Somali Government Arrests Abdirahman Abdishakur

[Somali Government Arrests Abdirahman Abdishakur]

Che,

 

We all know that UAE is involved in these issues, So, why not the president or the prime minister speak out against the gulf guys.If they were smart enough they would have started with Cumar C/rashiid by going to court and order an investigation. If they think that H/G is a low hanging fruit or the leaders of the opposition that must be crushed, then they had already lost. 

 

Last month I did talk to a Somali contractor who resides in Halane , and like many people he kept blaming the Galmudug community on most of the issues which is a knee jerk reaction of people who could not do their constitutional duties  to keep their citizens save. Al-shabaab is in Jubba, Shabeele, Bay, Bakool,Hiiraan, and many other places. Why blame the un armed opposition in Mogadishu which is against Al-shabab for your short comings. 

 

Again , it is a bad move.

 

 

 

[Somali Government Arrests Abdirahman Abdishakur]

This is a bad move.  Even the most amateurish politicians would not move this way against un armed opposition. I guess,  someone is cooking the new civil war of Somalia. This is the move of a paranoid leadership that can not  take a heat from the podium of an opposition microphone.

 

Imagine Hassan Sheikh arresting Puntland members in MOgadishu. Bad leaders always fall on the open trabs that is paved for them to fall. The C/raxman C/Shakur community feels being targeted already by the government and now this. Raiding the home of a political opponent in the middle of the night and killing his bodyguards is a recipe for disaster. 

 

. The success of the government against Al-shabaab and terrorists will eventually diminish the  opposition and take the air out of the opposition. Mr. Farmaajo, you should know that your job is not to worry about the unarmed opposition , but those who are armed and dangerous. You got a lot of work in your plate than flame tribal hatred and animosity by targeting the loyal opposition.

If there is money coming from foreign players, then follow legal channels and speak out openly about those states. My friend , you have more problems in MOgadishu than chase the wrong tribe. If these kids keep going this route , then it is the duty of the parliament to remove them from power.  If any leader thinks that his crown is more important than the country itself, then he must be stopped before he creates more chaos. 

 

He should know that neither America , Kenya  or Ethiopia will save  him from a tribal war. We will all lose. Mr. president, Apologize and release this man immediately or you will create a civil war that could be similar with those we had seen in 1991. After that, please remove prime minister Khayre before he plunges this country in to unknown territory. It is a warning.

 

If you are  unable to manage the problems facing the state t, then you must give up and resign. 

 

 

[Somali-Speaking Elizabeth Shackelford's resignation From State Department Disappoints Many Somalis]

I think we Somalis should not be very close of the America of Trump. He is destructive, and he does not have empathy for victims of war or what is going on in Somalia. In America he deported over a thousand Somalis with less than a year.

 

On the war on terror and defeating insurgents and terrorists, the American record of defeating  terror is almost zero. Experts would tell you that they manage conflicts, but they do not win. Look at Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan. In Iraq , the local government pushed the war with help of America, but it was the Iraqi forces that took the brunt of the war, and it should be like that. 

 

If you have strong military and civilian leadership you could take advantage of the American air power with Somali ground forces engaging the enemy, but drone and air strike alone will not do the job. 

 

Another thing that we learned in Afghanistan is the more foreign troops you bring the more you invite many conflicting interest that desire different outcomes. 

 

At the end if you do not have a Somali army , you are doomed to fail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Somalia's foreign debt]

Mooge waa runtaa lacagtaa anagu maynaan arag. They divided among the crooks.

 

Maakhiri,

 

You right ,Compare to other countries it is small. Nowadays, modern nations borrow huge money for infrastructure and capital expenditure. They use the money for ports, airports, eight lane highways and life sustaining projects. That kind of debt is acceptable. The highway you build today will be used by your grand children. Or even if necessary procure arms for the defence of the nation.

 

I would borrow a billion to build roads that connect the nation and improve trade and mixing of the people.

 

O the other hand no government should never borrow money for government operation. That kind of aid goes to the drain and to the pockets of donors and corrupt officals.

 

 

 

[Chairman Cirro was a controlled opposition.]

Ak,

 

Give Somaliland some slack ninyahow.

 

On the other hand for sure they lack  confidence. In the Somali parliament they have 28 members. If you add the upper chamber they reach 33 members. If we  and others join them, definitely they could easily muster fifty or more. That is a good place to start and win the Somali presidency. 

 

Hase yeeshee Kalsoonidaa in ay Soomaali oo dhan gacanta ku dhigaan ma leh.

 

I wish they would have half of my self confidence of taking over Somalia.

 

On chairman Cirro in the last part of the campaign he acted as God fearing man. If you see his visit t Daami district of Hargeisa and his promise to nominate his first cabinet from that community.

