[1] He did not receive a formal education and became a coconut and coffee farmer and trader.

[1] He was one of the early adopters of rice growing in the Sepik area, as well as trying gold mining.

[1] Prior to entering politics, he had served as a luluai (village headman).

[1] In the first general elections under universal suffrage in 1964, he successfully contested the Maprik seat, becoming a member of the new House of Assembly.

He ran for re-election in the February–March 1968 elections, but was heavily defeated by Pita Lus.