Chief Molinge presents statue of ‘Founder of Muea’

Chief David Molinge of Upper Muea in Buea Subdivision, on Tuesday, February 9, 2016, unveiled a statue of Nakanga Ngale the Great.
According to Chief Molinge,Nakanga Ngale was the founder of the Muea community.

Chief Molinge said Nakanga Ngale was a hunter and warrior who first settled with his family in the area known today as Muea.
The statue of Nakanga Ngale was presented during the installation of the traditional council as well as officials of the Water Board Committee of Upper Muea.

The ceremony was attended by notables of Muea alongside officials, religious persons, youths and inhabitants of Muea.
Rev. Pastor Ngenti Endeley, who preached at the ceremony, implored the Muea inhabitants to uphold good cultural activities as a way of enabling friendly and a Godly environment that would preserve their culture for the future generations.

Pastor Ngenti Endeley also said that people are ashamed of practising their culture because they are not brought up using their culture as well as right ethical approaches, a trend that is fast growing in the youthful population.
The Chairman and Prime Minister of the traditional council, Paul Njoke, told of how Muea and its people came to be descendants of the honored Nakanga the Great.

According to Njoke, Upper Muea community was under the leadership of its founder Nkanga who ruled from 1935 to 1962.
He was succeeded by five chiefs together, after which there was a period of vacancy. Today, the sixth leader is Chief David Molinge who has ruled from 1994 till date.

Meanwhile, Chief Molinge said the statue is aimed at educating the younger generation to uphold their identity as well as remind future generations of their origin and ancestry.

He promised to publish a history of the Muea community that would act as a guide to minimize false versions of history.

Molinge also thanked the youths who turned up for having been there for him while bedridden and for donating to keep his family going on.
He, however, frowned upon youthful misconduct, particularly against the rampant abortion among the youths.

He called on them to bring the babies to him instead of dumping them in toilets if they don’t need them.

To the traditional council headed by Paul Njoke and Ngie Wilson as Vice Chairman,the Water Board Committee headed by Sama Useini as President, the Chief enjoined them to work for the interest of the people.
He gave Njoke two weeks to include women and five youths in the traditional council so that all views would be represented at every strata of Upper Muea heard when it comes to decision making.