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Trump order bites as over 500 Uganda church medics laid off

According to the Church of Uganda, over 500 medical workers from its medical facilities have been laid off, which it says is likely to create a health crisis in the country.

COU archbishop Dr Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu together with Dr Tonny Tumwesigye, the UPMB chairperson and medical directors of COU health facilities at Namirembe yesterday (Photos by Isaac Nuwagaba)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

The ramifications of American president Donald Trump's immediate orders after taking office are starting to bite and being felt over 11,000km away in Uganda.

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