His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has paid tribute to the late Paramount Chief Member of Parliament, Sahr Fengai Korgbende Kaimachainde III, saying the death of the influential traditional leader is a big loss to the Kono people and the nation.
The late Paramount Chief, who was born on 24th November 1936 and died on 11 January 2022, was buried in his hometown of Gbense in the Gbense Chiefdom. He was selected and elected in 2003 as Paramount Chief.
President Julius Maada Bio described the late PC as a development-oriented leader and referred to his passing on to eternity as a gap that would be difficult to fill up, adding that the late PC was the sole indigenous pioneer of the turning recently of the sod for the construction of the Kono University of Science and Technology.
He referred to the ceremony as a celebration of the life of a man who held in high esteem the values of education. He, therefore, urged all mourners and sympathizers to maintain and protect the legacies and remarkable things that the late chief accomplished and left behind.
“As we celebrate the life of the great fallen hero, it is also time for us to reflect on all the good things he did for Kono. On behalf of the government and the people, I want to extend our sympathy to the family and the entire Kono people. May God grant him merciful judgment,” President Bio concluded.
The President was accompanied by his lovely and beautiful wife, First Lady Fatima Bio, the Honourable Vice President, Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, both are indigenes of Kono, and senior government ministers and heads of parastatals.