 

What I lament is this KUlmiye Government never had a real opposition for seven years. Faysal Waraabe literally joined their agenda , and Cirro was passive. They bought everyone else. Despite all the weaknesses and skyrocketing inflation and poverty ,  they never faced protests organized by the opposition. If there were real opposition, they would have folded early and would have abandoned their candidate. ON the other hand if every thing is based on Qabiil, then  it does not make a difference.

[Cali Xaraare Kaftanka Siyaasadda oo Heeso u xulay siyaasadda goboladda Somaliland]

Aah waayo waayo

[Dedicated to Somaliland's 4th President - H.E. AMM (Silaanyo)]

I see only one woman in the photo.  

 

Barwaaqo, meesha haweenkii maxaa u diiday. Mise mar haddii qabiil laga hadlayo Haweenku reer ma mataaan?

[Chairman Cirro was a controlled opposition.]

The first deception.

 

In the  2010 Somaliland election,  the UCID party led by Faysal Waraabe and Mohamed Rashiid got 17.8% of the vote. This was the second defeat of the UCID chairman , yet in both those elections his chances were small. Faysal was the third party challenging a sitting president and former SNM leader and political heavyweight Ahmed Siilaanyo. AS such , Chairman Faysal was justified to try a third term after Ahmed Siilaanyo. 

 

With C/raxman Cirro as the speaker of the parliament and Faysal as the candidates , the so called tribal grouping that is claimed today could have been formed and the chances of Faysal winning would have increased, although it was difficult to dislodge  the power from the corrupt coalition of Kulmiye.

 

As soon as Ahmed Siilaanyo swore to the office, he hastily,  without consultation or party convention , transferred the chairmanship of Kulmiye to Muuse Biixi. Yet , at time , no one in their right mind thought that Muuse could win or even survive a party dominated so many heavyweights like: C/caziiz Samaale,  Hersi, Mohamed Biixi and others. Everyone considered him as an enforcer not a leader.

 

The first move to replace Ahmed Siilaanyo was started in Djibouti. It all started when in November 2010, Ahmed Siilaanyo visited Djibouti. During  the meeting of a non official gathering between  Ahmed  Siilaanyo and members of the Djibouti elite including former governor of the Djibouti central  bank and the brother in law of president Cumar Geelle, suddenly  Ahmed Siilaanyo , due to the ongoing dementia and other cognitive issues, fell asleep in his couch.

 

Everyone , either shocked or surprised, but lieutenant Hersi who is both taking care of the president and managing the affairs of the office, calmly told everyone that the  president is tired and some medicine he took made him sleep, and quickly moved him to a suite in the hotel. The business oligarchs of Djibouti who have both family, business and political interest in Hargeisa made their first move.

 

 C/raxman Cirro , through Aadan M. Waqaf, the vice chairman of UCID, moved against Faysal Waraabe and asked to give  the leadership to Cirro and explicitly told him that his term as a chairman was over.  Since Faysal was the man who schooled chairman Cirro, he refused and declared war to keep his party and property--the  UCID party. The matter went to court , but due to clan pressures and other issues , the court decided that the party must hold a convention within three months and at the meantime , Faysal would remain the chairman. Also , Amed Siilaanyo did not want a war from Waraabe clan family in Hargeisa.

 

 By the summer of 2011, the wife of president Cumar Geelle and her Banker  brother wired three instalment of $630,000 dollars to the parliament speaker C/raxman Cirro*(1).  Another blood relative and businessman ,and chairman of SomCable Mohamed Aw Saeed --he has monopoly on all internet services in Somaliland--, put his bet on Kulmiye and their future leaders. Their intention was to have two horses in the race and also to eliminate the UDUB party who had the support of 35% of the people. Then president Rayaale refused to give monopoly to Ina Aw Saeed and offered the licence to him and another company called Telesom, owned by former company called Al-Barakaat which was later sanctioned by former president BUsh after 911.

 

Due to the financial capital C/raxman Cirro recieved, suddenly all  the chairmen of UCID party in the six regions of Somaliland simultaneously announced their resignation from UCID party led by Faysal Waraabe. In early October 2011, chairman Cirro officially launched the Waddani party, and 75% of the sitting UCID members of the parliament changed their allegiance to Waddani party that has to yet win legitimacy.  C/caziiz Samaale, the  vice speaker, spoke at the ceremony and openly asked Ahmed Siilaanyo to speed up the local elections which UDUB party requested to be postponed until a vote registration takes place , and encouraged the Waddani party  to replace UDUB.

 

 

FAysal went ahead and chose two energetic young man to be the next candidates of the party while he would remain the chairman. Due to the financial help from Jamaal Cali Huseen and others the UCID party became part of the final three. Without the tireless campaign of Jamaal and Mataan, Ucid could not have survived the cut. There was a big challenge within the ruling party to become the candidate for the next election. Muuse Biixi was challenged by MOhamed B. Yoonis and C/cziiz Samale. If normal convention would have taken place, definitely Muuse would have lost. He intimidated Siilaanyo and his cohorts at the palace and promised a bloody war if Ahmed Siilaanyo reneged his promise to make him the candidate. 

