Northern Province
witnessed and announced the victory of Ms Delilah Gore as the Member for Sohe
District from the 2012 National General Elections after landslide victory. Most
of us know little about Papua New Guinea's fifth ever female MP,
Delilah Gore, the first woman to be elected in the 2012 elections. She polled 6105 to runner up Henry Amuli's 4112 votes.
Popondettas around the
country were proud recipients of their first female political leader. It was
the most jubilant victory for the people of Oro and Papua New Guinea. The people
of Sohe have chosen a female political leader to lead them and to bring about a
different approach in service delivery through eyes of a mother. Women have
always been behind the scene and Orokaivans did not have any hesitation in
casting their vote in declaring their very own Sohe Butterfly!
They were never wrong! Hon. Delilah Gore had the qualities, local knowledge and heart of a mother who was able to lead her people.
Even though, politics
in Papua New Guinea is dominated by the men folk. The O’Neil/ Dion government
through the global approaches in empowering women participation in a country’s development
have been honored to have her on board to balance out gender issues in the
politic arena. Although Ms Gore still maintains that women must earn their
place at the Parliament house. She still emphasizes that; “Women must compete with the man during national elections by sweating through
the thick and thin of election campaign struggles and not to devise easy routes
to get in. Because an easy way in, is an easier way out. And it will lack the
patriotic essence of a genuine leader. We must not over look our cultural barriers
where women are the lesser class, we must face them to prove our strengthens, values
and worth in providing an alternative leadership.”
Politicians are like a
celebrities and his or her life are closely monitored by the public. The common
perception of politicians through the public eye is either respectful, envious,
jealousy or curiosity. Either of these perceptions can cause a desirable and
non-desirable outcome depending on the timing, situation, location, etc.
Moreover, human beings
have the tendency to recall and make known the little defects of a fellow human
rather than the good deeds he or she had done. That is pure ignorance and can
be even worse when the media grabs hold of it and blows it up to put a price tag.
In the media world most bad news grabs a lot of attentions and it sells too!
That is even worse for public figures like politicians.
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Delilah
Gore and Julie Soso being received by joyous & cheerful crowd
at the Jackson’s airport after their victories after the 2012 general elections.
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But the Honorable
member for Sohe electorate has nothing serious to worry about as she was
already performing to high standards since the last elections through her
practical approaches and achievements which will be highlighted.
Oro Kaivas should be proud that
their daughter has been delivering and endured the wrath of political life the
past three (3) years but still maintains her composer. She has inspired women
nationwide and proven critics wrong through her sensible approaches in problem
solving and services delivery. Most of her male colleagues are very supportive
of her feminine touch and presence in the political arena.
Even though politics has given our three female (3) MPs such trying times. They are still enduring and the Sohe Butterfly is very determine to deliver her visions for her district and cannot wait to get a dubious political power play which has been clouding and disturbing her ministry and district’s plans for quite a while.
The people of Sohe
district and Popondetta as a whole can be rest assured that things will be back
track and should not be worried as their MP as achieved a lot for them and the
country.
Below are some her
achievements at district level after been mandated has a political leader and within a duration of 3 years. Some
of these projects are completed and
others still ongoing.
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INFRASTRUCTURES
Existing
roads rehabilitation-Sasembata, Sairope, Boru/ Evasusu, Dikowari and Tibeki/ Barevoturu- Ongoing
New
Roads-Tara to Puri and Kanga to Asimba-Ongoing
Existing
Bridges Rehabilitation and New Bridge- Sohe District - Ongoing
HEALTH
Ambulances
– Kokoda and Sangara Health Centers - Completed
Water
Ambulances (Dinghy) - Ioma - Completed
\id-posts
/ Health Center Maintenance and New Staff Housing-
Ilimo, Sangara and Manau Health Centers - Ongoing
New
Aid Post/Health Centre - Sasembata, Mangure and Kira Government Station - Ongoing
EDUCATION
International
scholarships- Lincoln University - Ongoing
Domestic
Scholarship-UPNG,DWI,UOG,PAU, Balop & Madang
Teachers Colleges’, St. Margret’s
Nursing College, CTC (Madang, Lae & Popondetta
Skills Training), ITI, IBS,
Sonoma & Newton Theological Colleges, PNGIA, and UNRE (Popondetta Campus) - Ongoing
Teachers’ In-servicing Meetings
Facilitation-Sohe District as whole - Completed
New Teachers Housing-Dapari Primary
Schoo l- Completed
Desktop Computers & Library Books
Donation and Funding - Martys Secondary School,
Kokoda Skills Training Center, Ajeka, Kokoda, Sasembata and Bare Primary Schools Completed
School Dental Clinic-Higaturu and
Kokoda LLG Primary Schools - Ongoing
School Infrastructure Support –
Sangara Vcational School - Completed
Institutional Support – UNRE
(Popondetta Campus) - Completed
LAW
& JUSTICE
Police Vehicles-Sangara and Kokoda - Completed
Police Station and Staff Housing
Maintenance-Sangara - Completed
Court House Maintenance – Kokoda - Ongoing
Recruitment-Police College - Completed
Outstanding Allowances (2011)-MS4 - Completed
Training (Youth Self-Management)
Program- Sohe District as a whole - Ongoing
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
Sohe District Credit Scheme (SDCS)
establishment-Sohe District - Completed
Women in Agriculture (Horticulture
& Flori-culture) Show - Completed
Oil Palm Growers Mill Counter
Funding-Sohe District - Completed
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, YOUTHS, SPORTS & CHURCHES
St. Pauls Anglican Church
Funding-Tembeki - Completed
Tembeki SDA Church
Funding-Tembeki - Completed
Hohorita Eruption Day Funding –
Hohorita - Completed
Sui (Oro OISCA) Agricultural Training
Facilitation-Sui - Completed
Kokoda SDA Church Funding-Kokoda - Completed
Popondetta SDA Church
Funding-Popondetta - Completed
Popondetta Anglicare
Funding-Popondetta - Completed
LLG Support Funding-Higaturu, Kokoda,
Tamata, and Kira-Sohe district - Completed
Waseta Youth Hall-Waseta - Ongoing
Independence Celebrations – Kokoda - Completed
EMERGENCY
& DISASTER
Transport Funding- Helicopter &
Dinghy - Completed
Relief Supplies Funding and
Purchasing-Food, Utensils, Water, Clothing etc - Ongoing
Duty allowances, Benefits-Emergency
& District Officers and stakeholders - Completed
These are a few of her achievement
during the first three (3) years of her rein but the honorable Member is committed
to her five year development plan for her district will continue to complete
most of projects. Truly a God knows a mother heart better.
Through her commitment
and dedication she was granted to two (2) ministerial portfolios prior to her
vice ministerial portfolio after the polls which required her to perform at the
national level which required more of her time but she still endured it all and
is currently the only female minister in the cabinet.
