THE CURIOUS CASE OF UNITECH SRC PRESIDENT DAVID KELMA
by PATRICK SIPENDI Consider the obvious facts. The first fact is that David Kelma in the hot seat. He is the SRC president of one of the 3 major boycotting universities against the Prime Minister. Despite protest to the contrary (with no evidence provided) we have verified that he comes from Imbongu District in Southern Highlands, whose MP is Francis Awesa, a sometimes business partner of Peter O'Neill. Kelma is young, inexperienced, easy to influence and probably easy to pressure. David Kelma’s mother is from Pangia, Peter O’Neill’s district. Here’s another fact. With all the bribery and thuggery already reported against UPNG and Unitech students, there is NO POSSIBLE WAY THAT DAVID KELMA HAS NOT BEEN APPROACHED AND PUT UNDER PRESSURE OR SECRET OFFER TO BREAK THE UNITECH BOYCOTT. This is 100% certain. The question is what kind of pressure has been applied to David Kelma? To know that, it is worth a brief discussion on how Peter O'Neill's (and