Obituary : Jacqueline Koung à Bessike Is Dead

The air is heavy with sadness; the night is a long one with unshed tears. Unsaid words screaming for attention. This best describes the atmosphere at the Santa Barbara residence of the former Minister of State Property and Land Tenure (MINDCAF), Jacqueline Koung à Bessike. She was announced dead at about 10:00 a.m. at the Social Insurance Hospital in Yaounde yesterday June 2, 2021. Her remains have been kept at the Yaounde General Hospital mortuary awaiting burial.
Yesterday at 5:00 p.m. when a Cameroon Tribune (CT) team of reporters visited her residence, the family was just coming in from the mortuary. The wailing of mourners was uncontrollable as they came in from different walks of life. “Where is my mother, where is my mother... a mourner screamed in desperation.” The former Minister indeed is dead, they all confirmed.  Her daughter, Francine Barbara Bong à Mouthé told CT “I cannot coherently tell you what happened. I am confused. All I know is that my mother was briefly sick and now we are talking about her death”. Another family member who was considered the head of the family burst into tears as she said “How can I talk about the death of my sister”. However, CT reporters gathered that late Jacqueline Koung à Bessike had a malaise last Friday, May 28 and was taken to a private clinic in Yao...