Emmanuel Amey Ojara

Emmanuel Amey Ojara (10 February 1944 – 26 July 1987) was a medical doctor, surgeon, and oncologist in East Africa.

Ojara was born to Simeon Oyoo and Yudia Akidi Oyoo at Layibi Village, Gulu District, approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi), by road, southwest of the central business district of Gulu,[1] the largest city in the Northern Region of Uganda.

At the time of his death, he had been promoted to senior lecturer at the medical school and had begun a research towards a cure for cancer.

Together, they were the parents of three sons and one daughter (Patrick Otim, John Ojara, Michael Oyoo and Stellah Adoch).

He was a member of Uganda People's Congress[8] political party and chairman of the UPC Kenya Chapter.

A copper medallion engraved ’1978 - E. A. OJARA’ that was awarded to Dr. Emmanuel Amey Ojara by the Association of Surgeons of East Africa - ASEA, in recognition of the progress of his research regarding a cure for cancer. (ASEA was established in 1950 and ceased to exist in 2007 when it merged into College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africas - COSECSA ).