Eastern Lake zone



Mr. Muhabuki, Aggrey Rayson Manager, Eastern Lake Zone

Senior Pharmacist; Acting Manager, Eastern Lake Zone Office, Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA). With over 18 years of professional experience—15 years in regulatory affairs and 3 years in pharmaceutical formulation, development, and manufacturing—Muhabuki has made significant contributions to public health regulation and industry oversight.

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Before assuming his managerial role, he served as a Senior Drug Inspector and Medicines Control Desk Officer (MCDO), overseeing inspections and enforcement of medicines and complementary products at the zonal level. He also worked as a GMP and Quality Auditor, conducting inspections of local and overseas pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing facilities for over a decade.

Muhabuki is a certified Quality Management System (QMS) Internal Auditor with more than 10 years of experience and became a QMS Lead Auditor after completing the Intertek CQI–IRCA UK Certified ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor Course in 2017. His commitment and integrity earned him recognition as Eastern Lake Zone’s Best Employee and TMDA’s Overall Best Employee of the Year in 2019, making history as the first awardee from a zonal office.

His expertise extends to dossier evaluation and assessment for market authorization of pharmaceutical products. He has participated in multiple regional and international collaborative initiatives, including a mentorship program with the Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority (BoMRA) for overseas pharmaceutical facility inspections, as well as guidelines preparation and joint pharmaceutical inspections within the East African Community (EAC) region and abroad.

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About Eastern Lake Zone

TMDA Eastern Lake Zone was established in 2006.

Regions Served

  • Mwanza
  • Mara
  • Simiyu

Services Provide

1. Inspection of Regulated Products, Respective premises and Ports of Entry;
2. Issuing of Business Permits;
3. Issuing of import and export permits;
4. Post marketing surveillance;
5. Handling customer ; complaints and feedback
6. Premises registration;
7. Conducting ADR training to healthcare personnel
8. Supervision of unfit products’ disposal
9. Management and control of controlled drugs
10. Receipt of samples for registration
11. Conducting meeting with stakeholders
12. Whistleblower concerns
13. Coordination and Supervision of implementation of the delegated functions by Local Government Authorities;
14. Provide Public Education on the responsibilities and functions of the Authority;
15. Taking necessary regulatory action to ensure quality, safety and efficacy of medicines, medical devices and In Vitro diagnostics.
16. Laboratory analysis of medicinal product samples by using Mini Labs Kits;
  1. Geita Regional Referral Hospital
  2. Bukoba Regional Referral Hospital
  3. Musoma Regional Referral Hospital
  4. Mtukula Border Post
  5. Sirari Border Post
  6. TMDA Lake Zonal Office
17. Laboratory services for medicines and antiseptics and disinfectants internal and external customers

Contact Info

Nyasaka Road, Nyakato Buzuruga, P.O. Box 543, Ilemela,
Mwanza, Tanzania.
Telephone: +255 28 2981224/5 Toll Free: 0800110084
Email: info.mwanza@tmda.go.tz