Delano Franklyn’s legacy will live on
Published:Friday | February 17, 2023 | 1:21 AM
THE EDITOR, Madam:
I am writing on behalf of the Mavis Bank Coffee Factory Limited and the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association to express our sincere sympathy and condolence on the passing of the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Coffee Industry Board (now Jamaica Agricultural Commodity Regulatory Authority), attorney-at-law, author, and former Senator, Delano Franklyn, who transitioned on or about February 10.
During his association with the Coffee Industry Board and working with the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association, we benefited from his tremendous legal ability and leadership in assisting and guiding the process of transitioning from the Coffee Industry Board to the Jamaica Agricultural Commodity Regulatory Authority, as well as the development and implementation of a new regulation to levy a cess on imported coffee, which should be used for the development and expansion of the local coffee industry.
Personally, I benefited from his personal and legal support and guidance when I served as president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society and served and worked together as government senators when he was junior minister of foreign affairs. Here, he pioneered the establishment of the diaspora movement and conference.
We express our condolences to his wife, children, grandchildren, other relatives, and friends. He is gone but will not be forgotten, and his work will live on.
May his soul rest in peace.
NORMAN GRANT
Managing Director and CEO
Mavis Bank Coffee Factory
Limited