Kabui laid to rest
23/6/08
Bougainville’s pioneer President Joseph Kabui was finally laid to rest at his wife’s village Tadorima in the Bana District of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. Mr Kabui was buried last Friday witnessed by thousands of Bougainvilleans and dignitaries who came from around the country and abroad. The late president was described by many speakers as a humble person and someone who had time for everyone he met. Mr Kabui’s casket arrived at the Aropa airport last Friday in a chartered Solomon Airlines aircraft. His body stayed for two nights in the former Bougwas carried to the former mining township of Panguna where iit stayed for a night.
See: http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20080623/mohome.htm
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