Why I cried for Ben Muna

I shed a tear or two, live on TV, on October 6 when CRTV’s Press Hour presenter, Joe Chebonkeng, announced the death of Bernard Acho Muna (Ben Muna) live on set. I felt a pang of pity for the lifelong combatant for just causes whose every good deed and sacrifice were always rubbished and watered down by reference to whose son he was. He was treated like a prince who joined a gang to discomfort the high and mighty robbing the poor, but they always scorned him. I felt sorry for Ben that he finally exitted the stage without a…