Yearstarter2019: Empowering Sabah’s rural indigenous communities

Adrian Banie Lasimbang (centre) at the proposed site of the community microhydro system of Kg Tiku.

Before Adrian Banie Lasimbang was appointed Senator, he worked tirelessly to empower rural indigenous communities in Sabah.

He has journeyed far from being a farmer to becoming an activist and a member of Dewan Negara, but this 41-year-old Penampang native aims to continue in his cause of finding sustainable methods to improve the livelihoods of those who have been disconnected.