National Drug Authority

The National Drug Authority (NDA) is a government-owned organisation in Uganda, mandated to regulate drugs in the country, including their manufacture, importation, distribution, and licensing.

Overview

NDA was created by the Ugandan legislature in 1993. It began operations in 1994 as the National Drug Authority (NDA). At that time, the mission of the NDA was to regulate the manufacture, importation, and use of human and veterinary drugs in the country. In 2014, the Ugandan Cabinet approved plans to expand the NDA into the NFDA by adding food, food additives, food supplements, cosmetics, and commercial animal feeds to the items under the organization's supervision. The relevant laws transforming NDA into NFDA are before the Ugandan Parliament for promulgation.

Location

The headquarters of the NDA was located at 46-48 Lumumba Avenue but has moved to Rummee Towers, in Kampala Central Division, on Nakasero Hill, in the central business district of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the head office are 0°19'36.0"N, 32°34'32.0"E (Latitude:0.326667; Longitude:32.575556).

NDA maintains regional offices at the following locations:

The agency works in collaboration with the Uganda Ministry of Health and the Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.

History

As far back as 2010, elements of the Uganda government recognized the need to regulate food manufacture, importation, labeling, distribution, and marketing to reduce food and water-borne diseases in the country as well as to ensure food safety. Efforts to assign the regulatory function to the then existing NDA began then.

Governance

The agency is governed by a 17-person member board, which serves for a four-year renewable term. Its members include the following individuals, effective January 2017:

1. Medard Bitekyerezo: Chairman
2. Brigadier Ambrose Musinguzi
3. Raymond Agaba
4. Muhammad Mbabali
5. Yahaya Hills Sekagya
6. Fadhiru Kamba Pakoyo
7. Hanifa Sengendo Namaala
8. Sembatya Kimbowa
9. Bildard Baguma
10. Grace Nambatya Kyeyune
11. Sylvia Angubua Baluka
12. Rose Okurut Ademun
13. Baterana Byarugaba
14. Moses Kamabare
15. Daniel Obua
16. Morris Seru
17. Grace Akullo.

See also

• Economy of Uganda
• Quality Chemicals Limited
• Quality Chemical Industries Limited
• Uganda Revenue Authority

External links

• Official website
• Uganda: Cabinet Broadens NDA's Mandate
• Experts Disagree On New Medicine, Food Authority
• NDA withdraws dangerous drugs, vaccines

Coordinates: 00°19′36″N 32°34′32″E / 0.32667°N 32.57556°E / 0.32667; 32.57556