Thread by @JTumwesigye

prof. oloka onyango's keynote address for #CEHURDAt10

[A WORTHY THREAD]

"many organisations fail to hit the 5 year mark. others fail to hit 2...on the other hand, #CEHURDAt10 is a paragon of accomplishments."
-prof. oloka onyango

"health is important because ugandans are suffering from lifetime and age less limit presidencies. is it a surprise that we suffer from ptsd?"
-prof. oloka onyango #CEHURDAt10

"today in uganda, there is nothing which is not for sale. uganda has sold its soul to the devil. uganda may have gained the world but we have lost our soul. this has led to social exclusion especially in relation to the health sector"
-prof. oloka onyango #CEHURDAt10

"we need to collectively fight for the right to health otherwise we are condemning the people to condemnation"
-prof. oloka onyango #CEHURDAt10

"we don't need a bill of rights especially after @cehurduganda made the right to health a justiciable right through its maternal health case"
-prof. oloka onyango #CEHURDAt10

"what we should concentrate on is the content of the right to health and the range of mechanisms that can be used to enforce the right to health"
-prof. oloka onyango #CEHURDAt10

"the right to health must address access, availability, acceptability, dignity and most importantly affordability."
-prof. oloka onyango #CEHURDAt10

"women get a raw deal when it comes to the realisation of this right to health. the recent cases of women detentions over debts as little as 50,000. this shows the gender dimension to the right to health"
-prof. oloka onyango #CEHURDAt10

"human rights are interrelated and interdependent. julius nyerere used to say that it doesn't matter if you have the right to vote, if you are too hungry or too sick to go to the polling station"
-prof. oloka onyango #CEHURDAt10

"we must have the freedom to expose people who are eating health sector money"
-prof. oloka onyango #CEHURDAt10

"litigation has been @cehurduganda's most important contribution and i believe that there has been no other organisation which has extensively used this tool."
-prof. oloka onyango #CEHURDAt10

"however, law is like a hammer. a hammer sees ever problem as a nail. litigation is very tedious, time consuming and expensive. going forward, we need to do a cost- benefit analysis"
-prof. oloka onyango

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"however the other part of the problem are the courts. some courts have not come out to clearly enforce the right to health due to fear"
-prof. oloka onyango

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"our courts sometimes issue judgments in complete ignorance of the law."
-prof. oloka onyango

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"we are serving the wrong kind of vaccine at law school. therefore remedy can only come from organisations like @cehurduganda."
-prof. oloka onyango

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"we need to design appropriate measures to engage the people some more and @cehurduganda ought to build more alliances"
-prof. oloka onyango

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"uganda is very rich but there is no doubt that the manner in which our riches are distributed. the lack of transparency around the lubowa hospital (a hospital which cost $500,000) demonstrates the problem with our distribution"
-prof. oloka onyango

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"a drop of funding in the health sector of 2.5% is expected in the next financial year. this is the only sector that will experience this reduction. is @cehurduganda engaging in this debate?"
-prof. oloka onyango

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"going forward, @cehurduganda needs to be engaged in the policy debate over health issues. we need to turn attention to drug use and drug distribution."
-prof. oloka onyango

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"@cehurduganda should pay more attention to alternative avenues such as the equal opportunities commission and regional justice bodies"
-prof. oloka onyango

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"@cehurduganda should spearhead the ongoing debate on the national health insurance bill"
-prof. oloka onyango

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"@cehurduganda should be applauded for employing more women than men. however, the institution should work on having more healthcare experts on its team"
-prof. oloka onyango

[ENDS]

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