The Kadazandusun-Murut community now only composes about 17% of the three million people in the state.. [Sign Petition]
KOTA KINABALU: The Kadazandu-sun-Murut community, which made up about 40% of Sabah’s population more than three decades ago, now only composes about 17% of the three million people in the state, says Tamparuli assemblyman Datuk Wilfred Bumburing.
The former United Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) deputy president said that more must be done to reverse this situation.
“As their number dwindled, it has become more challenging for the community to retain its cultural identity,” he said at the Adau Kokotuanor Harvest Festival in Tuaran, about 30km from here on Saturday.
He said although the three Kadazandusun parties in the state – Upko, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) and Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) – had agreed to work together for the sake of unity, this was not enough.
The event, opened by Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Ewon Ebin, also saw him installed as the new United Sabah Dusun Association (Usda) president.
In his speech, the Ranau MP talked about the need for the different ethnic communities in Sabah to continue staying united.
“Sabah would not have been able to achieve its success had it not been for this,” he said.
“We should not be divided by the differences in our religion, culture or political affiliation,” added Ewon, who lost in his bid to become Upko deputy president to Tuaran MP Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau last October.
The post fell vacant after Bumburing left the party to join the PKR and won the Tamparuli state seat under the Opposition ticket at the May 5 general election last year.
Madius is currently Upko acting president after former chief minister and federal minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok stepped down in March.
Madius will be the Upko caretaker chief until the party’s next triennial elections in 2016. - The Star
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