28TH JUNE, 2002 - ConstitutionNet

66Regina Ikar: kisaki nikilimokini ngae echamakina eliwor ekapolonTranslator: During elections we don’t want to be bought, we want us to be educated on who should be elected intobecoming the next leader.Regina Ikar: nikisaki kiinakini ngaropiae echaguneta ngikapolokTranslator: Sometimes when you are given money, then you go back again regretting, I wish I had not taken the money.Regina Ikar: kiira nangolenyang ngakiro a ngitunga a lucheTranslator: We want the government to respect the views of the common man so that when we go to ask our leaderssomething, they should also listen to us and take keen interest on what we are trying to ask.Regina Ikar: nesakenete ngitunga akiirar nyo esakete ngitunga ebalasi kori ngaropiaTranslator: Sometimes leaders do not take keen interest on what their electorate ask for, they usually assume that theelectorates are looking for money.Regina Ikar: ni ibunio tamarai, ibunit naropiae?Translator: When you are coming, they start saying, “now you are coming for the issue of money”.Regina Ikar: imianakinete kechi eshida lukitikiti suaTranslator: Leaders do assume the problems affecting those people who elected them.Regina Ikar: kisaki toyenae atamar sua kichagui ngitungaaTranslator: We want the government to recognize that it is the people who are electing this government of the day.Regina Ikar: yaunai ngabankia diyeteTranslator: Banking services must also be brought closer to the people.Regina Ikar: kilipaki county council ngide eskulTranslator: The county council must also take charge to educate the children of the pastoralists.Regina Ikar: nyo bo pe ingarakia lu ilipate ngaropiae nguna?Translator: We are asking why the county council money is not helping the people who are tax-payers?Regina Ikar: kilipa nangolenyang ngaropiaea a ngikansolai