Acidri Innocent 🇸🇸🇨🇩🇺🇬

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[Acidri Innocent 🇸🇸🇨🇩🇺🇬 @Ocomva]

We're in an era where people want to stay connected to you, while secretly disliking you.
They don't clap for you, they don't help you, they hang around to study you, drain you, & low key compete.
Protect your peace.
Stay focused.
Everybody in your circle ain't in your corner.

[Uganda Key Populations Consortium @UKPC_UG]

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) are often surrounded by misinformation that silences young people and delays care. Let’s correct that.

One prevailing myth is that people should not access SRHR services until they are married.
#NoShameInSeekingCare

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

On Heroes Day, perhaps let’s not end at celebrating our heroes but also for each one of us to ask ourselves: Whom have I been a hero to this year? Whose life have I touched, saved or lifted? Have I participated in bringing down someone who is trying to uplift others?

[Winnie Kiiza @WinnieKiiza]

I watched the heartbreaking video of a young rugby player, Sydney Gongodyo being lynched by a mob. This kind of primitive behaviour has no place in any civilized society. I hope the @PoliceUg bring every single perpetrator to justice. Rest in peace, Sydney. This is deeply tragic.

[Mercy Grace Munduru 🇺🇬 🇨🇩🇸🇸 @deuce_mercy]

The Message, the blend of genre, the multitude of talent, the unity of voice and purpose. Steve Jean will always be FAMOUS in my books❤️

[Winnie Kiiza @WinnieKiiza]

No parent should ever live in fear for the safety of their children. For those of us who don’t stay with some of our children, the pain of this tragedy hits even deeper. May God protect them from the evils of this world. My deepest condolences to the family of Sydney Gongodyo. No child deserves to die like this. Rest in peace, Sydney.

[Ministry of Health- Uganda @MinofHealthUG]

Men, taking care of your mind is not a luxury. It’s self love.
Make time to talk, rest and seek help when needed.

#MOHatWork | #MenTalkUG

[Ainamaani Brian @brian_ainamaan1]

Dr. Milton Obote was expelled from Makerere before completing his degree due to his political activism.
Years later, he returned as its first Chancellor when it became an independent national university.

In summary,
Life has a way of bringing people back to the very doors that once closed on them.

Give up if you want.

[Ministry of Health- Uganda @MinofHealthUG]

Behind every "I'm fine" may be a struggle. Check on the men in your life today.

#MOHatWork | #MenTalkUG

[Amanz Willie LESLIE. @AmanzWillieONE]

Forests are nature’s hospitals. Quietly filtering our air, cooling our planet, protecting biodiversity & restoring our mental well-being.
Every tree lost is a step away from a healthier future; every tree protected is an investment in humanity.
Let’s invest in restoration.

[Acidri Innocent 🇸🇸🇨🇩🇺🇬 @Ocomva]

'Well thought' indeed.

[Winnie Kiiza @WinnieKiiza]

After careful thought, our leaders concluded that the highest reward for medical interns should be unpaid labour. ‘Well thought’, indeed.

[Winnie Kiiza @WinnieKiiza]

Dear newly elected leaders,
The seeds you sow while in office tend to be the only harvest you reap when the office is gone. Retirement exposes the real relationships you built or failed to build. It takes wisdom and courage to govern with retirement in mind. The only tip I can give you is, always be humble and kind.

[Mukula @mukulaa]

Don’t hesitate to remove negativity from your X timeline. Curating your feed can improve your mental well-being, protect your peace, and create space for positivity, growth, inspiration, and success.

[The New Vision @newvisionwire]

Over 900 youth and vulnerable individuals in West Nile have benefited from vocational training and community development initiatives led by the Mungu Feni Foundation in the region.

DETAILS👉 https://t.co/An2ctoSTGv

#VisionUpdates

[Alan Kasujja @kasujja]

President @KagutaMuseveni delivered the State of the Nation Address.

@UgandaMediaCent was there.

Here are the photos for you to use as you wish - with attribution.

https://t.co/eB6F2AiR6d

[Acidri Innocent 🇸🇸🇨🇩🇺🇬 @Ocomva]

What a shame!!!

[Dr.Anyama Alfred Berliner @DrBerlinerMD]

“It should be noted that in 1995 the Hon.@CHRISBARYOMUNS1 led a strike for medical interns that lead to increase of the pay of medical interns from 90,000 UgX to 180,000 UgX.” Dr.Asiimwe R Frank.

Now he is the minister of health and defending the position of government not to pay medical interns

[Godfrey Mutunga, MD @DrMutungaEA]

Our health ministers attend National , regional and international conferences— in those meetings they talk about health systems strategies that involve strengthening the health workforce!! The same ministers orchestrated a joint effort to sabotage the most contributors to health!

[Edward Ssekandi @ESsekandi]

You never know the silent battles people are fighting ,so be kind all the https://t.co/NTdfviGc0g costs nothing.

[Uganda Medical Association @TheUMAofficial]

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
#InternsNotSlaves

[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

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

While there is no money for medical interns, there is lots of money for …