All we were told by the CAO Okot then, was that the government used the salaries February 1998 for the Bill Clinton visit. A total of Shs 4m is still owed to the 143 staff. The hospital staff reportedly has not had any annual salary increments since 1996. And a survey of the staff houses revealed rotting tiles, burst sewers and cracking walls. The sewage system has not been in use for decades.
People defecate in the gardens of maize in the compounds.
The hospital with a capacity of 217 beds and 100 out patients serves patients within Tororo, neighbouring districts and Kenya.