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The death of a humble servant: a glowing tribute to an exemplary Christ like character.

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy) 13/02/2020 "...the death of every man diminishes me.. so never send to ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee...".  The news was shocking, horrific, incredible and extremely shattering: Foday Dumbuya is dead. The ugly incident took place in the early hours of the day. The late man was a complete servant in the hands of God and humanity. Born into an unassuming, lowly and purpose centred family, late Foday Dumbuya grew up that way and formed his life and character along those values and virtues. He proved his consistency of character in his exclusive service to humanity through Caritas Makeni, a Catholic development charity. This was where I worked and interracted with the late man. He was result oriented and goal driven spiced with an unrivalled sense of humility. He was never angry, tired and in disagreement with any.  The last five years were of critical challenge to him. He faced serious challenges in his matrimonial life, job situati...