Last day of the intern reporting window as UMA still says stay home
Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi told Parliament interns must report by 14 August, with a check on the 15th. The medical association still wants a written Shs 4 million allowance first.
Friday is the last day of the intern reporting window the Ministry of Health put on the table. Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi told Parliament that deployment letters asked graduates to report between 3 and 14 August, and that on 15 August he will ask hospital directors who has shown up. Those who have not, he said, risk being treated as having forfeited the placement. The Uganda Medical Association is still telling interns to stay home until the ministry puts a welfare guarantee in writing. UMA president Dr Frank Asiimwe has backed a monthly allowance of Shs 4 million for the one-year internship, and the association has already started a 14-day clock toward industrial action if that paper does not arrive. Emergency and life-saving care is supposed to continue. Kabale Regional Referral Hospital is one of the sites that would feel a no-show immediately. The hospital has already been running with a down X-ray and oxygen-plant trouble. Interns are how a teaching-referral ward covers nights. Families in Rubanda, Rukiga and Kisoro do not have a second referral hospital down the road. Joy FM Newsroom will check with the hospital on Saturday whether any new interns have signed in. _Based on parliamentary and UMA coverage, 14 August 2026._