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[Musawo Eddy @eddympuuga]

6:41 minute submission that is mind blowing 🤯

Dr Lutaaya you spoke my mind 💯
#PayAllMedicalInterns #NoReporting

[MPS S.Nasser @Raw69030023]

I pray for Withdrawal of the Policy and assurance Payment of 4M UGX as allowances to Medical interns before the deadline
@DianaAtwine
@CHRISBARYOMUNS1
@Parliament_Ug
@KagutaMuseveni
#payallinterns

[JAMADAH @KagaheJamadah]

INTIMIDATION ZIIIIIIIII👎👎🚮

This notice does not address the fundamental issues raised by medical interns.

Deadlines and threats of forfeiture cannot substitute for meaningful engagement on medical interns welfare.

Our position remains unchanged;

No reporting until the Government officially commits in writing to a monthly internship allowance of UGX 4M and formally withdraws the NETH policy.

We are ready to serve Uganda, but dignity, fairness, and decent working conditions must come first.
@KagutaMuseveni
@MinofHealthUG
@CHRISBARYOMUNS1
@DianaAtwine
@JaneRuth_Aceng

#NoToReporting
#StayGUMITTE

[JAMADAH @KagaheJamadah]

Your Excellency @KagutaMuseveni,
As medical interns, we have written many letters requesting a meeting with you. None of them ever reached you.

For 10 years under Hon. @JaneRuth_Aceng at the Ministry of Health, the welfare of medical interns was neglected — delayed deployments, unpaid/delayed allowances, and policies that treat us as cheap labour while we keep public hospitals running.

She effectively shielded these issues from your direct attention.
We are now appealing to you publicly:
Intervene. Meet us. Restore fair and dignified facilitation for all interns. The health system cannot continue like this.

Ugandans who support medical interns, please amplify this so it reaches the President.

[Juptus Besigako @jst_juptus]

Repost this until it reaches @MinofHealthUG
We shall not settle for less/nothing and false hopes
#PayAllMedicalInterns

[Uganda Medical Association @TheUMAofficial]

Dear Honourables @BalaamBarugahar
@JustineNameere

RE: CONDUCT OF MINISTERIAL INSPECTIONS AT PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES

The Uganda Medical Association (U.M.A.) acknowledges your Ministry’s commitment to rooting out corruption, absenteeism, and service delivery failures in local government. We share your goal of accountability.

𝗛𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, we are deeply concerned about the 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀 employed during recent inspections of health facilities; specifically, the presence of television cameras in clinical areas, the public interrogation of health workers, and arrests ordered before allegations have been properly investigated.

𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀. Filming patients in wards, maternity units, and consultation rooms without informed consent violates the Patients' Rights and Responsibilities Charter, the Data Protection and Privacy Act, and Article 27 of the Constitution, which guarantees the right to privacy. 𝗔 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲.

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗺. Finding a health worker away from their station proves nothing without first verifying the duty roster, leave records, night-duty history, and on-call arrangements. Compensatory rest after night duty, annual leave, and sick leave are lawful entitlements under the Employment Act and Article 40 of the Constitution. Accusations of absenteeism must follow verification, not precede it.

𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀. Uganda’s public facilities are staffed at roughly a third of established need—34% against Ministry of Health norms, with diagnostic services at 47.7% and medicine availability at 58.9%. Where a worker refers a patient due to a stock-out or missing test, that is a systemic failure, not corruption. The two must be distinguished.

𝗗𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹. Articles 28 and 42 of the Constitution guarantee the presumption of innocence and a fair hearing. Arrests and public humiliation cannot substitute for proper investigation through established @PoliceUg, public-service, and professional-regulatory channels.

U.M.A therefore recommends that;

- 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀!!!

- @GovUganda fixes the system and funds recruitment and supplies.

- Humiliation Health Workers stops immediately.

- @MoLGUganda either leaves health facility inspections to @MinofHealthUG and it's organs or requests their active involvement.

