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What Would It Cost to Sack 1,000 Ugandan Doctors?

President Yoweri Museveni has said that he is ready to hire new health workers if those on strike don't go back to work. But an analysis by The Observer shows that this would be an expensive option that would cause irreparable damage to an already seriously sick sector.

  • Uganda:   Cost of Sacking 1,000 Doctors

    Observer, 20 November 2017

    Government says it has one option now: sack the striking health workers and hire new ones. But that option is not that easy or cheap either. Read more »

The Observer

Doctors in theatre at Nsambya hospital recently.

  • Uganda:   Govt On the Spot Over Industrial Action

    East African, 18 November 2017

    As the doctors' strike in Uganda enters its third week this Sunday while that of prosecutors marks its sixth, the government continues to maintain a hardline stance while most… Read more »

  • Uganda:   Proposed Salary for Civil Servants Leaks

    Monitor, 19 November 2017

    The committee tasked by the government to conduct an across-the-board review of salaries for civil servants has proposed a significant raise for different categories of government… Read more »

  • Uganda:   Army Doctors Fail to Show Up

    Observer, 17 November 2017

    Despite government saying it had deployed military doctors to fill the huge void at Mulago national referral hospital and its subsidiary branches, there was no sign of them… Read more »

  • Uganda:   Obuku, a Doctor the State Loves to Hate

    Observer, 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… Read more »

  • Uganda:   State Is Undermining Suffering Workers

    Monitor, 20 November 2017

    The doctors opted to strike over poor remunerations, which compromise their work ethics. The doctors' plight is understandable. Doctors in public facilities earn on average, about… Read more »

  • Uganda:   Strike - Why Workers Pick Weapon of Last Resort

    Independent (Kampala), 20 November 2017

    Salary wars usually get ugly, especially if they involve a strike by medical workers. So when members of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA), a 6000-member body started their… Read more »

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