Dear rival fans,
Arsenal isnโt in the World Cup, so what exactly are you going to do for entertainment?
For years, your greatest source of joy has been tuning in and hoping Arsenal lose. Now youโll have to watch football without your favourite team to hate.
Wankers!!
I took this photo at Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital around May last year.
For those who don't know what medical interns actually do, let me share a small story.
One night as a medical student, I decided to spend time in theatre to learn. I was working with an intern doctor who was on call. That night, she had 6 emergency Caesarean sections to perform. I assisted in the first 3 surgeries and by around 3 am I was exhausted. I told her I was going to sleep because I had lectures at 8 am. the next morning. She smiled and told me to go.
The next day, after my lectures, I passed through the postnatal ward and found the same doctor reviewing patients. She had worked through the night, spent hours in theatre, and was still on the wards attending to mothers.
That was the day I truly understood that internship is not just another year of training. It is frontline hospital work.
When people hear "intern," they often imagine someone observing and learning. In reality, many interns are reviewing patients, responding to emergencies, assisting and performing procedures, covering night shifts, and helping keep hospitals running.
As the debate on intern allowances continues, I keep thinking about that night in Kayunga.
If we expect young doctors to carry that level of responsibility and workload, can we honestly say their welfare doesn't matter?
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
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This car has knocked school children this morning in kireka and sped off.
Share on yo timeliness until the crook is arrested.
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Arsenal have been Voted ๐ณ๏ธ
THE MEDIAโs MOST INFLUENTIAL CLUB OF THE YEAR
They are the Only club to generate the highest mentions, tags & interactions on social media and also the most talked about club in the year 2025/2026 ๐ฅ๐ฃ๏ธ
Dear members of the public,
The medical fraternity is seeking your support. Your health and safety may be at risk due to this policy that want intern doctors working without pay.
Why should this concern you?
Intern doctors are a critical part of patient care. They often work long shifts, sometimes up to 36 hours, while handling emergencies, admissions, and ward duties. Expecting them to do this without any form of remuneration places immense physical, mental, and financial strain on them.
A demoralized and overworked workforce increases the risk of burnout, errors, absenteeism, and even unethical practices born out of desperation. Ultimately, it is the patient who bears the consequences.
This is not just a doctors' issue, it is a public health issue.
We therefore call upon all stakeholders and members of the public to raise their voices and support the call for fair treatment of intern doctors.
Say NO to unpaid internship. Protect healthcare. Protect patients.
#revisetheentiremedicalpolicy
Thierry Henry on why Arsenal divide opinion in football:
๐ฃ๏ธ โPeople keep asking why Arsenal get so much attention, so much criticism, so much reactionโฆ itโs actually very simple.
Arsenal are not a club people can ignore.
When they win, it becomes a global conversation. When they lose, it becomes a global celebration. That doesnโt happen to small clubs.
That happens to clubs that matter.
And Arsenal matter.
Thatโs why every decision, every mistake, every defeat gets amplified beyond normal football discussion.
Look at what happens after a night like the Champions League final against PSG. Itโs not just PSG fans celebrating you see rival fans, neutral fans, even people who donโt watch Arsenal regularly suddenly very interested.
That tells you everything.
Nobody spends that much energy reacting to a club they donโt care about.
And yes, part of the noise comes from the size of the fanbase. Arsenal supporters are everywhere, and when a fanbase is that big, opinions become louder, arguments become bigger, and rivalries become more personal online.
But letโs be honestโฆ every top club in the world behaves the same way when theyโre successful.
People say they donโt like Arsenal fans, but what they really donโt like is the visibility that comes with success and expectation.
Because Arsenal are back in conversations for the biggest trophies, every result now carries weight.
Thatโs not hatred. Thatโs relevance.
And the truth is simple clubs that nobody talks about donโt get loved or hated.
Arsenal get both.
And that alone tells you exactly where they are in football.โ
Hi Kevin, we were celebrating Chelsea finishing 10th in the League, 33 points behind Arsenal, after spending ยฃ1 billion on players who wouldnโt get on our bench and whose only European football next season will be on a beach in Marbella. Thanks for asking!
1.5 Million less than 24 hours after a UEFA Champions League final heartbreak.
Thank you Arsenal fans. This club is more than just a football club to some of us, itโs a family.
Up the Arsenal.
๐จ๐ณ Mesut รzil on the refereeing in PSG vs Arsenal:
๐ฃ๏ธ "I've watched football for many years, and I know referees can make mistakes. Nobody expects perfection...
But last night, it genuinely felt like Arsenal were fighting against more than just PSG. ๐คฏ
The incident involving Madueke was a clear penalty for me. In any other match, anywhere else on the pitch, that contact would have been given as a foul immediately." ๐
๐จ Dennis Bergkamp on the hatred towards Arsenal:
โEven to this day, I still donโt understand why people hate Arsenal so much. Arsenal are not the only team in history to lose a Champions League final.
What surprises me even more is seeing our colleagues in the Premier League supporting outsiders to win the Champions League over us when Arsenal are the team representing the league in the final. I honestly wasnโt expecting that.
Football is about rivalry, but sometimes it feels like an obsession with Arsenal. Every mistake is magnified, while others donโt receive the same level of criticism.
Since we achieved the Invincibles, something none of them have been able to do, they donโt enjoy seeing us win trophies anymore.โ