“Egameni leSebe lezoKhenketho kunye nemibutho yalo yoluntu, ndinqwenela ukwabelana ngovelwano olunzulu ngokusweleka komyeni wakho oyintanda uMerrick! Ngokuqinisekileyo wayeyi-icon kunye ne-patriot yokwenene! Wayeyincutshe egqibeleleyo kwaye le yilahleko enkulu eJamaica, utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
“Njengomsasazi, umnxibelelanisi ogqwesileyo, umgcini wemigaqo kunye nonozakuzaku wezizwe ngezizwe, uMerrick wayesoloko ebonisa udidi, isidima nokusebenza kakuhle kuyo yonke imisebenzi yakhe. Ndikhumbula ndimcela ukuba abuyele kwi-Jamaica 21 Secretariat xa ndandinguMphathiswa kaRhulumente kwi-ofisi yeNkulumbuso kwaye ndikhokela ukucwangciswa kunye nokwenziwa kweziganeko ezininzi kunye nemisebenzi eyayiquka imibhiyozo, "uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho wakhumbula.
Ukwaqaphele ukuba ukubulawa kukaMnu. Needham kwezixhobo ezijikeleze utyelelo lwasebukhosini lukaKumkanikazi uElizabeth II kunye neNkosana uPhilip, uDuke wase-Edinburgh, okuya kufikelela kuvuthondaba kwisitediyamu seSizwe ngo-Epreli ka-1983, kuhlala kungona manyano lwasebukhosini luhlala luhleli ukusukela kwinkululeko yeJamaica. ngowe-1962.
“UJamaica uya kulikhumbula ilizwi lakhe elimyoli nelinesingqisho nangakumbi negunya ebelisebenzisa kwicandelo lemigaqo yesizwe kunye nokuziphatha ngendlela esesikweni. Ndiyazi kuwe ukuba wayengumyeni omkhulu, umhlobo kunye nomntu ozithembayo. Ngokwenene, uthando lobomi bakho. Wanga uThixo anganinika amandla kunye nonyamezelo njengoko nihamba ngale yure inzima, kunye nobabalo nentuthuzelo yeminyaka ezayo,” watsho uMphathiswa uBartlett.
