On Apr 3, 2011 6:12 AM, "UDP United Kingdom" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The United Democratic Party (UDP) is in a state of mourning after one of its
> high powered members answered God’s call. Alhaji Karamo Fatty, who was the
> party’s chairman for the North Bank Region and also for the Central Badibou
> Constituency, passed away Wednesday, the 30th March 2011, in his home
> village of Salikene.
>
> The United Democratic Party delegation to the funeral was led by the
> Secretary General and Party leader, Alhaji Ousainou Darboe and accompanied
> among other members including the Party’s Senior Administrative Secretary,
> Alhaji Ebraima Manneh, Campaign Manager Mr. Lamin Dibba, Vice chairman
> Alhaji Ngansunding Keita and members of the Party’s Elders’ Committee and
> National Executive Committee.
>
> In a flurry of speeches after the funeral, the various speakers homed in on
> the deceased’s selflessness, altruism, hardworking and his devotion to
> Islam.
>
> Lawyer Ousainou Darboe stated that Alhaji Karamo's passing is not only a
> loss to the people of Salikene and Badibou but also to the UDP. ‘We at the
> UDP will miss his candour, his straight talking and fearlessness. He was one
> of the guiding lights of the party since its inception in 1996 and for this
> he suffered all types of trials and tribulations’ Darboe told the mourners.
> He also recalled how in 1996 Alhagi Karamo was arrested and detained in
> Jangjangbureh and again in 2001 following the death of the National Assembly
> member for that Constituency, the late Hon. Abou Karamba Gassama.
>
> These trials and tribulations did not deter Alhaji Karamo’s steadfastness
> and loyalty in the UDP. Rather, he upped his efforts and activities as UDP
> Chairman of NRR and the Badibou Central Constituency. He was also a member
> of the party's Central Committee, of which he worked tirelessly.
>
> The eloquence and affable of the late Alhagie Karamo will be sorely missed
> by all at the UDP.
> For some of us whose homes he visited, we will miss his croaky voice and
> imposing stature and patent grey beard.
>
> A mammoth crowd of mourners poured in from surrounding villages and towns
> including Farafenni and Kerewan as well as from Banjul and the Kombos, and
> accompanied the remains of the deceased to its final resting place in the
> town cemetery, where he was interred on Thursday, the 31st March 2011.
>
> May his soul rest in peace.
>
>
>
> (Reporting by Ebou Manneh, Senior Admin. Secretary, editing by Femi Peters
> Jnr.)
>
> Publisher; United Democratic Party
>
> http://www.udpgambia.com/
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