| By Augustine Samba Jun 20, 2014, 17:18 |
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Sequel to the death toll and carnage of the Ebola Disease, Honorable Member for Constituency 06, Hon. Moiwa Momoh
has on Wednesday 18th June 2014 showered praises on Dr. Sylvia Olayinka
Blyden whilst addressing his people inside Daru Court Barray. The
Parliamentarian was speaking as he donated Chlorine and materials to
combat Ebola; all purchased by Kailahun descendants living in America.
Whilst Paramount Chief, chiefdom elders, authorities, women, youths, volunteers and other stakeholders expressed thanks to kinsmen in America, what came out clearly was that the items were the first ever to be supplied to the community people since the outbreak of the Ebola Disease. Learning that this was the first ever donation of Chlorine to the community, caused the honourable parliamentarian to openly shed tears in Daru.
Hon. Moiwa Momoh did not mince his words as he said the manner in which his people had been treated was a cause for concern.
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| The Daru P.C. Kallon II says with the emergency at hand, he has no time to mourn his wife and is out on the road sensitising his chiefdom. Shown here with Hon. Moiwa Momoh |
“If really the ministry of health was ready to fight Ebola, basic Chlorine would have been inundated in many chiefdoms in Kailahun especially at a time like this,” he said as tears ran down his face adding that “Infact the situation in Jawei is better than in Kissi Teng where lots of people have died in silence in their villages without any rescue from anywhere”.
The MP then lauded Dr. Sylvia Blyden for being so patriotic to her Kissi Teng and other Kailahun compatriots in the face of “rudeness” that she was faced with. He said because of Dr. Blyden’s strong and unshakeable stance in giving an unrelenting “truthful” publicity about Ebola death toll and the difficulties faced by the people of Kailahun, “I will say it was she who drew the attention of the whole world to the Ebola situation in Kailahun”. However, he lamented that in the process, “she has also drawn the wrath of those who don’t mean well for us here”.
“Because she was fighting for us, she is now in serious conflict with some in the government but may God protect her and may God bless her for what she did,” Hon. Moiwa Momoh told his people.
A special lab technician sent by Dr. Abdul Kamara of Central Reference Laboratory in Freetown, Mr. Ahmed Foray Samba showed residents especially community volunteers, on how to use the Chlorine, plastic buckets and other safety protective gears. Ahmed Samba also taught them to use donated Megaphones to sensitize from village to village. He comprehensively lectured on the dreadful nature and calamity of Ebola.
In
his statement, businessman Mohamed Ibrahim Jawara, nephew of Chief Imam
of Daru who died from Ebola, said more donation is expected very soon
from those living in London. He called on his people to have faith in
God and not lose hope.
Paramount
Chief Musa Ngoumbuklah Kallon II who lost his beloved wife and child to
Ebola, said the situation was now better than in early days when his
people had been all but abandoned by many in authority. He thanked
government for ensuring MSF has now built an Ebola center in Daru. He
also made an appeal for food aid for his frightened chiefdom.http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200525612.shtml
