While appearing before the health committee chaired by Bukuya county Mp Dr.Micheal Bukenya to explain why they have failed to resolve the Doctors problems related to poor payment, Aceng said that the payment disparities to public servants is  making it difficult for the ministry of health to convince doctors to return to their work.

She said that the doctors think that government has money and is not willing to pay since other officers are highly paid citing the 13 billion shillings paid to MPS for consultation on age limit.

Aceng said that the doctor’s strike has not affected all health facilities, saying some are still functional and the ministry is continuing to push for negotiations to stop this strike which is affecting the health service delivery.

The chairperson of the health committee of parliament Dr.Mcheal Bukenya appealed to Doctors to return to their respective health centers as the salary review committee established by the president completes its report to be ready in two weeks’ time.

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Health Minister Ruth Aceng demanded that doctors return to work immediately

The Leader of opposition in parliament, Winfred Kiiza, has warned government to stop forcing the medical workers who had resorted to strike to resume work before dealing with doctors’ demands to avoid more deaths.

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Kiiza said that government should order medical workers back to work after procuring all the medical supplies they are demanding to be available in government medical facilities across the country.

She asked the president not to brag about the government completed projects when the people who are intended to benefit from such projects are dying because of lack of drugs in hospitals and poor remuneration of medical workers.

She stated that they are tired of Ugandans dying without government responding to the cause of their death.

She noted that government allocated 1.8 trillion shillings for the financial year 2017/18 for health sector improvement but medical workers keep on striking and complaining of the inadequate medical supplies.

She demanded government to explain whether the donors have fulfilled their donation to the national health budget which might have caused the budget shortage leading to inadequate service delivery.

Doctors are now in the second week striking demanding for pay raise, and medical supplies used on patients.

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