Dr Munroe who was born in the Bahama as the sixth born in a family of 11 lived in a wooden house with four big rocks holding up the house above the ground rose from such a poor background to own a private jet.
His home was in the poorest village at a small island where “people were so poor that they even didn’t know that they were poor.” “Our mother spread a mat on the floor for us to sleep. Roaches and rats ran over our bodies as we slept,” he said during the interview. At the age of 13, he started to question his life. “I was born in an island with 96 percent of the people black. But all the powers and the economy was in the hands of white people who only formed four percent.” He confronted his father who was a Baptist preacher why they could not got to the same schools, cinemas and drink from the same place like the white people.
When his father failed to give him a satisfactory reply, he sought answers in the Bible. “I took the Bible and read all the four gospels. By the time I was 14, I had read and memorised all of them. From that time, I told myself that everything was possible,” he said. “When I went to school, my white teacher told me that I was a half human being, retarded, half monkey, could not learn complicated things, nigger… I sat there whipping as a student. I was an F student in his class. I went home and told my mother who encouraged me,” he added.
Dr Munroe was to later on confront his teacher before he realised that he held his own destiny. “I went on to college, got three bachelors’ degrees in four years, a masters in 18 months and five PhDs from five different universities,” he said. Various leaders and individuals from around the world have eulogised him from using his quotes and preaching.
Author Kinyanjui Kombani tweeted his quote “The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose” while businessman Caleb Karuga posted “Without a vision for the future, life loses its meaning.”
According to a biography in Dr Myle’s website, the 60-year-old has published more than 100 spiritual and inspirational works and is a government and business consultant to Fortune 500 businesses. He has travelled to over 130 countries.
A total of 49 of his books were best sellers. His books Understanding the Purpose and Power of Woman, Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men and The Most Important Person on Earth are some of his popular titles among book readers in Kenya. He was in Kenya in his visit to Africa in his Tour of Africa where he was visiting 9 countries to speak about leadership and change. While in Kenya, Dr Munroe pointed out that Kenya’s education system needed adjustment.
According to the Bahamas Tribune, his plane crashed while trying to land at the Grand Bahamas International Airport in Freeport on his way to the Global Leadership forum that was planned for November 10 to 13 at Freeport, Grand Bahama.
