Uganda Journalists Association Tasks Gov’t to Fully Support Researcher Ssenfuka in Cancer, Diabetes Fight

The Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) an umbrella body that unites all journalists in the country has joined other stakeholders in demanding Ugandan government to fully offer support to Researcher David Ssenfuka.

Ssenfuka and his Leonia-NNN Medical Research and Diagnostic Centre located at Kasubi- Kampala have treated several Ugandans, many of them high-profile in the company of Moses Mpairwe, who evaluates and monitors all Ssenfuka’s cancer patients.

Led by Mathias Rukundo, the UJA President, journalists want Ssenfuka’s herbal medicinal discovery formula to acquire patent rights with aid of government to be able to protect them well and highly improve the medicinal products that have changed Uganda’s research status in the arena of herbal research treatment in Africa.

Addressing the media on Friday, UJA also demanded that the government scientists that collaborated in discovering the therapeutic properties of this herbal medicine notably the Director of Research at the Natural Chemo -therapeutics Research Institute, Dr. Grace Nambatya and her team be recognized.

HERE IS THE FULL FULL STATEMENT

As a community of journalists in Uganda, we are pleased to hear that our Country has registered great strides in treatment of some of the Non-Communicable Diseases (NDC’S) particularly; Cancer and Diabetes using herbal medicines by herbal researcher Mr. David Ssenfuka.

Although the treatment remains highly costly for average citizens living with those infections to be affordable, the herbal treatment discoveries have significantly helped many of the users to live many other days by having relief or miraculous cures.

Case in point is Mrs. Doreen Zziwa of Kasenge in Wakiso district who miraculously defeated breast cancer while pregnant after using treatment of the said herbal remedy. Other impeccable senior citizens including among others, Hon. Justice John Bosco Katutsi, Hon. Kasole Bwereere Lwanga, etc, have publicly given out testimonies of how they were liberated by Mr. Ssenfuka’s herbal medicines.

Given that we (journalists) happen to come from the same society which has people with reported severe Diabetes and Cancer cases and they are seeking relentless cure, we were forced to pick interest in Ssenfuka’s herbal solutions and start closely monitoring them through sampling the testifying stories of a few of those that have progressively been treated to properly have knowledge of what is being talked about.

Also having amongst us fellow journalist colleagues with Cancer and Diabetes extremely affecting them, we thought it was a chance for us to further explore a lot of untold treatment experiences about the herbal remedy.

Also suffice to note is that, prior to the May 3rd 2022 World Press Freedom Day celebration, we embarked on running a series of humanitarian programs including among others, UJA Initiative on Environment in which we intend to protect and preserve environment- natural resources by planting 1 million trees with My Tree Uganda and UJA Initiative on Domestic Violence, all to be officially unveiled in July 2022.

Therefore, by agitating for support towards promotion of herbal medicines, we are being cognizant of the need to protect and preserve eco systems from depletion to enable researchers in herbal solutions sustain their researches.

This explains as to why UJA awarded Ssenfuka the best herbal researcher in Uganda during the May 3rd 2022 World Press Freedom Day UJA Media Dinner celebrations held at Hotel Africana in Kampala, having critically monitored him.

We feel it is high time Ssenfuka with other relevant key players in that sector domestically and externally were recognized for their remarkable immense contribution towards medicinal discoveries that have turned around lives of many people, ladies and gentlemen, locals, foreigners, and people of all walks of lives, to mention but a few.

We also want to appreciate the few conventional Medical practitioners like Dr. Ampairwe Moses who have braved the stigma of collaborating with natural therapeutic practitioners and we call upon the government to promote the narrowing of the gap between conventional medical practitioners and complementary medicine practitioners.

With the view of the above, we want to let you know that we have written to the President and here is our letter to him particularly asking him to consider the following: –

That German’s John Peter Frank who significantly contributed in the discovery of the Diabetes diseases in 1794 be recognized as he was recognized in his home Country and other Countries like the U.S.A, U.K, Russia and others. We ask that a souvenir be constructed in remembrance for his noble contribution that has given a leeway in motivating a number of local researchers including Ssenfuka, to break through the jar.
We request that the government scientists that collaborated in discovering the therapeutic properties of this herbal medicine notably the Director of Research at the Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Institute, Dr. Grace Nambatya and her team be recognized. Because since the time when John Peter Frank discovered Diabetes, it is this Institute that came out with these research discoveries that were a breakthrough for a declared cure of Diabetes, therefore that their recognition and honors should transcend boarders beyond Uganda.
That Dr. Nambatya and her team be allocated a certain monetary benefit for their intellectual contributions as a way of recognizing their efforts but also promote their achievements worldwide as a way of appreciating their noble contributions of discovering the novel therapeutic properties of Ssenfuka’s herbal medicine.
We want Mr. David Ssenfuka’s herbal medicinal discovery formula to acquire patent rights with aid of government to be able to protect them well and highly improve the medicinal products that have changed Uganda’s research status in the arena of herbal research treatment in Africa and beyond for avoidance of fake duplications, but also to enable government realize much reasonable tax revenue collection.
All individual players that have contributed to the discovery of herbal medicines be recognized as it will motivate many new discoveries in herbal science. For example, as Prof. Patrick Ogwang of Jena Herbal Products was rewarded for his COVIDEX medicine which is helping in the treatment of COVID 19 and other related diseases, Dr. Kyewalabye, so should David Ssenfuka for his Cancer and Diabetes treatment medicines.

Conclusion; considering the above, we ask the president to render all the necessary support required to enable this innovation attain the recognition required. It is our considered opinion as journalists to render sincere service to the Country to inform you of the truth which we are saying to you. Unbelief is responsible for our misfortune as a third world Country and our role is to break the good news to you.

We request H.E the president to underscore the importance of this innovation and give it his direct executive oversight. His executive oversight will likely reduce the red tape mostly observed in Government initiatives and the corruption that usually meddles them. His direct supervision will invite hard work, dedication and timely delivery of the much-desired results of availing standardized drugs to the waiting public.

As they say, “Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated” and “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm”, we implore the president to recognize these local innovators for we know so well that such monumental recognition are an incentive to Increased productivity and engagement, national satisfaction and sense of pride, Country loyalty and retention of quality inventors. We therefore call upon the president to fascinate the idea of recognizing all the scientists that were at the heart of this discovery who were led by Dr. Grace Nambatya but also in a special way honor David Ssenfuka with not only national honors but with the monetary benefits and privileges befitting men of valor like him.

We want to inform you that we promise to take the Government of Uganda to court should it continue to neglect this innovation and or continue its sabotage.