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Jul 15, 2015 Letters
Dear Editor,
We, the concerned residents of Four Miles Community, Port Kaituma, North West District, Region One. Once again seek your assistance in highlighting some serious issues that is adding to our frustration as citizens of this country.
As advocates for change and good governance, we feel that investigation, consultation and good communication is very important and necessary especially when it comes to taking over, planning and implementing projects and imposing laws.
They mentioned community is home to all six races of this land. With the majority of household having individuals of mixed parentage (acknowledged or not).
On August 11, 2010, an occupational survey was done and over 80% of the residents made applications for the individual lease/title to the lands they occupy. A total of $30,000 was paid in this process.
Due to the seemingly endless struggle for power between the past chairman, the CDO and the present chairman and what we would deem the suppressive hand of the former government, our applications was placed on hold and the mixed race community was demarked as an Amerindian Village to appease their supporters.
Although there are over 160 households, far fewer than 100 members resided here for the 25-years stipulated period. Also, we the concerned residents were never invited to discussions to agree on the other three criteria necessary for this community to be demarked an Amerindian Village. It was imposed upon us and despite our protest, good sense by administrators did not prevail; we were blatantly ignored. As a result, political and racial tension gripped the community and remains with us even today. Many residents still insist on having the applications they paid to process approved.
The demarked status was verbally communicated to residents by Mr. Norman Whittaker prior to the May 11Elections but we are aware that it was not gazetted nor were we issued an official document to support that declaration.
Apart from these are the issues of the auditing of community assets which we insist upon since we are aware of countless discrepancies which was highlighted by the concerned residents but, was ignored by the previous government and the quality and authenticity of information being peddle to us through the region by the CDC chairman, Mr. Ellis James and to a few individuals by the Regional MP. Mr. Richard Alleyne. It’s nothing short of contradicting!!
With tension mounting even higher and a fear of looming violence in the air, we humbly call upon Ministers Sidney Allicock and Mr. Ronald Bulkan to release authentic information, perhaps via the popular Kaieteur News as it relates to: the status of this community, the status of our applications for land lease/title, the CDC chairperson elections and the national plans proposed for development of this community that we may all have one understanding and point of reference.
Concerned Residents
Let’s show them the POWER we have.
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