season and timing. It is a timing of Bob wine you cannot separate him from the common cause, you still find people attracted to him even without an incentive nor a bait as for the other side

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@MwesigyeFranks The worst and ridiculous thing is that at your age, even brain boosters can't help, so you may just deteriorate up to the last point.

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@nilepostnews @PoliceUg stated it categorically clear that no guns or any firearms will be allowed in the polling station, now at the dawn of the exercise yours words don't hold anymore. It is so remorseful

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@RareHernia @batenkss @brucekirenga @DrOribaDan @rkalyes1 The duplicacy of medical profession especially the medical officers stems from the fact that there is no policy regulating admission of students by the universities especially private universities. If other universities copy this the nobility of the profession will rise again

[Balikowa Ali @AliBalikowa]

@008752x @wilber_rukundo @AineShaKa @dr_evenakato @dr_katumwa @faith_nabushawo @rkalyes1 @m_mukembo @MinofHealthUG @DianaAtwine @JaneRuth_Aceng @TweetsbyHenry This kind of mindset, man in this century no!!!! It's like saying we should not eat lunch because we are not very sure about supper. Unemployment is still with us but if they raise that internship money then life can change in that 1 year bro