NOTU says there is a pending notice of industrial action to the government and "no any other worker is supposed to interfere", according to the international workers' law.

On March 25th, the trade union issued a 90-day ultimatum to government to meet its demands on salary increments for public servants or it will call for a national industrial action.

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Government admitted that it is looking to import a number of specialist doctors from Cuban to train medical personnel and also offer expert support in regional hospitals across the country where the Ugandans doctors "don't want to work".

Uganda Medical Association (UMA) last week set conditions for the recruitment of medical specialists from the island nation, including advertisement of available jobs and commitment to pay the foreign doctors the same salary as the Ugandan doctors on the same level.

UMA President Dr. Ekwaro Obuku also revealed that the association didn't have sufficient information and hoping "to be consulted so that we can give informed input".

He further said there is local capacity and authorities need to "do research why Ugandans are not going to these regional hospitals".

Meanwhile, Kenyan government last week signed a contract to import 100 specialised medical doctors from Cuban