Diagnostic Kits So Far Generated Shs7.3Bn Revenue - Dr Musenero

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero has revealed that Dei Bio Pharma company, that has so far received over Shs723Bn taxpayers' money for its establishment, is set to start the exportation of its drugs outside Uganda at the end of 2024, after receiving approvals from National Drug Authority. 

Dr Musenero has made the revelation while appearing before Parliament’s Committee on Government Assurance, where she had appeared to provide an update on the promises her Ministry made to Ugandans.

During the Committee meeting, Dr. Musenero also revealed that Uganda has so far received over Shs7.3Bn through sale of diagnostic kits to Mulago National Referral hospital, and abroad in a research that started at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. 

“When you go to Mulago Hospital now, that diagnostic kit used to test you is made here by our scientists and we have started making impact on the continent. We manufacture the proficiency panels for all these countries arising out of this work, which we started in 2020/21 and this has brought us about US$2m (Shs7,301,500,000) in revenue,” said Musenero.

“We have partnered with Dei Bio Pharma, and Government has taken in shares. This is the biggest pharmaceutical facility on the continent of Africa, we hope to start shipping out medicines before the end of the year because National Drug Authority has cleared us,” explained Dr Musenero.

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