He briefly lost office in 2010 following a June attempt by opponents in the provincial assembly to oust him; the National Court recognised Pitom Bombom as interim governor in July before reinstating Kavo in August.
[6] In January 2009, he sought to have K51 million of the K220 funding for major projects in his province paid to the Gulf Engineering and Construction company, of which he was the sole director.
[11] In March 2010, he announced that the provincial government would sue ExxonMobil over environmental concerns relating to the LNG project; however, the court challenge was dismissed in June.
[14] The motion was successful, but Kavo disputed the outcome and filed a court challenge, claiming that his removal, as well as the meeting it occurred at, was illegal.
[15] The National Court initially in July refused Kavo's request for an injunction and held his opponent, MP Pitom Bombom, to be the interim governor.
[24] Kavo subsequently claimed there was a plot to re-arrest him on the same charges if he were cleared by the committal court, and that the provincial police commander had been heard making statements to that effect.
[27] In October 2012, the misappropriation allegations re-emerged when office of the public prosecutor referred the matter for trial as an ex-officio indictment, despite their failure to win a committal the previous year.
[28] In the same month, Kavo signed a deal to develop the Pala Inlet Port Project, providing a deepwater point in East Kikori.
[45] In February 2016, Kavo called for the national government to honour its commitments regarding local benefits from the PNG Gas project, including the Piam Inlet Port, completion of the Gulf-Southern Highlands Highway and the construction of ten satellite towns, claiming that nine years and passed and his "people were still waiting".