Jiwaka, country lost a good accountant

THE Highlands has embraced the value and importance of education for their survival since the first contact with the Western world.
Every clan and tribe hold their educated elites in high regard and accord them special status and standing within the community.
The clans and tribes sometimes boast and challenge each other in a show of supremacy similar to that attained on the battlefield many decades before the white man arrived.
The Dangekombulda tribe in the Nondugl local level government area of Jiwaka comparatively boasts of producing many teachers, nurses, engineers, lawyers, accountants and other professionals.
From that tribe came forth a brilliant young man, very committed and faithful to his wife, a dedicated father to his fine children and an honest person.
Selflessness and honesty were his virtues that excelled him in his professional career.
He was one of the finest accountant the school of business at Divine Word University has produced.
All of his professional engagement and affiliations were with non-government organisations and Christian churches.
His last job before studies was with the Catholic Bishops Conference.
He had a special passion to serve humanity and availed himself to humanitarian services.
He always thrived to help and provide assistance and advice to those who needed it but couldn’t afford it.
Just a month into his new job as the fund manager for ABT & Associates, a multinational company focused on improving the quality of life and social wellbeing of people all over the world, Emmanuel Murray Koimo succumbed to bulbar palsy, the result of a brain tumour that developed very rapidly which cost him his life on the late hours of March 24.
He graduated with double masters from James Cook University in 2000 – masters in business administration and masters in professional accounting, a feat not many dare to attempt.
The double masters propelled his tribe forward as far as competition in education was concerned but his passing was a blow to the district, Province and the country.
Koimo, in his new position as a fund manager, had the potential to empower, enhance and impact the life of many people but his promising life was cut short by illness at just 41.

Teine Korokoi