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ENEF deputy director’s royal dad laid to rest in Kack at 91.
ENEF deputy director’s royal dad laid to rest in Kack at 91.
All roads led to Kack-Muasundem in Tombel Sub-division, Kupe-Muanenguba Division last Saturday for the burial of Chief Isaac Koge Mesumbe, father of Mbong Walter Mesumbe, deputy director of the Mbalmayo School of Forestry and Wildlife (ENEF) who passed on in April 23 2019 in Yaounde. He was 91.
His last journey began with coffining at the Yaounde Djoungolo Hospital Mortuary, last Thursday followed by a funeral service at PC Nsimeyong; wake-keeping at the family residence in Simbock Yaounde and then departure to Kack where he was laid to rest after another funeral service last Saturday.
At the funeral service in PC Nsimeyong officiated by a college of clergymen led by Rev. Emmanuel B. Masok, the late IK Mesumbe was hailed for his humility, charisma and wisdom.
To set the ball rolling, a family friend likened him to Sir Winston Churchill who said “You will have enemies in life because you stand by something”.
For his part, his son Mbong Walters, who was named after the late I.K’s best friend, Walter Wilson Mbong Mesumbe, promised to respect his father’s legacy that his burial be an administrative one in his village of Kack. He told of the values of sharing and “labour for learning before you grow old” taught him by his father which were the springboard of his academic exploits.
The ENEF deputy director said he admired his father for being knowledgeable, entertaining, welcoming and neat. He paid glowing tribute to Prof. Gloria Ashutantang for keeping a close medical eye on his late father for the past 15 years; his wife Adèle Mbong Mesumbe for unreserved care while his father was sick and his sister Nkunde Ewanoge who was an earlier garde malade in Yaounde. He was convinced I.K had died with a smile thanks to help he secured from past and present ministers, some of whom were present at the funeral service.
Meanwhile, a female member of the officiating clergy narrated that she gained a lot of wisdom interacting with the late I.K for 6 to seven months in Yaounde while sharing sacrament with him. She thanked God for the opportunity given PC Nsimeyong to bury him and thus celebrate his life.
Another member of the officiating clergy, drawing from the book of Ecclesiastes, said death is the destination of everybody. Christians, he said, should not escape from funerals because they are a reminder of how life is transient. “A funeral is more wholesome than a feast”, he said. For him, the take home lesson to be drawn from life is that we should strive to make the world better and safer for all.
Biography:
The late Chief I.K. Mesumbe was born in 1928 to late Chief Aaron Mesumbe and Nyango Amalia Wunze. He schooled in the then Native Administrative School (N.A) Nyasoso where he obtained the Standard Six Certificate in 1948. The certificate earned him a teaching job at Basel Mission school Ekombe-Ebonji, but on his father’s request he abandoned the job in 1951 to join him in farming and cater for the big royal family.
As a politician, he became member of the Kumba Eastern Council and later Vice Chairman of the Kumba Divisional Council. Together with other contemporaries like the late Itoto Albert, he represented the Kumba Divisional Caouncil in the Bamenda Constitutional Council.
With the creation of the Bangem Council, he became the pioneer vice chairman with Nzenze Ewanoge as chairman. He served as pioneer councilor of the Tombel Rural Council before wilfully ceding his position to his kid brother, Late Peter Ngalame Mesumbe, a former mayor of the Tombel Council.
I.K. Mesumbe, eldest son to Chief Aaron Mesumbe Mpako, inherited the Kack Chieftaincy stool on 23 March 1973 following the death of his father on 23 March 1973. He was officially enthroned by the administration in 1991. He once served as vice president of the Tombel Chiefs’ Conference and until his death he was president of then Muasundem Chiefs’ Conference.