Imagine a 52 year old man with a 22 year old daughter, presiding over the national army-an institution that is supposed to embody the highest standards of discipline.
Instead, the UPDF is led by someone whose conduct insults the uniform he wears.
For all the pain that Museveni has inflicted on our people, history has punished him with a son whose behavior exposes the decay at the very top.
Emmandwa Bwanika!
Why donโt you just say it plainly?
โI will send soldiers to abduct him and tie him up for me in an illegal torture chamber, so that I can beat him to prove how tough I think I amโ
The truth is, you know you canโt face me without a gun and last minutes on your feet ๐
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QUOTE: "Freedom of speech is a right of the people and not a favour from the [Ugandan] government."- Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at UNLF public rally. Uganda Times, February 28, 1980
#JournalismIsNotAcrime#BoldVoices
When lives of the citizens are determined by the mood of the wife of a dictatorโs spoilt son, then you know that no one is safe in the country. Not even those that cheer as others are being tortured and their rights violated.
This man can not have that knowledge. He thinks Lukwago issued the summons!!! Its not enought to be the son of the president. Some times you need to stand on your own head. Not everything can be given by your father. In 20yrs your father will have answered yes to his God.
This only exposes your mental and physical inadequacies. Youโre nothing but a sadistic coward who canโt face anyone โman to manโ, neither in a logical public debate nor in a fare physical fight.
As a transitional justice expert, Iโm familiar with this kind of silence. Itโs not that people canโt see whatโs wrong, no. itโs the deep pain theyโre carrying that keeps them quiet. Itโs easy to mistake that silence for peace, but itโs not. Itโs tension building beneath the surface. Then one day, something seemingly small, like the price of bread going up triggers an explosion. Thatโs how dangerous years of bottled-up anger can be. The English call it โthe calm before the storm.โ Ate awo babera tebakyafugika.
@BigEyeUG So who exactly has to handle that matter?? In terms of ministerial responsibilities... I see Nameere.. Balam.. Col.. name them.. all diverting their responsibilities to concerns out of their scope
@TweetsbyHenry This movie!!!! First of all it has a very fake storyline.. its something u watch to complete if u have nothing to watch... its so damn fake..its a 3/10
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:
โข Parliament keeps growing.
Parliamentโs budget reportedly doubled to about ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ญ. ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. The money going to 529 MPs rose from about ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฏ in 2020/21 to ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฐ๐ฏ in 2026/27, an increase of about ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฐ๐ฏ.
What direct return does this give the common Ugandan in a crowded hospital?
โข Two offices alone tell the story.
The Speaker and Deputy Speaker offices had about ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ณ.๐ญ๐ฏ combined in 2020/21. In 2026/27, they stand at about ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ฌ.๐ฎ๐ฏ , an increase of about ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ.๐ญ๐ฏ for only two offices.
That increase alone can pay ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ interns ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, with money left.
โข Questionable spending continues.
In 2025/26, selected Speakerโs office lines reportedly included ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฎ.๐ฐ๐ฏ for foreign travel, ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ for fuel, ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฐ.๐ด๐ฏ for incapacity, death benefits and funeral expenses, and ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฑ.๐ฎ๐ฏ for donations. Total: about ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ.๐ฎ๐ฏ. What lasting public health return does this produce compared with doctors on wards?
โข 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 ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ต.๐ฌ๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ every year.
Add the reported ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฏ for LC I to LC V political leader facilitation, and that is about ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฏ. In what way does this benefit the common Ugandan?
โข Donations are funded.
State House donations reportedly consumed ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฏ over seven financial years. In 2023/24 alone, donations were budgeted at ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ญ๐ด.๐ญ๐ฏ, but actual spending reached ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ด๐ฌ.๐ญ๐ด๐ฏ. If tens and hundreds of billions can be found for donations, how does ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ to ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฏ for over 2,000 medical interns become impossible?
โข Health was not protected with the same urgency.
The Ministry of Health vote fell from about ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ญ. ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฏ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป in FY2023/24 to about ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ญ. ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป in FY2024/25, a reduction of about ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฏ. Even the 2025/26 estimate of ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ญ.๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป 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:
โข 2,000 interns ร Shs1m ร 12 months = ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ per year
โข 2,500 interns ร Shs1m ร 12 months = ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฏ per year
โข 3,000 interns ร Shs1m ร 12 months = ๐ฆ๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฏ per year
Even using the Ministry of Healthโs 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.
โจ It avails doctors on wards.
โจ It keeps emergency units covered.
โจ It supports maternity care.
โจ It fills staffing gaps in regional referrals.
โจ 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
For years, medical interns have protested to increase their monthly allowance from 750,000 UGX. Despite the Head of Stateโs pledge to fulfill the increment to 2,500,000 UGX, and in the face of a skyrocketing cost of living, the government has found a brilliant solution to the high cost of living; scrapping the allowance entirely instead of raising it. Apparently, when food, rent, and medical care become too expensive, doctors are expected to live on pure patriotism.
With this new development, the crisis in our public health centers will only get more dire.
Friends, this is no longer just an interns' battle, it is a crisis that affects every single Ugandan. We must all demand a fair treatment for our frontline health workers.
#StandWithUgandanInterns #HealthSectorCrisisUG #PayOurDoctors