The Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Treasury in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Ramathan Ggoobi, has called for enhanced accountability in the delivery of government medicines to public health facilities. Ggoobi says stakeholders in the health sector must commit to ending gray areas that exist once government medicines have been delivered to public health facilities.
Currently National Medical Stores mandate is to buy, store, and distribute medicines.
However, Ggoobi says there is a gray area after NMS has delivered medicines to government health facilities.
Ggoobi was speaking after a tour of the NMS warehouse in Entebbe on Saturday where he was accompanied by other officials from the Ministry of Finance. Other officials present included the Deputy PS of Finace Patrick Ocailap, the Acting Accountant General, Jenifer Muhuruzi, and Laban Mbulamuli the Ag Director of Budget.
Ggoobi commended NMS on the ongoing construction works of the new NMS Warehouse in Kajjansi which he says has saved the taxpayer huge sums of money. Once complete, the 70BN Kajjansi warehouse will be the largest government-owned pharmaceutical warehouse on the African Continent