 

Ahmed Siilaanyo and his lieutenants were facing strong opposition from east, Awdal  and now Muuse in Hargeisa. From 2011 and on,  they were rulling through bribes and patronage. Whoever speaks against the government and his deteriorating health issues of  the president , were either paid cash or appointed to one of the 70 ministers. Now, a renegade Muuse will join the opposition and would use any means necessary to frighten  the  crowd from Burco who is probed up by the west Hargeisa crowd. He started few fire bombs within the city and no one was arrested. Then a  former  deputy security minister  joined the fray and accused the government of releasing dozens of extremists accused or convicted of  terrorism. To silence him they raided his home in the middle of the night and wounded and arrested his body guards. Yet, the fire bombing continued, and finally Ahmed Siilaanyo caved in by fearing that these kind of nightly fire bombs might bring other criminals and extremist groups which might bring his  government to instability.He was correct to silence him or Al-shabaab or might have taken advantage.

 

Ahmed Siilany and his wife, the finance minister and the Djibouti businessmen agreed that Muuse must be crowned, and if Hersi,  who was pushing Mohamed B. Yoonis whom he brought from Daarfuur, insisted, then he must be told to accept this decision or else. Hersi resigned and took  with him almost a dozen ministers he hired before, and as the man who was running the government for five years, he thought that he will eventually bring down Muuse in the long run.

 

The second deception.

 

When Muuse won the candidacy his biggest challenge was not C/raxman Cirro, but the young incoming candidate of the UCID party that might take a huge chunk of his base. In order to sideline Jamaal , the UCID chairman was called to the palace and paid handsomely to expel Jamaal Cali from the UCID candidacy. HE went to Djibouti and got an alleged $300 from the business oligarchs. He was as also brought to the government's agenda and made part of the both local and foreign agenda of the ruling party. He was nominated to be part of Somalia negotiations and was also given his share of Dubai port bonuses.

 

Just like last time,  the court ruled that a party convention must be held and rejected the earlier convention that nominated Jamaal and C. X. Mataan. Finally Muuse has got his wish of facing  C.raxman Cirro, a very weak candidate that never opposed any agenda or went against any proposal from the ruling Kulmiye. Chairman Faysal got both the cash and the revenge of defeating Cirro.

 

Chairman Cirro was controlled opposition.

 

In order to defeat Rayaale and claim the leadership once in his lifetime, Ahmed Siilaanyo has  promised many people to replace him. Among them were Dr. Gaboose, Muuse Biixi, C/caziiz Samaale and C/raxman Cirro. Dr. Gaboose was too strong for the business oligarchs.

 

 

For the last five years, Cirro never spoken or protested any policy by the government. He never spoke against the theft of the public property, the tribal hegemony of the ruling coalition , the extra judicial nature of the police and the courts or the grievances of the other regions namely Awdal. When the Awdal elders demanded equal representation and Ahmed Siilaanyo transfer it to the parliament , Cirro rejected and said this is not the right time.

 

For all this years, he never marched or publicly protested any government action. Hersi , who helped Cirro and Waddani to make the final cut , sometimes threatened him to take away his speakership when he refused to play ball or objected the government agenda. By getting Hersi as a member, Cirro thought that he found the key to the palace.

 

The most important aspect of his failure was that he did not understand the role of the opposition in Africa or in the horn of Africa. Since the government would not play by the rules and use public coffers to enrich and use to win election, , the role of the opposition is  to expose them and fight them to every move they make. Your job is to replace them no matter what. If you are unable to replace them electorally, them you must work hard to dismantle their hegemony and monopoly in government , public institutions and security. Fight and keep fighting  them until they become weak and discardable.

 

The tale of the election.

 

As the opposition, you already knew that the evil coalition will do anything to hang on on power. The first indication was the inability of the commission to release early results. That alone should have rang a bell to everyone. That was among some of the  main reason the Kenyan election was overturned. The court found that " the irregularity in the transmission of results". They should have also alarmed by the huge child voters found in Gabiley , Burco and Hargeisa.

 

In his first address when he rejected results and accused the commission of ignoring incidents that could damage the integrity of the election, opposition leaders started to prepare and challenge the results. For example , the Awdal based vice presidential candidate Mohamed Cali and his supporters were told to mobilize and ready for huge protests. Those in AWDal were also prepared lawyers from Nairobi and London to challenge the result and go to courts.  With an  email exchange i had with one of the leaders,  I told him that they must take these crucial steps in order to win, form a coalition government or a second round election. Of course, here in SOL,  I am expanding them for the readers to get the whole picture.

 

1-Do not accept the result.

 

Do not accept the results until all polling stations were audited. The system were set up in a way that people could only vote in the district they had registred. So, you must verify the wrong people did not vote at the wrong polling stations.

 

2-Early  mistakes  broke the camel's back.

 

Because of  the huge discrepancy in the early transmission of the results, you must find the real reasons  the results were  changed. Everyone was celebrating as early results from the observers came in.

