| Dear everyone, Today, Thursday, January 3, 2013, our dear wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, Margaret Nkeng Mbe Taku was escorted to her resting place in Fontem, Lebialem Division. We sincerely thank all those who stood by Margaret and by our family during the several months she was sick and in grief over her irreparable loss. We thank in particular the Focolare Movement, the Matron and Staff of Mary Health of Africa Hospital Fontem, the Parish Priests and clergy of Fontem and Nwametaw Parishes, His Majesty the Fon of Fontem, His Majesty the Fon of Essoh Attah, Hon Ndobegang, My Doctor Dr,( our doctor) Fofung and Mafua Berry Fofung,the countless people of Lebialem and beyond who in many ways supported Margaret and our family and testified about her short but very positive and eventful contribution towards living the word of God. A full report of her journey to mother earth to which all mortals will return will be posted later. Permit me on behalf of the Taku family to forward the mail forwarded hereunder from a significant Cameroonian personality, who unlike many of his peers, continues to influence the lives of his constituents and events dear to them long after he left elective political office. Hon Ndobegang, many within and out of Lebialem have come to admit, was a different kind of politician within a complex political context. He chose the people, the ordinary people and their causes over self interest. Reason why he is endeared to many of them. I have read his eulogy forwarded here and decided to make it public in the public interest. From Hon. Ndobegang, I am so happy to know that as Our dear wife, faces her God, she will be able to proudly testify that from the position God placed her, she was able to fight vice for the public good. Did, she suceed? We may never know because the truth will for ever prevail. I know Hon Ndobegang struggled so hard about keeping silent and going public with this information on the day of her internment. He sought our consent, which I have graciously granted. For I am sure that Christ Himself, who is the Truth, the Way, and the Life ordained that we must all be preachers of His Word and witnesses to His actions in our lives and that of others. Honourable Ndobegang, thanks so much for bringing out this reality. The action she undertook was in the interest of God's people whom she loved and served. By her action, she served the living God, a God of true justice, a God who never lies and never fails; in deed a God who ordained, that all of us from what ever office we may hold should serve Him and Him alone. Thanks for being a messager of this reality to us. Had you withheld this fact, you would have done a disservice to the people whom her action was intended to served. You would additionally have done a disservice to the very people you served and still serve and all others who may seek public office under the circumstances we all know. May God who inspired her to fight corruption and fraud in high places grant her eternal repose. May all those who may read your testimony, start the fight for justice within our own lives, our homes, and public offices that we may occupy. May God give all of us the courage to be able to denonce injustice in all its forms and to take what ever action we can to fight against all vices for the public good. Amen. May the soul our dear wife rest in perfect peace. Fuatabong Achaleke. On behalf of the bereaved family.
--- On Thu, 1/3/13, Michael ndobs <ndobs2002@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Michael ndobs <ndobs2002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Remembering The Silent Majorityaret
To: "Chief Charles A.Taku" <Charto_us@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 9:59 AM
| Dear Chief, Dear Mbe Taku, We are all saddened by the passing on of your dear wife, ma Margaret. We all join the wide world of friends and family of Mbe Taku to mourn her loss and pray that the good Lord grant her rest in his kingdom. On another note, I would like to remember Ma Margaret within the framework of the silent majority whose contribution to historical development is so important but is hardly ever mentioned even by way of a footnote, when the big history books or chapters are written. Mme Margaret was working in the Divisional Office in Menji before I had the privilege to be chosen by Lebialem people as their representative in the National Assembly. All informed and fair minded people know that D.O. offices nationwide were (are?) the local nerve centers for electoral fraud in Cameroon. From inside these offices, strategies were refined to effect vote rigging through the manipulation of the registration of voters, the distribution of voters cards, the assignment of voters to polling stations, the appointment of chairpersons of local polling stations etc etc. Mme Margaret was one of a rare few who hated the naked distortion of the reality, but was unable to cry out loud because of the threats from her boss and for fear of losing her job as a secretary in the DOs Office. Unwilling to be an accomplice to falsehood, she decided to act "the mole". Moling enabled the so-called outsiders to unmask the fraud plans at the nick of time, and the rest is the history we all know. She was unquestionably part of the "winning team", part of those who were not daunted by the sheer thickness of the darkness as to not strike the match. She was (is) one of the many others who cannot tell their own story. That is why for history to be complete, the story of these silent, seemingly voiceless ones needs to be told. For history is not about, or made up of the big names, it is also about the small ones who sometimes are unaware that they are small people playing big, important and decisive roles. May she rest in perfect peace Pr. Michael Ndobegang.
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