Thank you Ansu. I was not fortunate enough to meet Dr Touray in person even though an arrangement was being made for the two of us to meet. What i know about him is that he contested an election against his blood brother despite all the odds.  To keep Dr Touray's life passions alive I can confirm that my generation of PDOIS members will not let him down.  Nyang --- On Mon, 7/18/11, ansukoroma <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: ansukoroma <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [>-<] DR OMAR TOURAY DEPARTS: A Great Loss to PDOIS, Gambia, Africa and Humankind To: [log in to unmask] Date: Monday, July 18, 2011, 11:59 AM Nyang: A fitting tribute indeed to a fallen colleague, friend and a servant of the people.  Thank you and may his soul rest in peace. A. Koroma  -----Original Message----- From: Modou Nyang <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Mon, Jul 18, 2011 11:40 am Subject: [>-<] DR OMAR TOURAY DEPARTS: A Great Loss to PDOIS, Gambia, Africa and Humankind The Central Committee of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism, PDOIS regret to announce the death of Dr Omar Kumbamang Touray, a member of the Central committee of PDOIS. The PDOIS leadership wishes to extend its condolence to his child, the entire family and all party members who knew this wonderful human being with impeccable intellect and human values. Did you ever wanted to know where your car is right now in The Gambia? Or even where your car was yesterday night? Take back control and locate your vehicle 24 hours a day using technologies like GPS, Internet, GSM and GPRS. Dr Omar Touray earned the confidence of all his colleagues because of his clarity of vision, humility, love of truth, commitment to justice and devotion to country and people. Another torch of sincerity has ceased to burn and another flower of reason has ceased to blossom. Dr Omar Touray, a member of the Central Committee of PDOIS who went abroad after the coup of 1994 with the strategic objective of being preserved for future PDOIS leadership just in case other members of the PDOIS leadership met their death has now left us earlier than expected. The sad news that he has passed away after a short illness was received on Thursday 14 July 2011. Omar had all the characteristics of a future President for The Gambia. He was an erudite intellectual, a publicist with many manuscripts, a scientist per excellence with expertise in animal husbandry. He was among the crop of diligent scientists who were recruited to conduct research at the ITC on the NDAMA cattle so that the breed could be improved to facilitate the availability of milk and meat for home consumption and export. Dr Omar Touray sacrificed his international appointment with the ITC to stand as a candidate for elections. He continued to serve the party and the country until the coup of 1994 when the Central Committee considered it prudent for him to go abroad so that we could preserve our leadership against liquidation should those who took over decide to liquidate PDOIS resistance by bloodshed. We were planning for his return after the current electoral cycle so as to prepare him for future leadership both at the level of the party and the country. History has indeed broken its pen too early. There is still more to be written about Omar through deeds trapped in his chest waiting to be released. It was his behest to witness a liberated and prosperous Gambia. It is now our duty to work day and night to bring about such a Gambia to pay tribute to his legacy. Dr Omar Touray was a model Gambian who hailed from Sami Karantaba. He was born on 6th September 1954. He is man of the soil who is down to earth, modest, and humble and has no iota of sectionalism in him. He had the potential to be a future President of the Gambia. His sudden death is a great loss to our party and the Country. We will not mourn his death by tears and wishing him eternal peace. We know that as long as a single Gambian is distressed by hunger and fear Omar cannot be at peace in his grave. We will mourn his death by redoubling our efforts to ensure that we build a country of liberty and prosperity which each person would be proud to own. Omar will always remain in our hearts and minds forever. His spirit shall serve as a perpetual inspiration for us to devote ourselves totally to the political and economic emancipation of our people. He will be interned at his home village today after the casket is received from the airport.