[3] In January 2012 CAMEBU was supporting 422 clients, including hospitals, health districts, religious denominations and rural pharmacies.

The report noted that private pharmaceutical suppliers could also import medicines, and they could raise prices when CAMEBU had a shortage.

[3] In September 2016 Iwacu reported that CAMEBU was burning about 12 tons of expired pharmaceutical products in a ditch about 15 metres (49 ft) deep at Kumusenyi.

The managing director of CAMEBU explained that they used to burn the expired products at Buterere rubbish dump, like other urban waste.

CAMEBU would collaborate with the Mutuelle de la Fonction publique (MFP) so they could import medicine direct from the manufacturer.

[8] In April 2022 Sylvie Nzeyimana, Minister of Public Health and the Fight against AIDS, opened the CAMEBU center in Gitega.

[9] A 2023 report said that public hospitals often lacked medicines or medical equipment, and patients were forced to obtain supplies and tests from private operators.

[10] In May 2024, Audace Niyonzima, Minister of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, reported to the Senate on dividends paid by public and mixed enterprises.

He noted that some public companies had never paid their dividends, including Onatel (National Telecommunications Office), Camebu, Cogerco (Cotton Management Company), Loterie Nationale du Burundi (Lona), Onatour, Otraco (Public Transport Office) and the Hôtel Source du Nil.