 

3- The Gabiley (Wanlaweyn district of 1960) must be checked rigorously.

 

Of course Wajaale, Alaybaday and Arabsiyo are part of Gabiley district , yet 60,000 is impossible in that district. Most the people in Wajaale and Gabiley reside in Hargeisa and travel for family or business reasons. In 2011, when I visited Gabiley, almost everyone had left either for Hargeisa, Borama or Wajaale. They told us that over 300 families had left for Borama. Just last summer a friend told me that Gabiley is a ghost town, and he swore that you could find  5000 people in that town.

 

Some of the things that took place was the flipping  of the WAddani observers. IMagine the  young man you chose to observe was given few hundred dollars by the oligarchs and he changed allegiance or failed to show up, especially in the coastal regions and Gabiley.

 

4-A million people registered. 780,000 people got their cards ,and 550,000 voted. 

 

That itself is huge discrepancy. People were told to take their card within two weeks or they will expire and you will never retrieve them again. Why make the life ofthe people difficult to get their card?. Why not allow people to come and pick through the year?. THe opposition must locate where these cards are at the moment.

 

5- Go to the courts.

 

Go to the local courts and take your time to prepare your case. Get international lawyers from London and Nairobi to litigate your case. In fact, get those who were involved the Kenyan election and get publicity.

 

6-Your role is to replace them or disband them, or alla Odinga style.

 

Since the ruling oligarchs in Africa do not play by the rules and abuse the public trust, loot the public purse and use the public coffers for elections , your job is to replace them as a government or disband the tribal and hegemonic system that is nurturing them. With all the money that poured from Dubai, Djibouti and government coffers , every logical person knows  that these people were not prepared to lose. 

 

You must realize in the early stages as the opposition leaders that you will be dismantling an entrenched tribal system that must be either destroyed or replaced. The HArgeisa West oligarchs were sucking the blood from everyone since 1997. We just heard as late as 2015 that the world bank used to offer business enhancing grants, yet that was taking place in Somaliland since 1997, and  these oligarchs were the only beneficiary

 

As I said, the issue is not only about the election but also the dismantling of the entrenched oligarchs. Demand international and regional mediation which not only focuses the irregularities in the election , but also targets the police , security and military which is intended for  reform, and must reflect the entire people not the only the corrupt coalition.  

 

Eventually, as Railla Odinga did in 2008, you must force them to make a national coalition government that shares power with the opposition. With the party supports across Somaliland , now is the time to pressure the ruling click. With inflation skyrocketing and looting of public land and corruption, now is the time to dismantle these people. Letting them rule again is rewarding thieves to the crown.

 

In the end, do not give Muuse Biixi the badly needed legitimacy. He must earn every inch of legitimacy by accepting reform after you conceded or the protest will continue. They can not keep shooting peaceful protesters  or things could get ugly.

 

That was the move a real opposition would do. Some of you would say that, my desire is to push the instability of Somaliland on the brink, but my intention is to deny impunity and create something that could have been shared by both the opposition and the ruling class which would have led to a real reform. THe problem was the man who supposed to lead the opposition was a member of the ruling oligarchy for a long time  and his intention was to create and form something similar of the Kulmiye party. With all the corrupt politicians of the last twenty years joining Waddani including old farts like Ismaaciil Buuba, chairman Cirro wanted to created corrupt coalition.

 

So what did Cirro and the boys did after the fact.

 

While those in AWdal were planning their next move to challenge the result, Hersi H. Cali, Aadan Dhoola Yare and C/qadir  Jirde started already a process to negotiate and recoup some of their money lost in the campaign. According to sources, Hersi met, Mohamuud Hashi, the palace minister and others from the Siilaanyo tribe in order to calm the waters and  push the opposition to accept the result, but also the to get back over a million dollar he spent on the Waddani party campaign .

 

As a young leader who has his political future ahead, Hersi had already decided to move ahead and  made interviews that contradicted chairman Cirro by saying that they will accept the result. My sources told me that chairman Cirro was offered undisclosed amount of money  to him personally by the Biixi camp , and most of that money was wired from Djibouti to Nairobi. 

 

While Cirro has built a very huge party through his low key maneuvers and negotiations, he was never a real threat to the ruling class. People familiar with him said that Ahmed Siilaanyo and others had sent wrong signals that reassured him but also disarmed his ability to challenge them forcefully. Rather  than fight them as a real opposition that was willing to fight  them on every inch and make them vulnerable,  he got comfortable with their agenda of silencing him politically while pretending to work with him. Even before the election started he lost his last card to stop Kulmiye.

 

Finally Chairman Cirro lost or had  thrown his last card .

