Simple Kabui
11/6/08
Joseph Kabui stopped taking his life-saving medicine four months ago because he didn’t have the money to pay for it and felt ashamed to ask for help. “Yu save sister blong mi, mi no man blong askim long samting sapos em I concernim mi,’’ he told me in his last media interview on Friday afternoon immediately after he arrived in Buka from his Manus trip. About 12 hours later, he collapsed from what is believed to have been a massive heart attack and was dead before he could be rushed to the nearby Buka Hospital. Late president Kabui, who could give me an interview at his Gateway because he was either tired or tied up singled out to me from his Gateway room after returning from the Manus Governor’s conference: “ringim mi tomoro (Friday) na bai yumi stori.”
See: http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20080611/wehome.htm
Tributes flow in for Kabui
11/6/08
It seems like only yesterday when Joseph Kabui made history by being elected as the first President of Papua New Guinea’s first Autonomous Region, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare said yesterday. Today we are shocked to learn of his death, Sir Michael said. “As recent as Friday when he was in Manus, New Ireland, Alotau and Port Moresby representing the people of Autonomous Region in contributing towards the development of our national agenda.
See: http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20080611/wehome.htm
Kabui farewelled
Harlyne Joku, 11/6/08
Hundreds of people gathered yesterday to farewell Joseph Kabui, the first president of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. A State funeral in honour of the leader was held at the St Joseph’s Catholic Cathedral in Port Moresby yesterday.The mourners were led by Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare. Also present was Chief Justice Sir Mari Kapi, Government ministers and departmental heads, heads of overseas missions, and members of the Autonomous Bougainville Government. A moving Catholic requiem mass was said in honour of Kabui, 54, who died of a suspected heart attack. Mourners filled the church as touching hymns in the Bougainville dialect, Tok Pisin and English were sung. Many expressed grief and solemn when they walked up to view Kabui’s body and pay their last respects.
See: http://www.thenational.com.pg/061108/nation1.php
Tags: Bougainville, PNG