Marape’s speech fitting for occasion

PRIME Minister James Marape acknowledging one of our country’s founding fathers, the late Kondom Agaundo, in his historic address in the Australian Parliament and reciting his famous line “today I speak here like a child and it may sound funny to you but tomorrow one of my sons will speak in your language and you’ll listen” was moving and fitting for the occasion.
As Highlanders in those days. Agaundo was speaking metaphorically and he spoke of the birth of a nation and proliferation of her children in every human endeavour to excel.
Agaundo sowed the seed of nationalism in his time as member of the Legislative Council between 1961 and 1964.
And that is the genesis of National Party formed in September 1969 by Thomas Kavali, Sabumei Kofikai and Siwi Kurondo when leaving a political party called the Compass Party.
Of the sciences and math Agaundo’s children from New Guinea to Papua had conquered many have gone beyond into the frontiers of medicine, science, engineering and are now renowned in Silicon Valley and speaking genetic engineering, Artificial Intelligence and innovation and invention.
And of this top of the notch Papua New Guineans the apex is dominated by non-other than the Chimbus.
The Chimbu proudly wears patriotism like the finery plume headdress and carries nationalism and PNG close to his or her beating heart.
National Party is the bleeding heart of Papua New Guinea and is passed on from Thomas Kavali from now Jiwaka to Sir Iambakey Okuk (Chimbu), Paul Pora (Hagen) and now Kerenga Kua, Sinasina-Yongomugl (Chimbu).
While the Upper Highlands contributes more in natural resources and inject considerable wealth into the country’s economy Chimbu produces the human resource, the brains, and leads the rest of the country in human capital export.
The recent turn of events involving the political developments and governments appointment should be the turning point for the Chimbus. Chimbu’s must now leave party politics for a change and come together and join neighbouring Jiwaka and Eastern Highlands and form a strong Eastern Block.
The reason is because political party leaders are shrewdly using these leader’s numbers to leverage their own positions to get ministries and better offers.
Potentially, the Prime Minister can come from the Eastern Block if all work together.

David Lepi