“Egameni loMnyango Wezokuvakasha kanye nezinhlaka zawo zomphakathi, ngifisa ukudlulisa amazwi enduduzo ngokudlula emhlabeni komyeni wakho othandekayo uMerrick! Ngokuqinisekile wayeyisithonjana futhi ethanda izwe langempela! Ubeyingcweti esezingeni eliphezulu futhi lokhu kuwukulahlekelwa okukhulu eJamaica,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
“Njengomsakazi, umxhumanisi ngendlela esezingeni eliphezulu, umqaphi wemithethonqubo kanye nenxusa lamazwe ngamazwe, uMerrick wayehlale ekhombisa izinga, ukuhlonipha kanye nempumelelo kukho konke akwenzayo. Ngikhumbula ngimcela ukuthi abuye azohola i-Jamaica 21 Secretariat ngesikhathi ngisenguNgqongqoshe Wezwe ehhovisi likaNdunankulu futhi ngihola ukuhlela nokwenza inqwaba yemicimbi nemisebenzi eyayihlanganisa le migubho,” kukhumbula uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha.
Uphinde waphawula ukuthi ukubulawa kukaMnu. Needham mayelana nokuvakasha kobukhosi kweNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II kanye neNkosana uPhilip, uMbusi wase-Edinburgh, okwaphumela ekubingeleleni isigodlo eNkundleni Yezemidlalo Kazwelonke ngo-April 1983, kusewukusebenzelana kobukhosi okuhlala njalo selokhu iJamaica yathola inkululeko. ngo-1962.
“UJamaica uzolahlekelwa yizwi lakhe elimnandi nelinesigqi futhi ngaphezu kwalokho igunya abelisebenzisa emkhakheni wezimiso kazwelonke nokuziphatha okuhle. Ngiyazi kuwe ubengumyeni omkhulu, umngani kanye nesethenjwa sakho. Ngempela, uthando lwempilo yakho. Sengathi uNkulunkulu anganinika amandla kanye nokubekezela njengoba nihamba kuleli hora elinzima, nomusa nenduduzo yeminyaka ezayo,” kuzwakalisa uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
