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Kneeling down before Museveni divides doctors in Uganda

President Museveni, UMA President Samuel Oledo take a picture with medical practitioners in Kampala.

The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has distanced itself from actions by some of its members after the association's president Samuel Oledo begged Yoweri Museveni to seek re-election in 2026.

On Saturday, December 3, during a state function in Kampala, Oledo led medics to kneel before President Museveni, asking him to run for a seventh term in Uganda's next elections.

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