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Swimming with Sharks Chapter 9.3
Weather Coast Member of Parliament Augustine Geve was the first Solomon Islander to be ordained as a Catholic priest. In August 2002, he went to the Weather Coast, hoping to bring peace. Keke instead accused him of being a conman.
Forced to write a resignation letter, Keke took him to the beach and shot Geve between his eyes. Keke broadcast the news on shortwave radio.
During the darkness, many stories came out. Verification was impossible at the time. State radio said that Keke had banned villagers from gardening, fishing, making fires or working, and only allowed them to pray, for two days each week. ‘He demands now that the people two days over every week do not work in their gardens or fish and instead they hold ‘Harold Days’ to honour Keke,’ one source said.
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