Kandep Feeder Roads Maintenance

As of Late January 2012, the maintenance works for all feeder roads in Kandep has begun with two separate crews working both day and night and on a 10 hours a day shift. To begin with, the Kandep station to Kambiya and last Last Wert road has commenced and the progress is expected to be at Marient catholic Mission as of this date. Critics are saying that money for these maintenance works have been discovered recently and non in 2011 and back, meaning to say that these roads should have been maintained long time ago. The author's personal opinion is that alot of time is being wasted while transporting gravel from as far as Lawe to take it to Marient. How about picking up gravel from Binn Mountain and better still from Pokeramanda. Observations reveal that only up to a maximum of 4 truck load is made per truck per shift and cost of fuel is very expensive too. The sad thing also is that, a excavator is the lone machinery used for this maintenance works without any grader and roller to ensure a quality work is done and durable, works done is worth the money spent. It is anticipated that not all feeder roads will be maintained within the short space of time until the elections.

Photography below are few shots taken when visiting the site at Kimblam.

Before the road Maintenance

Maintenance works that commenced on mid January 2012

This is the lone excavator that is at work 24 hours a day

Kandep Hosts Jubilee - CAF 50th Anniversity (1961-2011)

Source: from the author's visit to Kandep

The District of Kandep in Enga came alive over the 2011 Christmas and New Year 2012 celebrations. Apart from usual normal celebrations, two very important events took place during that time, that is, the “Christian Apostolic Fellowship (CAF) 50^th year Jubilee celebrations” which commenced on the 7^th to the 13^th of January 2012. The venue for the celebration was at the Wiikam church at Kandep station and Christians all over the world d were in attendance for this very important occasion to commemorate it’s 50 years of existence in spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. On the final day which is the 13^th, countless number of pigs were slaughtered. Another of similar event took place at Kambiya in Mariant constituency took place at the same time where the Church opening ceremony for Kambiya Apostolic church. More than 50 pigs were slaughtered including a cow.  And yes, it’s 2012 and so rival candidates had to contributed money towards the two occasion, and the sitting MP, honorable Don Pomb Polye contributed K70 000 towards the CAF jubilee at Wiikam. Apart from these two main ones, New Year 2012 was celebrated with the usual mud games in the entire district with the exchange of pigs and money on the next day, that is, 2^nd January 2012.

Below is a photographic display of the CAF 50th Anniversity (1961 - 2011).