 

When the parliament held a vote to replace him,  his coalition lost  39 vs 38 against Baashe , a Kulmiye member who made chairman Cirro life difficult during the last five years. After careful monitoring of the video in the chamber, it was apparent that , the Waddani coalition had won the vote 39 vs 38 .  THey had the opportunity to challenge  the result and reconvene the members since the momentum was their side. There were a lot of members who were sitting on the fence earlier, but willing to switch allegiance to Waddani this time around. Rather than push the issue and keep the parliament speakership in order to use it for the future if they fail to win the election. Chairman Cirro conceded and gave to Baashe . The Parliament would have been a place to challenge even  the election results or for the future impeachment of Biixi if he transgresses.

 

 

He said " Xashkaan tagayaa oo waan ka ducaysanayaa labadan nin'. They even told him that in 2010, before the election Ahmed Siilaanyo went to Hajj and after that he won the election. The strange thing was for the last three months of the campaign he wore white KHamiis and and put a long " tusbax" in his neck looking like a Suufi.Who knows, maybe those Suufi guys he associated  with might have told him that they seen him as president and told him to do all these strange things( Qaar baa malaha waxay ku yidhaahdeen waxaan ku aragnay adigoo Madaxweyne ah).

 

In the end,  if his last message of saying that " A blood will not be shed on my own ego" is genuine,  then he must be a God fearing man who should not have entered the corrupt oligarch system that has taken place in Hargeisa for the last seven years. 

 

The good people of Somaliland were willing to participate and vote in democratic manner, yet it was the politicians who decided to  travel the tribal road. THey would have addressed and courted  people by city or region without calling the tribes, but they intentionally decided to promote tribal car and politics. IN 2010 election, you would not see RAyaale  going to election halls with banners proclaiming the allegiance of certain tribe. Even though Siilaanyo started his journey in the town of Garadag, he did not campaigned like Cirro and Muuse. It was really ugly and tribal all the way to the end.

 

Finally, the election is over and Biixi won, but in order for him to succeed, he must dismantle the tribal coalition that they and the Burco boys has created. THey should no longer lead army , police (the vice police chief is from Biixi camp) and security, finance and foreign policy, commerce and all foreign aid financed agencies. He must dismiss the police chief who allowed mayors, ministers and others to arrest those who oppose them or dislike. " Mayorki Berbera ayaa hebel xidhay" that is what you hear every day. The police and the courts must be independent , and the habit of elders, mayors, and ministers arresting people at will must end. THe warlord military chief who is in charge of the army for the last twenty years must be also replaced. 

 

The corrupt coalition has always talked about representation and equal distribution of power, yet they never vacate one  single seat. When they tried to pamper the Sool people and Khaatumo, it was Cali Waran Cadde from West Burco who vacated his ministry of interior seat. When chairman Cirro was replaced as the speaker it was him who vacated the seat for Sool people. Why not replace the corrupt finance minister or others from the oligarchy?. Why Saleebaan Gaal vacate the Guurti chairmanship to Cali Kh. Galayr? YOu can not fool people all the time.

 

 

It was Ahmed Siilaanyo who in 2009 openly said he will negotiate with Somalia. He signed the American led memorandum of understanding that will lead to unity, yet these same people were accusing others of taking to Somalia.

 

Real reform must take place and the evil coalition must be dismantled. That must be the real job of the coalition. They must elect a temporary leader who only leads the party at this transition period. This person should not be from Hargeisa or even Berbera, the home of the chairman Cirro, because these groups had proven to be weak and corrupt. So far we have seen Cali Waran Cadde and Cirro, who were not resilient under pressure. I would put Hersi or Mohamed Jamac Abgaal from Awdal as the interim leaders, and if the west Burco guys want to try one more time,  they must bring  a real leader who is capable  of dismantling the coalition or others must be given the chance. 

 

Who knows, looking back , maybe the people of Somaliland had missed a bullet or a weak leader who would have acted indecisive and who would have made the system more corrupt  . Few years ago i said that , " how come this man is weak both in his speech and manners, and yet , he is not even 70 years old". Others say that because of the fear certain segments of Somaliland have for West Burco, weak characters like Cirro are  the right person to sell. I am not kidding , but a very prominent member of UCID party  told me that the West Burco is like H/G of Somaliland and a lot of people fear them their domination. They reside in Hargeisa, Bebera, Burco and Sanaag, and with coalition of AWdal coalition "Afarta Gabiley joogta anagaa soo qaqabanaynaa, malaha cabsidu waa run". 

 

Despite all the the election talk, the Somaliland election is much fairer than most in the region including the Kenyan one. So, despite all the problems, the people might have moved on the right direction. My main  observation was the shortcomings of Cirro and how a real opposition would have dismantled Biixi and company.

 

 

 

[Somalia's foreign debt]

Almost all the debt was accumulated between 1978-1991 while the country was collapsing. Actually in 1978, Somalia had about $450 million dollars of debt. 

 

In 1969, before the Kacaan, Somalia had huge foreign reserve with strong Somali Shilling. The civilian government used grants and very small loans to build  infrastructure, military and public projects. In fact most of their loans were from the former socialist countries who later years canceled the debt.. Even as early as 1981, the exchange rate for the dollar was 6 Shillings, then in 1983, the IMF came and forced deregulation and devaluation of the Somali Shilling in order to boost exports. Five years later in 1988, the bank rate was $1=85 Shilling, while in the black market the rate was almost 150. 

