Kikori still a forgotten place

KIKORI is a long forgotten district that is yet to keep pace with the fast-changing world of Port Moresby and Papua New Guinea.
As to when it will really be transformed to catch up with the rest of PNG is anyone’s guess.
The politicians and administrators can say whatever they want to say to the simple rural folks and paint a good report in the print media after their one-off visits at rural Ihu, Baimuru or Kikori sub-districts, but they have never lived with the people and they do not understand the harsh realities people live in week in and week out, month in and month out, and year in and year out.
And this is the problem when political leaders and administrators live in isolation from the very people whose affairs they should be so much concerned about in their roles and responsibilities.
The harsh reality is that there isn’t anything progressive going on in Baimuru, Ihu and Kikori sub-districts to change the livelihoods of our people.
Why are political leaders living and operating out of Port Moresby? Why are Tom, Dick and Harry in the Kikori District Administration also living and operating out of Kerema and Port Moresby?
Our people in Baimuru, Ihu and Kikori are suffering and dying from communicable diseases.
Yet another year ends without Kikori District Administration officers visiting and political leadership still unable to pay homage to sub-districts.
What developmental and service delivery issues have we achieved in the past 12 months to transform the sub-districts of Baimuru, Ihu and Kikori, even in a small way?
Talking big must be backed up with proven action. Big things in life are achieved through small but remarkable steps to progress and transform. Will 2019 be another year of big talk and little, if any, development changes and service delivery in Kikori?

BK. Dara
Baimuru, GP