That’s what senior doctors are paid by the government of Uganda at Mulago hospital, according to the latest article on Mulago in the Daily Monitor. New recruits make only Ushs 626,181 (about $315 dollars) a month, still better than the Ushs 200,000 a month new teachers are paid (about $100), but it is not hard to see why doctors who have invested much more time and money in their education would hop on the next flight out of Entebbe to more enticing salaries abroad.
By contrast, in Rwanda, newly recruited doctors reportedly earn $2000. What is going on here? Or maybe the better question is, what is going on in Rwanda? As it happens, I am headed to Kigali on the 9am bus today, and hopefully some answers will emerge this week for me…
In the meantime, see this interesting discussion (hat tip Paul Collier and Jim Cust’s Bottom Billion Blog) on Rwanda as “The World’s Social Innovation Capital”. More from Kigali soon….
Melina Raquel Platas 
– Wow, such a fantastic cause! I’ve only ever been to the toiurst part of Africa (Egypt etc) so I can’t imagine how real it is for you visiting the orphans. Would love to do it one day, bit worried I may fall in love with them all and either never leave or want them to come home with me though!July 5, 2012 10:52 amChantel Reply:July 5th, 2012 at 10:59 amOh yes, I wish I could have taken a crew home with me! If only.
I just took a look and there was plenty there There were jobs in every cnoutry on your list and several in Kenya It looks to me like they are just beginning
That’s a genuinely impressive answer.