Daily Monitor
Saturday January 02 2021
RELIEVED: This photo montage shows Dr Francis Kitaka Jr, 41 and Ms Fiona Kitaka Migadde, 49. PHOTO/COMBO/NMG.
Summary
Sources say President Museveni had been made to believe that the vaccines that had been supplied by MTK were fake and led to the worsening of Foot and mouth disease in some areas of the cattle corridor.
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The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has dropped charges against top officials of MTK Uganda Ltd accused of supplying fake animal vaccines.
The company officials had been accused of supplying 190,000 doses of Fortivax (inactivated foot and mouth disease vaccine) worth Shs1b, purporting the same to have been manufactured by Kenya Veterinary Vaccines Production Institute (KEVEVAP) whereas not.