Uganda: Obuku, a Doctor the State Loves to Hate

20 November 2017

For the last fortnight, newscasts on major television and radio stations have featured Dr Ekwaro Obuku, the president of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) of doctors, which declared a nation-wide strike on November 6, protesting poor working conditions and low pay.

His popularity on the talk show circuit is just as apparent. On the other hand, minister for Health Jane Ruth Aceng has blundered from one misstep to another; first threatening doctors with the sack, then attempting to drive a wedge between interns and senior doctors before making the questionable claim that UMA is illegal, yet seeking dialogue with the same entity.

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