Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka , the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament is in New York for Global Citizens Week organized by Melinda and Gates the Global Citizens Week happens annually on the side-lines of the United Nations General Assembly.
‘ Dear , we are delighted to send you personal invitation to Goalkeepers, New York 2017, a new event dedicated to accelerating world progress and achieving the Sustainable development Goals’’ read a letter signed by Bill Gates and Wife Melinda.
The conference is aimed to promote activism and give world leaders a clear and compelling mandate to commit to ending extreme poverty by 2030. It brings together top icons with world leaders to make commitments towards health, education, and other poverty issues.
will be speaking about healthcare in Uganda, alongside other eminent speakers. We shall be demanding that governments, including that of Uganda, increase government funding towards their citizens’ healthcare!
‘ ‘ In Uganda, healthcare takes only 7.8% of the national budget which means that only $1 is spent on each citizen’s healthcare per month. This is an indication of poor prioritization by government, considering the sorry state of most hospitals, labour wards and children hospitals.’’ Bobi Wine said.
