About National Medical Stores, Uganda
The Uganda National Medical Stores, commonly referred to as National Medical Stores (NMS), is a government-owned organisation in Uganda, mandated to procure, store and distribute human medication and health-related consumable items to government-owned health units in all districts of Uganda.
NMS was created by the Ugandan legislature in 1993.
Governance:
- The agency is governed by a 15-person board of directors, which serves for a four-year renewable term.
- The functions of the board shall be:
- to formulate and review the policy of the corporation having regard to its purposes as set out in this Act;
- to set targets for the annual performance of the corporation both in terms of public service and financial results;
- to appraise and evaluate the performance of the management of the corporation; to make recommendations
- to the Minister regarding the appointment, performance and dismissal of the general manager of the corporation and the terms of his or her appointment;
- to appoint, appraise and discipline senior members of the staff of the corporation; subject to the limitations of this Act,
- to determine the organisational structure and staffing of the corporation;
- to establish its own procedures;
- to approve an operations manual for the internal operation of the corporation on the basis of a draft submitted by the management committee;
- to approve proposals for modifications to the operations manual;
- to perform any other functions relating to the above functions as the Minister may direct.
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