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Together with the Kii tribe, these supporters have been fighting another tribe on in Wabag, the Kala, who were the target of arson attacks earlier this month after the declaration of the Kandep result.
The groups fighting have been using military assault weapons which include AR15s and Russian-made AK47s.
While he has hundreds of security force personnel at his disposal, Enga's Provincial Police Commander, George Kakas, admits it has become difficult to control the fighting.
"We've been trying to seperate the two from facing off, facing eachother but it's been a bit difficult because they've been coming through the mountains, the valleys and the rivers, where it's difficult terrain for us to go down. We've been just observing the main highway, and protecting government assets and the banks, provincial government administrative building, the post office and schools."
With the fighting having developed into guerilla warfare, the need for a functioning hospital couldn't be more pronounced.
But Wabag hospital remains closed down after being subject to a rampage by supporters of a losing Enga regional candidate late last month.
Three babies are understood to have died because of the rampage, and dozens of people injured.
Mr Kakas wants leaders to tell their supporters to stop the fighting.
"As a leader, a national leader, former national leader, leader of the Kandep people, we are expecting Polye to use his own initiative. If he's a leader he should be the first person to tell these people to leave."
Don Polye says he has made repeated calls for those involved in fighting to stop, but that the situation has lapsed into a cycle of retribution typical of inter-tribal conflict in PNG which is difficult to contain.
"When lives have been lost on either side, what they would want to do, is they would want to take refenge on that one life, or however many lives lost. When lives are lost and when they're on the revenge-taking mode, it is very challenging sometimes to even stop. The fight continues regardless of the efforts we put in."
Wabag remains in lockdown, and a number of residents have fled. One of them is Regina Lau, who was an independent candidate for the troubled Kandep seat.
"At the moment I'm not in Wabag. I'm in Mendi. I fled away from Wabag. Today it's very dangerous. A person like me, I'm working along, I'm only one lady out of only men. They would want to kill me as well so I flee away. I flee away, I'm in Mendi right now."
But Ms Lau says the situation is tense in Mendi too.
The Southern Highlands capital was also the centre of deadly fighting, between supporters of rival candidates for the regional seat, which left five people dead just over a week ago.
With a result in that electorate still pending, there remain fears of more deaths to come.
