It’s not easy as you think

THIS is in response to the letter by ‘City observer’ on Sept 10 saying all roads in Port Moresby North-East are in an appalling and deteriorating state and needs maintenance.
You do not know what it feels like being a member of parliament.
Do not have a mentality that the district services improvement programme (DSIP) and provincial services improvement programme (PSIP) are released in full.
No. DSIP and PSIP are released on a quarterly basis. When there are short falls of funds in the government treasury, MPs do not get the funds.
For an open member – a quarter of K10 million is K2.5 million.
That K2.5million is not released in full. When that happens, MPs do not get most of their work done.
If MP John Kaupa has to maintain all the roads in his electorate, the DSIP funds for one year has to go to 9-Mile and Bomana road.
The next year to Bush Wara road, the following year 8-Mile roads and so forth.
When that happens other projects such as water, health, schools, law and order, electricity, settlement upgrading, school fees, women, youth, sports and others would be ignored.
The upgrading, maintenance and sealing a section of a road costs millions of Kina.
DSIP funds are budgeted evenly for all programmes and areas of developments.
City Observer, if you think you can deliver state of the art roads for Port Moresby North East electorate then be patient until the timing is right.
You think it’s as easy as ABC but when you fit into the shoes of Kaupa and Sir Mekere Morauta (Moresby North-West), you’ll get to know how and what it feels like.

Paul Minga,
Educating Wrong Perceptions