 

In My book, IMF means inflation , debt and corruption by the rulers. Lacagta ay wadaan jeebab qaldan ayey ku dhacdaa. 

 

By the way, does any one knows that Hassan Sheekh borrowed any money from World Bank or others?.

 

we have to watch the IMF. They  keep saying that Somalia must start paying their dues in order to access foreign loan. On the other hand for years they were objecting the reissuing of Somali bank notes to stabilize the economy and eliminate the fake money circulating. At this stage, other than grants, Somalia should never borrow money for government operations.

 

The finance minister said two months ago that rather  than print the money by other agencies,  they were doing it through the IMF and will be in circulation in late February, 2018, will see.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mogadishu , the land of the free]

Allow Muqdisho nabad ka yeel.

 

This is the place,  despite it's instability,  the free Somali spirit lives.  Bombs and bullets are flying, markets are bombed , yet they raise the next day.  These resilient people deserve good leadership and wise people to guide them to the right direction. The same thing goes in Baghdad, where people are maimed, bombed and killed by dozens every day, yet the great people of Iraq rise up , go to work, and  sit in cafes sipping tea  and smoking the Shisha . They bury their dead and rebuild the shops destroyed by the evil terrorist.

 

Yesterday, thousands of Somalis freely demonstrated in the streets of Mogadishu objecting the Trump announcement which denies the Palestinians their capital Qudus. Since this city holds so many important holy places for diverse religions communities, it should have been designated as international neutral city. Yet this provocation and hasty decision by Trump was loudly objected by the free people of Mogadishu.

 

 

This demonstration will not affect or  changes  the reality on the ground, but it is a symbolic gesture by those who are free. In America , you could see white nationalists, anti fascist and right wing zealots marching freely, because they have the freedom to assemble. By the way,  there is nothing more illogic and backward than the so called white nationalists. Anyone could be white whether they are Muslim, Christian or Jewish. THen again if they claim to be white christian , how about their black christian brethren?.In Mogadishu, just like America, you  could see people marching with Osama bin Ladan pictures, albeit in small numbers eve in 2011. The issue is the Somalis of the capital are the last free people among Somalis in 2017. No one in Hargeisa, Garoowe, Kismaayo or Djibouti would dare to protest. In Hargeisa, a paramilitary group called RRU will shoot you immediately if you protest against the government or even speak up against some government official taking your property, #am in the morning.

 

Ahmed Guray ma uu dhiman

Ma gablamin darwiishkii

Geenyada ma daalana

 

Ma af beelin Gamstii

Waxan uga goleeyahay

Haddii Geesi Ii kaco

Geyaankayga Waan Heli

 

 

Biciidkaan dili doono......... Waxaan ku riyooday habeen hore anigoo :

 

Wiilasha Hargeise  Calanka buuluuga diiday, , Kuwa Mudug iyo Bari Jooga,, Kuwa Hiiraan iyo labada webi ku dhex wareeray, kuwa banaadir nabada U diiday Iyo Kuwa Jubada Sawaaxiliga gabaadsadayba,,  Anigoo Police ah iyo iyagoo budhcad ah oo katiinad kuwada xidhan oo dhar hurdi (Jaalle) ah xidhan.

 

Illaahayow run ka dhig.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Somalia and US sign $300m development assistance pact, a first in 30 year]

I read an article from the Turkish Daily Sabbah that the United Nations spent in Somalia $55 billions since 1991, and there was nothing to show for it. 

 

Of course we should not blame those who are giving the aid, but if you look carefully these kind of aides create corruption and oligarchy. In the late eighties when Somalia was collapsing through affiliation and other ills, the country borrowed  almost 2 billion  from the donor countries. 

 

In my opinion, welfare and handouts never built nations or families. THe African American community was one of the most hard working people in America in early nineteen fifties. When they striked big cities like Chicago used to shut down. Thirty years later when every immigrant  got off a ship and made the American dream, the blacks were put in high rise buildings like sardines and given welfare for life. Since then their life was never the same.  THe same thing goes to the Somalis who settled in housing projects. They could not see or gauge  what was going on in the country. Some thought that by getting few hundred dollars that they were cheating the system with  huge money, but they did not know that they were missing more than the few dollars. When things are given you for free , you would not know the value of the things that surround you. 

 

 

 

 

I do not want to go on with long drivel, but this concept of expecting others to build your nation is a concept shared by all Somali leaders. I said many times that this town of MOgadishu or the government of Somalia is not without cash or money.  "Magaaladu lacag ayey la ciirciiraysa, Hoteelada boqolka dollar lagu seexanayo bal soo eeg". THis president got close to hundred million dollars for direct aid from other countries with  less than 10 months in office , yet they might not have the salary of the soldiers.

