By RODRICK DESURI
Auki
Approval of project proposals for West Kwaio will be done by its sub-committees.
This was made clear at a meeting for West Kwaio’s sub-committee members which ended yesterday.
West Kwaio Constituency officers successfully held the sub-committee meeting yesterday at Buma Catholic Station, West Kwaio, where authority was given to the sub-committee members.
This meeting is the final one before the implementation of projects in the constituency.
The meeting aims to provide the sub-committee members with essential information regarding the delay of their material shipment from last year and the request to cut the excess amount of projects submitted to the constituency.
Member of Parliament for West Kwaio Constituency, Claudius Tei’ifi said authority and power are given to the sub-committee.
He said he respects his people’s project proposals and will bring back their application forms to be cut by the sub-committee, who represent the people in the communities.
“This meeting was organised to explain why we didn’t have shipments last year”, he said.
Tei’ifi also said that since the constituency has an exceeded amount of submitted project proposals, he gives the sub-committee members the opportunity to decide on this.
“Also, since we have an exceeded amount of our submitted project proposals.
“I will give you the sub-committee members the opportunity to decide whether to cut the amounts of the proposals or to eliminate others and focus on family projects,” he said.
After discussions among the four zones in the constituency, what was agreed upon are as follows;
1) The total amount of the CDF in 2025 and 2026 will be shared according to the percentage of the population in each zone
2) Each zone will decide on what plans and methods they will use in sharing that will satisfy all their candidates who have submitted their applications.
This includes their cross-border and Honiara-based voters.
Sub-committee members thanked MP Tei’ifi and his officers and the constituency development committee, for coming back to them to have further discussions on this very important agenda.
The members were satisfied and agreed that they will also go back and share the information discussed with their community members.
More than 30 sub-committee members, both males and females, in the West Kwaio Constituency attended the meeting.
They also agreed on the constituency material shipment, which is expected to take place in April 2026.
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