NATIONAL – A medicine exhibition organised by Bushenyi Twetambire Association (BUTA) has attracted various experts from several parts of the world.
The exhibition started on Thursday 13th June 2024 and will end on Sunday 16th June 2024. Its being hosted at Ntambiko Crafts/Karoro Foundation Centre in Nyakabirizi division Bushenyi District.
Speaking at the exhibition, the Chief Guest Dr Balikudembe Robert an international medical researcher thanked herbalists for being courageous and promised to support them to add value to the natural drugs.
“What we have here is gold and we can help you know the dosage, components in several herbs and use them well we can really cure our own diseaeses, why should we borrow money from somewhere and buy drugs from there too?? yet we have our drugs here??, Dr Balikudembe said.
Dr Balikudembe who exclusively talked to exhibitioners was flanked by other experts mostly Botanists including Medius Kyoshabire, Nambejja Sissy among others.
Speaking at the same function, Canon Mary Karoro Okurut who is the Special Presidential Advisor on media thanked NRM government for supporting herbalists arguing that this will help the country and its citizens to work together and cure more diseases than ever before.
“We thank President Museveni for supporting us though sometimes we need to follow the promises like what recently happened at Rukararwe during covid some experts came and promised to even make it a trial centre but nothing has been done, am following this we must work together and help each other”, Karoro narrated.
She appreciated Bushenyi Twetambire Association for organising the function and helping people in their sickness “i know mwezikye is good but this issue of helping each other while saving lives is extremely a good idea”, thank you Lukas Muhangi and your team plus members for this idea”. BUTA started this year and now it has more than 500 members.
Our reporter was at exhibition venue on Friday 14th June and he found several dignitaries including RDC Buhweju district Mr Nickolas, district councilors, madam Annet Birora (Afande), Kituzi Farm Company Limited officials, JENA Herbals, BMC among others.
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