Doctors welcome Museveni's directive on salary increment
The president of the Uganda Medical Association, Dr. Ekwaro Obuku, has said that the president's directive to increase their remuneration if effected, this will improve on service delivery.
Speaking to the media yesterday in Kampala, Dr Ekwaro noted the salary enhancements will boost deployment of health workers to hard to reach areas where doctors don’t want to operate due to the current low pay.
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The modalities on how the salary enhancements are to be effected are yet to be worked out.
On several occasions, over the last years, medical workers and teaching staff in public universities had attempted to lay down their tools demanding for better pay.
However, these groups have been engaged in several meetings with government including the President to find solutions for their grievances.
Yesterday President Museveni directed the ministry of Public Service and relevant authorities to put into effect a number of salary enhancements for doctors and lecturers at public universities.
"This is one of many interventions that will definitely attract highly skilled labour to be supplied to hard to reach places like Moroto hospital where we had just visited last time," he said.
He however added that many technocrats tend to frustrate these kinds of processes.
He said that with a better pay, the public has a right to demand for a better service delivery from health workers.
