Havulei and Kia wards of Isabel Province have recently played host to their Member of Parliament and Leader of the Opposition Group, Honorable Jeremiah Manele.
Mr Manele and his wife madam Jocelyn Manele have visited the Havulei and Kia wards from the 5th to 10th June 2017, the previous week.
The Opposition Leader’s visit was not the first; he made similar gestures in 2015 and 2016.
What made this recent visit more significant was that he took this opportunity to inform his people of Havulei and Kia wards how the constituency office has disbursed their portion of Rural Constituency Development Fund (RCDF) from last year to this year.
Hon. Manele made similar informative visits to Hograno and Katova wards last year.
Hon. Manele’s own initiative to inform his people of how their RCDF was spent has received widespread praise from his own people and also others who are not part of the constituency.
Many have described Hon. Manele’s approach as being transparent and a clear demonstration of good governance in practice.
Villages that were honored to play host to the Leader of Opposition’s visit included Bolitei, Toelegu, Lilika community high school, Zuto, Baolo, Kolopakisa, Tubi, Zaguto, Kia Groups 1-4 and Babahaero.
Hon. Manele used the visit not only to inform his people about the use of their funds but also to see for himself the progresses made so far in implementing his flagship constituency project, the housing scheme.
Most of the villages have completed their housing projects except for a few who are still in the process of completing theirs.
Hon. Manele was impressed with the overall implementation of the housing projects and he assured his people of Havulei and Kia wards that the project will continue until people decided otherwise.
Hon. Manele also used his recent visit to emphasize to his people that his foremost role as their representative in parliament is being a legislator.
He let the people know that some of the laws that were passed in the last meeting of the parliament included Pacific Games 2013 Act, Child and Family Welfare Act, the Solomon Islands Tertiary Education and skills Authority Act, Land Surveyors Act and few others.
Hon. Manele concluded his visit at Babahaero village and returned to Buala where he paid a courtesy call on the Premier of Isabel Province, honorable James Habu.
Other members of the visiting delegation included Constituency Project Officer Apollos Manegere, Logistics Officer Clement Betea and one of Research Officers in the Opposition Office, Allan Tarohania.
