Audio system and Presiding Officers from the Commonwealth have visited the CIPLA High quality Chemical substances Industries Ltd (CIPLA QCIL) in Luzira, a Kampala suburb, the place they had been amazed on the manufacturing facility’s capability to supply important medicines that African international locations largely import from overseas.
The CIPLA QCIL plant is without doubt one of the 4 pharmaceutical producers in Africa accredited by the World Well being Organisation to fabricate anti-retroviral medicine, anti-malarial medicine amongst others.
The delegation led by Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, toured the manufacturing facility on Friday, 05 January 2024 and recommended the Ugandan authorities for developing with such a manufacturing facility with medicines which might be tailor-made to unravel African issues.
“That is a watch opener to us that we are able to clear up African issues utilizing African options, we’re very happy with Uganda” mentioned Rt Hon. Ackson Tulia, Speaker, Parliament of Tanzania.
Tulia mentioned she was positive her counterparts from different African international locations will unfold the ‘gospel’ on the work being carried out at CIPLA High quality chemical substances, to different nations saying “the continent is able to accommodate merchandise from a fellow African nation”.
She was, nevertheless, involved that the corporate provides medicines to solely 15 international locations, furthermore in Africa and urged authorities to think about the western market.
“I consider that Africa can even supply options to the remainder of the world, we wish to see you cross the borders,” Tulia mentioned.
The visiting Audio system, Tayebwa mentioned, have the flexibility to affect their international locations to think about importing from Uganda medicines reminiscent of Anti-retroviral medicine, anti-malarial medicine, and medicines to deal with diabetes that are at present manufactured at CIPLA QCIL.
“These are the Audio system who preside over nationwide budgets of their international locations, they do oversight on how authorities is doing its work. We’re urging them that from right here they need to go to their governments and be certain that medicines produced right here shouldn’t be procured from Europe or Asia,” Tayebwa mentioned.
Tayebwa remarked that some Audio system confessed that among the firms from the place their governments procure such important medicines are usually not half of CIPLA QCIL in capability.
He recommended the corporate which he mentioned was now each a nationwide and continental satisfaction.
“These are the individuals who saved international locations like South Africa through the COVID-19 pandemic when Europe and America couldn’t export to Africa, they stepped in and saved Africa. This plant is not about high quality chemical substances, it’s a nationwide and continental satisfaction,” Tayebwa mentioned.
The Chairman for CIPLA QCIL, Emmanuel Katongole, hailed Parliament for contemplating the plant for the Audio system’ go to, saying the corporate is in a position and able to broaden their export market.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda.
