Oodwaynoow, Somaliland is not without assistance or friends. It also receives many millions of dollars in aid. Also its government collections millions of dollars from the hard pressed public every single year. Indeed, every year without a fail, tax collectors(gangsters) from the Hargeisa municipality come to my mum's home and on many occasions removed the metal doors of the gate just because she either forgot or was a bit late with the payment of the annual property tax(baad). Now tell me what has the governments of Somaliland done in all those thirty years? Ceelkeebay qodeen?

Waad u dhamaysay

No one is blaming the people but the So-called leaders who today run different sections of the former Republic will be and frankly should be measured against Siyaad Barre and the other politicians of yesteryears.

Maakhiri has a point. Siyaad Barre, no matter how much he is loved or hated, was more effective than any other Somali leader before him or after him with the exception of Maxamad Ibraahim Cigaal. Cigaal built Somaliland's government institutions before he died. Other than these two men, no politician has ever left any tangible legacy in the Horn of Africa. Somaliland was rebuilt from scratch and is today more developed and prosperous than it has ever been, but this is not the result of any government intervention. Rather it is the hard work and entrepreneurial skills of the public.

Are you sure he is 93?

Maakhiri Siyaad was not a bad leader in the first half of his presidency. In fact, he was better than most of the leaders we had before him and those we have now, but unfortunately his actions in the later part of his rule cemented his legacy as a failure and the architect of a national disaster. If only he did things differently and not listened to the unashamed tribalists of his clan, we would all better off now.

The funny thing is, Morgan will probably advise the dwellers of AMISOM bunker to take on Somaliland militarily when he himself fled the front line with his dear life and in a cowardly manner.

Lol

Please explain to me how one clan elder represent the diverse views of all his clansmen? As with all the communities across the world, if a section of the village is impressed by candidate A and the remaining people are in favour of candidates B, C, D, etc, how will one elder reconcile all those differing views?

I can understand spending money on the madax dhaqameed and the other power brokers in Garowe and elsewhere but what will the ordinary man and woman in Puntland gain from this horse trading? They can neither vote in this "election" process nor have any other say in this matter, do they? How will the cash being spent in this political market trickling down to the small man in the villages?

Waa inuu sidaa sameeyo haddii aanuu wax qarinayn

Waaryaa Saalax odayga miskiinka ah waxba ha la yaabin. The guy just saw MMA's cousins overrunning the city and thought Somali maxamad oo dhan ayaa gobolka isugu timi. When president Muuse deports the lot back to their country of origin koonfuria, our ageing suldaan will be telling all the visitors "this is a pure ethnic Somalilandish gobol" as our Xaaji Xunjuf would say

Oo hadaa wixii meesha tuunsanaa ma ruuxaanbay ahaayeen

The critics here either have amnesia or are guilty of intellectual laziness for what you have proposed is nothing more than what we have already experimented and saw utterly fail. Haatu's feudalism might have been a good solution few centuries ago but today it is part and parcel of the clannish problems ravaging our society. Puntland and Somaliland are no role models. Galbeedi's "benevolent dictatorship" is of no use as we have seen it in our recent past. Siyaad Barre; despite his crimes was initially probably the most benevolent dictator in Africa. Although he was guilty of cruelty and in the later part of his reign divide and rule policy, he cannot be accused of the level of corruption and incompetence we see today. Tillamook's federalism is undefined. The one we now have on paper in the South is already failing before it is even implemented. What kind of federal system we want? How to share power among rival clans both in the federal level and in the state level? How to bring accountability and transparency to the system where there is so much competing interests? How to give real power to the electorate? How to bring the corrupt and evil among our politicians to justice? How to give justice to the oppressed? (the feudal clan system fails them). How to empower the minorities? All these questions and many more other serious issues of contention need answers. The Swiss model although not perfect provides solutions to many of the issues we are struggling with. If you guys don't think the Swiss model is suitable for our society, please explain to us how and why it is unsuitable.

This is millions of miles ahead of the animal zoo we have for parliaments!! This is really depressing as it exposes our shear backwardness.

Holac, imagine a nation with no president or prime minister but with a several executive Committee members with equal powers and a rotating chairmanship governing the country. A Parliament directly elected by the people and whose members can be sacked by the electorate overseeing the decisions of the executive Committee!! 18 Federal States with their own directly elected governments and with no presidents running everything from taxation to health care, education, justice, and social security spending. Justice system where the courts select the jury from the local communities. I don't know why the Somali people are so incapable of at least learning from others who are better than us at doing great things. The Chinese learn from the West and they are not ashamed of it. Are we better than the Chinese?

Why should Prince Bin Salman care what the Americans think or know? Indeed if I were the Prince I would declare that I was behind the execution and that I would gladly eliminate anyone who dares oppose my rule. I would have also made sure the Saudi society is fully aware of what happened in Turkey

Mr Cheese is talking about collaboration on security when in fact security is the last thing the Somali people have within the borders of Ethiopia thanks to Mr Abiy Ahmed's machete-wielding tribal hordes.

Waaryaa dadkan aad ku khafiiftay waa dad xor ah maaha dad Ethiopia maamusho sida Koonfur Galbeed. Waxba meeshan hala wareegin sawirka nin hindhiso la yar jeestay waa good manners

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I doubt it

Well Somaliland just like the USA is having a bit of a problem dealing with the current occupant of its executive office God willing both nations will come out of this challenging period in their respective history unscathed.

Somalis like most Muslims in Britain are infamous for their lack of interest in politics. Those like me who vote occasionally, cast our ballot for whoever the Labour Party sends our way. A notorious Zionist who used to represent my ward in the Houses of Parliament had a habit of knocking on my door whenever the general election comes and then used to justify his lobbying for Israel to me!!! To get Labour elected, I had to vote for him.

Indeed school boards are important positions which affect the future of our kids, kudos to reer Minnesota.