[1] He served as a chairman of the Samoan Advisory Council in New Zealand, and had practised law in Samoa before entering parliament at the 1996 election.
Kamu was fatally shot during a social function at St Joseph's College hall, Apia, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the ruling Human Rights Protection Party.
Kamu had just introduced Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi when he stepped into a back room to answer a phone call.
[3] He was shot through a hole in the wall and declared dead on arrival at Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital in Apia.
[8] Vitale senior and Toi were convicted of assassination in April 2000,[9][10][11] and their death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment in May 2000.