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

Service with Honour,

[Joshua masereka @MasJoshua53018]

#payallmedicalinterns,,,,No to modern slavery

[FRNK Asiimwe @RubabindaJr]

Come let's join and support the Preinterns as they express their displeasure about the precarious state that their future has been placed.

I will be there, could you please join us, Thursday Juky 30, 2026 at the Mulago Guest House.

@TheUMAofficial, @PharmacistsUg, @ugandadental, @ugan

[FRNK Asiimwe @RubabindaJr]

Our 1,2,3:
1. Deploy all Current Preinterns
2. Pay them 4M
3. Pay them monthly alongside other health workers
@TheUMAofficial, @PharmacistsUg , @FUMI20232024, @agnmu_Ug, @OfficialFUMSA
is asking,
"IS THAT ASKING FOR TOO MUCH?"

🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🫪🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

❗ THENTE🗯️DHILIWO ❗

[Lynda♥️🇺🇬 @that_lyndah]

@d37986 @dr_marvin_hays @OsbertNahuira @SimonBrad363794 @AmpurireDickens @atuheirealex3 @Arindaivan30 @akankunda81545 @alexkiko18 @Antony17k @AMarybrea84805 This is way too old

[Musawo Eddy @eddympuuga]

The population of Uganda back in the days was small and we can all agree that it has grown significantly today.

That means Uganda required a small number of health professionals then than today.

In that line, the issue of many medical schools coming up shouldn’t be the challenge basing on the population status.

@WHO recommends a Doctor to patient ratio of 1:1000 and as we speak Uganda is not even close to that.

With that, the @GovUganda should even be appreciative to the individuals that invest in medical training.

The budget lines have increased in every government program over the years, why not in the medical internship program???

The biggest challenge here is lack of priority in the medical internship program which is extremely dangerous.

Dear Hon Robinah Nabbanja just think about a hungry doctor working on the casualty or maternity wards. Then help guide the ministry of health to make a proper judgement.🙏

#PayAllMedicalnterns #SaveLives

[Parliament of Uganda @Parliament_Ug]

Leader of Opposition, Hon. @JoelSsenyonyi raises the plight of medical interns after government recently mooted a move to cease paying them.

“I would like to urge govt to, with immediacy, drop this problematic policy.” #PlenaryUg

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

You are heroes. It is an insult that you should work for free
#PayAllMedicalnterns

[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

[Dr Colline Gwebayanga 💊🩺 @GwebayangaC]

In Today’s @newvisionwire The Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda @PharmacistsUg says WE SHALL NOT IMPLEMENT THE POLICY.
Reasons are legal, technical and procedural

I association with the society to REJECT THIS SHAMBOLIC POLICY that enslaves and exploits interns

Full article 👇👇
https://t.co/379Jkj6olR

[JAMADAH @KagaheJamadah]

MESSAGE TO ALL UGANDANS!

Dear Ugandans ,
I come to you today with a heavy heart but clear eyes. Something big is happening in our health sector that will touch every home in Uganda ;whether you stay in Kampala, upcountry village, or anywhere.
Our health professionals and students are refusing a new internship policy, and we need you, the general public, to understand why and then stand with them.

This is not just their fight. It is ours as Ugandans for better hospitals and safer treatment when we or our loved ones fall sick.

What is this new policy really about?

The Ministry of Health wants to change how doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health workers train.

From July 2026, students will not graduate with their degree after five years of university. They must first do one full year of supervised internship in hospital before getting the paper. It becomes a six-year course.

Key problems that worry the professionals;

- Medical Interns will not be paid their monthly allowance.
- Hospitals already have few supervisors and too many patients. Adding more stressed interns without enough support can lead to mistakes.
- No proper consultation with doctors’ associations, nurses, or universities before pushing this policy.
- It delays young people from starting real jobs and families, Private students may even pay extra for placement.

These are the critical areas that should catch your attention. This policy touches the quality of care you receive tomorrow.

Why you?

