Uganda: Museveni Orders Probe On Drugs

15 September 2008

President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Ministries of Health and Internal Affairs to investigate reports that health workers are stealing drugs in government hospitals, Daily Monitor has learnt

The revelation was made by the Health Minister, Dr Stephen Mallinga, who told the Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurances on Wednesday that President Museveni had ordered for a nation-wide crack down on nurses and doctors who steal government drugs.

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