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   By Frt. Bernard Lubuva The 4 th  of May 2021 was a day of sorrows to our Diocese. It is the day we lost our beloved Fr. Onesmo Makami whose life has been inspirational to many of us. His demise came as a surprise. I remember receiving a voicemail from home explaining to me what had just happened. I took my phone only to hear a distressed voice saying; “The last day we heard him talking was on the 3 rd  of May 2021. He was on the hospital bed but none of us expected the news that broke this morning. This morning, we woke up having memories that we closed up our eyes for the night, just as he did. Unfortunately, when we opened up our eyes, his eyes were un able to. He was already gone.” I was not yet convinced until I started receiving phone calls and messages. The day become tense and tense hearing his relatives saying; “We are crying in prayers as the candles are on”. Even his fellow priest mourned for him as they were writing to me saying; “Indeed, we are in sorr...