Patrick Kamara hosts Dr. Daniel Kyabayinze and Dr. Herbert Luswata on the KFM Hotseat for a conversation on the recent arrest of medical pre-interns and the state of Uganda’s health sector. Listen to the show below;
The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has moved to the rescue of pre-medical interns who were on Monday morning arrested during a protest they had staged. The group was due to march to parliament to seek President Museveni’s intervention regarding their deployment and general welfare arising from budget cuts. Some of […]
Police have arrested seven pre-medical interns who were protesting against the delayed commencement of their internship and detained them at Wandegeya police station. The protest comes at a time Ugandans are leading a social media campaign dubbed #UgandaHealthExhibition to expose critical issues affecting the health sector. The group of over […]
Pre-medical interns have petitioned speaker Anita Among over the delayed commencement of medical internship for the year 2023/24. In their petition, the medical interns also decry budget cuts in funds allocated to the Ministry of Health that have greatly affected their welfare. Bukooli County Centra MP, Solomon Silwany has received […]
By Mike Sebalu Under their umbrella body, Federation of Uganda Medical Interns (FUMI), medical interns have suspended their sit down strike which kicked off on November 6. The interns have been demanding payment of their allowances (two months) and implementation of President Museveni’s directive to be paid half of the […]