 

We want to know what this $300 million has done for Somalia at the end of three years. WE have seen what the Turks had built with few years. The days of millions spent in Nairobi hotels and airports is over. A consultant will be paid six figures and a Somali employee will paid $300/month.

 

 

 

[Waraabe: Qof Kasta Oo Jaadka Ku Ilko Beela, Waa In Lacag Looga Qaadaa Dadka Keena]

Not only in city roads but even  in the countryside, buses and trucks must get out of their  way when they see the speeding Qat landcruiser. Everyone from the villager to town people must get out of their way or else, " Mag malihid".

 

Cadnaan,

 

Actually in 1983, when  the government prohibited the Qat imports from Ethiopia, the locals in Gabiley area had cultivated a large Qat farms. During my last year of HIgh school. , I went to Arabsiyo town with one of my  classmates whose family owned a Qat farm in the area. We literally went to the farm and cut our own Qat to chew for almost the week we were there. It was a god Qat, but it needs little bit of moisture and more irrigation. " Waxooga laamaha caleemaha waa weyn lihi way qadhaadh yihiin, laakiin si qofku lacag uga sameeyo waa in uu isku dhex daraa  kuwa waaweyn iyo kuwa kale. Haddi shaqo fiican laga qabto oo la derso waxa laga yaabaa in uu la mid noqdo qaadka Ethiopia".

 

Suldaanka objected few threads back when I said that the Somaliland politicians use Qat more than others, but when I visited every politician I knew chewed the drug. 

 

Anyway there are ways to keep the hard currency within the country and regulate this drug. WE do not have real governments , but there is a lot of money to be made from Ethiopia and Kenya. WE have a plan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Price of Land in Garowe]

Maakhiri,

 

Everyone is trying to be close to downtown, and if you got a good wide space, they could use for hotel , Bank or other Hawala businesses. They assume that people will not be able to reach your business if you are out of the main square, but if they organize local busses or cheap transport people will come other markets. 

 

Booram waxaan ku arkay magaaladii oo magaalo kale laga dhex dhisay oo la buuxiyey dhulkii banaana ee lagu nasan jiray iyo staanadii baabuurtu joogsan jireen. WAxaan is idhi waar dadku maxay iskugu wada dhawaanayaan.

 

It is a bad culture that could be changed by new urban planners,

 

 

[Price of Land in Garowe]

Land sales and speculation is the only trade that is left in every peaceful region of Somalia. Cities like Garoowe,  Boorama and Burco where people congregate for one single market (Suuq) for trades and exchanges,  those spaces that are close to the market are expensive.  The should create a "suuq" for every neighbourhood like i Hargeisa.

 

In Somaliland the mayors got nothing but to sell public lands, parks school yards or open spaces where people use parking or other issues .Everyone is in the game including the ministers.  fact it was Ahmed Siilaanyo who gave the national theater to a local businessman.

 

Che, get some of your friends and start your own village or town 20 minute outside Garoowe.  WAxaa laga yaabaa dhulkaa banaan in reer hebel yidhaahdaan angaa leh. A friend told me that from Mogadishu to Hargeisa every open public land is claimed by someone, if not the tribe that lives in the area will demand money or else..

 

You can start with a nice town where streets are wide and the land is zoned with retail, residential and public places like parks , hospitals and schools. Try to recruit some friends if you decided to relocate. 

[Trump will recognize Jerusalem as Isreal's capital.]

It is a plot to distract the media and build some allies. By making this move at this stage,  he is probably trying to gain the support of the Jewish intelligentsia at this crucial stage of the investigation, but unlike the crazy  evangelicals, most American Jews are liberals and they oppose Trump.

 

It was Netanyahu who opposed the  unilateral recognition of the Palestinian state by the United Nation's general assembly last year insisting that  the two state solutions could only  be achieved through negotiations. Who knows the general assembly might start that process soon. 

 

Another way to read this move is that Mr. Trump could not deliver the Israeli and Saudi wish of attacking Ira, so this is probably a consolation prize for Netanyahu, yet the biggest losers of all  this are the Arab allies of America., like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Fat boys of the Gulf.  No one even considered their concern. This is definitely strengthening Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Qatar and those who oppose American policy in the middle east. 

 

Trump abandoned all trade agreements that had guided world commerce for the last fifty years. Soon he will leave NAFTA, he left the TPP (trans pacific partnership),He rejected  the transatlantic  agreement that suppose to bring EU and North America.

 

Soon no one will sit down with America or ask their opinion whether it is the Middle East peace process, the UN or other bodies that regulate current issues. 

 

If the tribal congress of America do not act soon, he might dismantle America within four years. Some even suggested that Putin might help him for four more years, and within eight years of Trump , America will leave the world stage and will replaced by China, Russia, Turkey, india and others.

 

 

[Flynn pleads guilty. What is next for Trump?]

Only in America .

 

Where else would a lunatic like Aex Joes hold court for millions.