The public, should care and give active participation in rejecting this policy.
Imagine this; You or your mother, father, child, or sibling falls seriously sick at night. Who treats you first in almosr all government hospitals? it's the intern doctor or nurse.
They are the ones on duty 24/7, putting drips, stitching wounds, delivering babies, and managing emergencies. If these young professionals are overworked, unpaid, angry, tired, and demotivated because of bad policy;

- They may miss small things that become big problems.
- Some may leave Uganda for Kenya or other countries where they are respected and paid.
- Fewer young people will want to join medicine and nursing courses.

Result?

Our hospitals become weaker. Waiting times become longer. Treatment becomes poorer. You and your family suffer directly.

If we don’t support the health professionals now and push government to fix this policy (pay them well, improve supervision, expand training places, consult properly), then one day you will go to hospital and find an angry, exhausted intern who has lost hope. THAT IS WHEN SMALL SICKNESS BECOMES DEATH.

That pain will be on all of us.
Fellow Ugandans, join the fight today so that tomorrow our hospitals serve us better. Your voice on radio, WhatsApp groups, market, church, and mosque matters. Show concern. Demand better for those who take care of us when we are weak.

To our X influencers, YouTubers, musicians, and all public figures

Please help push this message. You have big followings.

Remember;
- Your mother can get malaria or pressure tomorrow.
- Your father can have accident.
- Your sister can deliver a baby.
- You yourself can fall sick anytime.

When that day comes, do you want to meet a happy, well-supported intern who gives full attention? Or an angry one who feels exploited?

Use your platforms to speak truth. Tag the right people. Share facts. Let government hear that the whole country is watching.

Your one post can save lives in future. This is not POLITICS. This is about life and death in our hospitals.

Let us stand together as Ugandans. Support our health workers. Demand a policy that is fair, well-planned, and good for patients.

Together we can make our health system strong.
#RejectBadInternshipPolicy
#SupportOurDoctorsAndNurses
#BetterHealthForAll
Thank you for reading till the end. Now share this message so others know.

God bless Uganda.God bless our Health!

[Dr.Ugandan By Tribe 🇺🇬🤗 @UgandanBy]

I want to remind all medical students,interns and the public if we don't fight this unfairness in the health sector all of us will suffer.
The drafters of this bad health policy have accumulated a lot of money to go abroad for treatment
#rejectinternshipPolicy

[Dr Colline Gwebayanga 💊🩺 @GwebayangaC]

I STRONGLY REJECT THIS POLICY

In the NATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR HEALTH POLICY, the @Educ_SportsUg and @MinofHealthUG decision to reclassify intern pharmacists as students is unacceptable and fundamentally flawed

Intern pharmacists are graduates who have completed their academic training and are undertaking supervised professional practice. Relegating them to the status of students strips them of the professional recognition they have earned and creates serious regulatory contradictions.
Neither the Pharmacy Board nor @PharmacistsUg (PSU) regulates students, raising legitimate concerns about the legal basis for issuing temporary practicing permits to individuals now classified as students.

Even more concerning is the expectation that intern pharmacists continue providing essential pharmaceutical care services under conditions that amount to exploitation. A facilitation of only monthly UGX 2.5 million for a 1 year internship period does not reflect the value, responsibility, workload, and contribution of these professionals to Uganda’s healthcare system.

This policy undermines the dignity of the pharmacy profession, devalues pharmaceutical services, and places an unfair burden on young professionals who are already contributing significantly to patient care.

A policy that removes professional status while demanding professional responsibility cannot be justified. It is unjust, discriminatory, and inconsistent with the principles of fairness and professional development.

I therefore unequivocally reject this policy and call for its immediate review and reversal in the interests of pharmacy professionals and the healthcare system at large.

[Dr.Ugandan By Tribe 🇺🇬🤗 @UgandanBy]

My question to @MinofHealthUG is ,will you expect the students you have stopped from graduating before going for internship to offer the same services the way intern doctors have been doing during their internship?

#revisetheentirehealthpolicy

[Lango man 💀😎 @SolomonAdupa2]

In case a pharm scientist messes up professionally, who do we report to? Who holds them accountable, do they have professional code of ethics, a governing law to protect patients?