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Evolution

[leu @kasiba02]

@SarahBireete @KagutaMuseveni She is no longer under his watch 🤔

[Robert Kalyesubula,MD, FISN(USA), PhD-FRCP(London) @rkalyes1]

🔥 These are dogs in the ICU.
In Uganda, we unfortunately cannot even pay a stipend for our medical interns.
🔥 Shame on us if we let this continue to happen ❣️
@MinofHealthUG
@UMACentralb_Off
@RubabindaJr
@OfficialFUMSA

[leu @kasiba02]

@TheUMAofficial @SarahBireete @GovUganda @MinofHealthUG @pwatchug @DailyMonitor @SpireJim @nbstv @ntvuganda @RubabindaJr @AAgather @FUMI20232024 Priority in this country is upside down

[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 𝗦𝗵𝘀 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 𝟮.𝟰𝗯 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

[leu @kasiba02]

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[leu @kasiba02]

@kebirungilydi But Gashumba!
So you are telling us that even the speaker voted🤔🤔

[leu @kasiba02]

You either adapt, or die.

[leu @kasiba02]

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” John F Kennedy

[leu @kasiba02]

Nature favours change.

[leu @kasiba02]

@DailyMonitor UEDCL and darkness are synonymous

[leu @kasiba02]

@dammiedammie35 What makes these cars very expensive if the body is also plastic🤷🏽‍♂️

[Omupakasi @kutegyekaivan1]

My Father’s Forgotten Shares in @CentenaryBank , a Story of Lost Promises

In 1989, my father was part of a small group of hardworking villagers who were encouraged by their parish, Nyakibale Catholic Church, to invest in a credit scheme called Trust Bank, at the time, it was not yet a full fledged bank, it was just an idea, a vision shared with local communities that if they contributed their small savings, something big would grow out of it.

[leu @kasiba02]

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke

[leu @kasiba02]

@rkalyes1 This is fake news

[leu @kasiba02]

UEDCL and darkness are synonymous

[leu @kasiba02]

@drkeithsiau Tunga Penetrans

[leu @kasiba02]

@SabrinaKitaka KCCA should get serious and practical, let them stop making decisions in the boardrooms without trying them out. Jennifer Musisi, a practical woman had put it at 60km/hr which was okay. But 30km/hr is not practical

[leu @kasiba02]

@ByronKiganda @SabrinaKitaka Social media has created so many « experts «  , now look at this pseudo expert, he does never driven a car but here sounding as an expert.
Driving at/below 30km/hr is impractical
KCCA should leave the boardroom and let them be practical

[leu @kasiba02]

@drkeithsiau Where is the liver🤔