Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA), in partnership with the Embassy of Turkey in Uganda, is embarking on an eight-day Industrial Tour to Turkey. This initiative presents a remarkable opportunity for Ugandan manufacturers to expand their reach, forge international partnerships, and drive economic development, all …
Read More »Uganda Baati sponsors the 29th Uganda International Trade Fair – 2023
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Baati, announced its sponsorship of the highly anticipated 29th Uganda International Trade Fair under the theme “Driving Manufacturing and Trade Efficiency through Digital Transformation and Innovation”. The event is scheduled to take place from the 3rd to the 10th of October at the UMA …
Read More »Govt to doctors, ‘Striking won’t give you money’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors categorized as medical officers special grade or Associate Consultants announced on Tuesday that they have joined ongoing industrial action in which Senior House Officers had laid down tools over non-payment of their salaries. The doctors told a press Conference held in Mulago this …
Read More »Senior medical officers threaten to strike over promotion, pay rise
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Senior medical officers have threatened to lay down their tools to push for a pay rise and an acceleration in their promotion process to senior consultant level. The move follows a similar industrial action by Senior House Officers (SHO) and Medical Interns, who are …
Read More »Experts call for privatizing of medical internship
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical doctors have asked the government to screen private health facilities and allow those that have the prerequisite staff and equipment to recruit graduate doctors into internships. Making the call amidst endless strikes by medical interns over allowances and conditions of work over the …
Read More »No scientific studies have found gene responsible for homosexuality – Medics
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors under the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) have said there is so far no scientific study done in Uganda or abroad that has found a definitive gene responsible for homosexuality. This comes amidst concerns raised regarding whether gay or queer sexual expression occurs naturally as …
Read More »UMA refutes claims of being used by Opposition politicians
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has clarified that their concerns with embattled Association President, Dr. Samuel Oledo are purely based on medical ethics and professionalism. Refuting claims by Dr. Oledo that the doctors’ body had been infiltrated by members of the opposition National Unity Platform …
Read More »Dr. Oledo reinstated as UMA president
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Samuel Oledo Odongo has obtained temporary relief from the High Court stopping his suspension as the Uganda Medical Association-UMA president, until the determination of his application challenging his suspension. This follows a ruling by Justice Musa Ssekaana stopping UMA, its agents, or any other …
Read More »Court stays Oledo’s suspension as UMA president
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala has issued an interim injunction staying the suspension of Dr. Samuel Oledo, as the president of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA). It follows an application for a judicial review filed by Oledo against his suspension by …
Read More »Doctors vote Samuel Oledo out of office for misconduct
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Uganda Medical Association -UMA have voted to suspend their president Dr Samuel Oledo for four years and have voted to replace him with Dr Edith Nakku-Joloba. Oledo was on the spot for leading a group of intern doctors to publicly endorse President …
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