Stop herding animals in Goroko town

The National Letters

THIS is an old and over due request to bring back Goroka town in Eastern Highlands to its glory days of yesteryears.
Is this an impossible thing to ask?
Lately, Goroka town has been in the limelight for infrastructural and political developments which is pleasing to know.
It is also one of the best tourist.
But why are we so-called indigenous people of Goroka Urban continuing to ignore town rules and breed pigs and cows in the town?
Cows and pigs are freely roaming the town.
Where is the Eastern Highlands authority?
Can they flex some muscles and look to in this?
It is embarrassing for people of Goroka and Eastern Highlands to see their capital going to the dogs with the authorities turning a blind eye on the issue.
Wake up from your slumber, take a proactive approach and revert the township to its former glory.
It’s now or never
Over to you authorities.

Igutawe Samuel
Hago D’kekepa
Goroka

2 comments

  • Aren’t there prescribed PNG laws that responsible authorities in Goroka can utilise to execute and clean up the town from these pigs and cows? There is a Public Health Act that would have been easily executed by a group of professional in the health sector called Environmental Health Officers/Health Inspectors. The Goroka Urban Authority should have these officers employed enforcing the public health act but if pigs and cows continue to freely roam the town then these officers must have been sleeping all these years, are blind or don’t know their jobs.

  • I would think that the statement of “we so-called indigenous people of Goroka Urban continuing to ignore town rules” tells us the answer. “LANDOWNERS” whenever someone choses to say that they are one, then they can get away with almost anything. Don’t people realise that as the Population Doubles every 22.5 years the land available per Citizen HALVES. As land becomes scarce on the boundaries of Urban Areas the Inhabitants in those areas tend to suffer the most from marginalisation. Fringe Dwellers often become Slum Dwellers, and with all of the associated problems. Also as The Traditional Owners they often appear to believe that they have some superior rights.

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