The State Minister for Finance in charge of general duties Henry Musasizi has suppressed calls by the ministry of health to treat the National Medical Stores (NMS) as a special entity.<\/p>\n
Presenting a statement on the shortage of medical supplies in government health facilities, the Health minister, Jane Ruth Aceng observed that the crisis that has seen some lose lives is a result of delayed release of funds from the Finance ministry and financial constraints faced by the National Medical Stores.<\/p>\n
Aceng has revealed that the drug stock-out challenge started in 2020 but was camouflaged by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
Aceng has thus recommended among others that the government treats\u00a0NMS\u00a0as a special entity so that it gets funds on the first day of the quarter as other entities wait.<\/p>\n
“Let money be provided by the first day of the quarter. Let it be treated as a unique entity, the others can wait but let NMS get money,” Aceng said.<\/p>\n
However, Musasizi says Aceng’s request cannot be guaranteed since NMS has severally broken government laws by failing to comply with the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS).<\/p>\n
“The Ministry of Health has stated a number of facts but there is one fact which is left out. NMS does not want to belong to the IFMS system. So the question I ask is that under which law do I implement the decisions you make here?” Musasizi wondered.<\/p>\n
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