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A man claiming to have a cure for HIV/Aids named Chambe said on Wednesday government has authorised him to dispense his drug to patients from Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) to prove its authenticity but the Ministry of Health contradicted him saying it has not given him the go ahead.
George Kumbuyo, the man behind the drug, said in an interview on Wednesday government gave him the go-ahead two weeks ago and QECH has sent to him two people.
“I need more people. The hospital is delaying me. Malawians will believe that this is a cure for Aids if a lot of people are treated within a short period. I want to save people’s lives,” said Kumbuyo.
He explained that one of the patients who was critically ill got better only a week after taking Chambe.
“He had swollen legs, he was not eating and he had difficulties in breathing. Now he’s getting better,” said Kumbuyo.
“The second person was physically good but I want the hospital to send critically ill people only so that people should clearly see the power of the medicine,” he added.
But the Ministry of Health has refused having authorised Kumbuyo to dispense the drug.
Principal Secretary Richard Pendame said in an interview that as far as his ministry is concerned, there is no cure for Aids.
“If people are taking this drug then they are doing this at their own risk. We cannot give a go ahead when we have not tested the drug,” said Pendame.
Kumbuyo arrived in this country last month form South Africa with a challenge that he will “bring back to life those who are critically ill”.
According to the Communications Officer for the drug, Hastings Katunga, Chambe was developed after a long term research by Kumbuyo, who left Malawi in the 1980s for South Africa where he joined the Herbalists Association of South Africa and came up with the drug.
Chambe Clinic is at Bishop Mackenzie in Blantyre and Katunga says more clinics will be opened in Mzuzu, Mangochi, Zomba and Lilongwe.
The drug is selling at K5,000 ($46).
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