Kokopo Town

This was revealed yesterday in a joint presentation led by Provincial administrator, Akuila Tubal at the 2016 Leaders’ Summit.

The presentation highlighted the impact developments, achievements and challenges of the expenditure of the DSIP funds in Kokopo- a district which comes under four Local Level Governments (LLG) and 84 wards.

It was shown priorities for the district lie in areas including Economic Empowerment, Education, Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Gender Equality. 

The DSIP has seen the roll out of close to 500 projects in the Kokopo district.

This will be achieved through a memorandum of understanding to be entered into with the Kokopo Vunamami Urban Local level government.

This comes after Parliament passed a bill for an act that establishes this authority.

The municipal services are

-collection of rubbish

-management of a municipal dump

-the cleaning and lighting of roads, streets and paths

- Maintenance of public parks, and recreation areas

- The control of dogs, cats and other domesticated animals.