Museveni Orders Crackdown on Health Sector, PDM Corruption

What the report says

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered a renewed crackdown on corruption, medicine shortages and absenteeism in Uganda’s public health sector, according to SoftPower News. The directive was issued on Friday, August 7, 2026, as part of his broader warning to public workers that those who do not properly serve citizens could be replaced by younger professionals.

SoftPower News said the president, who also serves as National Chairman of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), framed the move as an effort to improve accountability in government service delivery. The report places the focus on public health facilities, where shortages of medicines and staff absences have long been recurring complaints.

The article also links the order to corruption concerns more broadly, including problems in the Parish Development Model (PDM), a government initiative intended to support household-level income growth and poverty reduction. In general terms, such directives often signal pressure on public institutions to tighten oversight, though the specific enforcement steps were not detailed in the supplied text.

The development matters because health services and anti-corruption enforcement remain major public concerns in Uganda, especially where service delivery affects access to treatment and trust in government programs. SoftPower News did not provide further operational details in the excerpt beyond the president’s warning and call for renewed action.