|
By FRANCIS GABRIEL
UNITED Resources Party candidate and one of Simbu’s prominent leaders
Guma Wau has been declared MP-elect for Kerowagi Open.
Mr Wau polled 6,231 votes to beat his nearest rival Joe Kombukon Berger,
who polled 6,198 votes.
He now takes the reins from ousted sitting MP and National Alliance man
Alphonse Willie.
Mr Wau dedicated his win to the people of Kerowagi vowing to restore
Government services that had been lacking for the last 20 years.
He said his priority was to see the road infrastructure up to the mark
to cater for the needs of different sectors.
“The current road condition leaves a lot to be desired and that my
objective in the first 100 days of my reign will see a Kerowagi
infrastructure plan in place, which will capture all district ring and
feeder roads for purposes of maintenance and upgrading,” Mr Wau said
through an email to The National.
He made a commitment to serve without favour in which he said was a “new
deal” for Kerowagi as the last 20 years had been a tribal-based politics
of which Government services had been concentrated in tribal areas.
Mr Wau thanked church groups and individuals within Kundiawa and
Kerowagi, who had tirelessly prayed for an honest and peaceful outcome
of the election.
Mr Wau is not a newcomer to politics as he was a former provincial
member, who served in the Simbu provincial government for three terms
holding various ministerial portfolios including Commerce and Industry,
Works, Village Courts and Finance and Planning during his tenure until
the provincial government system was abolished.
According to a close accomplice, some of his impact projects in Simbu
include the education subsidy scheme in the early 1990s under the
premiership of then premier David Mai and the introduction of new
Village Courts and ward council to various local level governments in
Simbu.
Councillors of Dagle and Damba tribes Gawagle Ambane and Kumo Minga
congratulated Mr Wau on his victory, adding that Mr Wau’s win is a win
for tangible development penetrating.
Mr Wau is married with three children and has 20 years of experience in
provincial politics.
 
 |