[Puntland gave Farmaajo 2400 well trained MASLIQ fighters]

That is impressive. How long it took to train these 2400 soldiers?. 

 

Maybe they should send some more young recruits to Puntland and train them there.

[Implications of the killings in Awaday, Ethiopia]

Qawdan says,

 

"The researcher stated in his findings that there were repressive military governments in the Horn of Africa, meaning Somalia and Ethiopia, but there is also, under them, law and order which provide a solid foundation and a basis of potential to achieve political and economic success through existing systems. Most importantly, the researcher concluded that such law and order in both countries will be nailed in its coffins when the gun goes into the hands of the Hawiye clan of Somalia and the Oromo ethnic group of Ethiopia, both of which he said they were politically in state of hypnosis at that time. Bearing this in mind, we have already proven the calamity that befell on Somalia for the past 25 years following the proliferation of guns into the hands of the Hawiye clan and it seems that the Oromo case will not be different given emerging signs now".

 

No one can cover the crimes the Oromo criminals had committed against Somalis in Hawaday region and other places, at the same time , intelligent people are well aware that it is the TPLF who are creating and organizing these conflicts. In Ethiopia, as we speak,  the Tigray dictatorship is weakening both in the Oromo region and in the Ahmara region. Direct occupation of Oromia by TPLF is almost impossible, and those who are leading the Oromia are allying themselves with Ahmara as the Somali regional government became a close ally of the Tigray dictatorship. These are political wars that could get worse if the Somali regional  leaders try stop the independent seeking Oromo.

 

There are reports that TPLF and Cabdi Illey are also carrying out covert criminal killings in order to create conflict among the Somalis and the Oromo. Despite the power the the Ethiopians exercise within the Somali republic in terms of military intervention and propping of weak Somali presidents , their days are numbered, so are the rule of criminal Abdi Illey. 

 

This writer's attempt to make the whole Oromo people as vampires that will eat people is huge overreach. Of course,  the Oromo are mostly peasants, farmers and oppressed nation that is filled with hate and grievances that could boil up any time. Also, the war of the peasants is different than the one waged by the  Somali nomad who upholds certain cultural  and honorable values.

 

Despite the crimes committed by these Oromo, I would suggest that the Somalis must get out of the way of the incoming implosion of EThiopia instigated by the Oromo. No TPLF army or Liyu police will be able to to stop the birth of nine month old Ethiopian pregnant woman who should bear this Oromo child or it will die.

 

Finally, I also reject this comparison of HAG tribe with the Oromo killings. The USC community had a long history of peaceful power transfer, democratic institutions and hospitality throughout the Somali history. Of course the last generation of leaders tend to be anarchist in order to protect the ill gotten gains they have in Mogadishu, yet most Somalis , if given the chance of either going to Garoowe,  Hargeisa or Garbaharey, they would prefer Mogadishu because of their hospitality and where no one will ask you which tribe you belong.

 

EVery Somali region has it's weaknesses, but the resilience of the people of Mogadishu can not be ignored. Tens of thousands of foreign troops are in MOgadishu to fight Al-shabaab, but also many foreign soldiers are there to subdue the independent Somali man of Mogadishu, and when that Mogadishu man becomes free so does the Somali nation. So, Mr. Qawdhan spare us the Oromo comparison of our compatriots in Mogadishu, and your TPLF inspired propaganda launched from occupied Jigjiga.

 

As I said every Somali group has it's weaknesses. Look at the "D block" other than Puntland, wherever they rule, they are ruling with foreign tanks and the backing of despotic leaders. Farmaajo, The so called Somali nationalist who suppose to raise the nation from ashes is crying in Addis and Kampala for more foreign troops, yet his clansmen say, " Danta ku kaliftay" .How long will Farmaajo cry and  blame the opposition or those who want the "maandeeeq" for themselves for his inability and weakness. He is calling every army in the world to Somalia in order to prop up his diminishing power.

 

Sow isagu ma dhihin 27 sano Dawlad iyo dal majirin, Wax kastana aniga ayey kow iga yihiin, isagaa laga rabaa waxii uu sheegtay in uu la soo baxo. 

 

Ethiopia way dumausaa. Burburkaasi waxa uu saamayn doonaa Afrkada bari oo dhan. 

 

Many peaceful places will catch fire. We must prepare and be good in terms with our Oromo neighbors. Some analysts that I talked to even said that Somaliland will be kept in peaceful mood at the moment in order to make the land a buffer Zone for the TPLF, and to keep the Oromo from procuring arms and space from the Somali coastal area. Somaliland will be save buffer zone for Ethiopia for now, as long as  the international community keeps  the old empire together.

 

So, I would suggest those Somalis who think that they got gold to be very careful. 

 

Sidi sididaada mooyaane dhul u dhacaaga hubso.

[15,000 Maryalool troops failed to defeat west Burco community]

Yes, he will be there, but only if he gets the cheque first.

 

 

[Beesha SomaliaOnline waad salaamantihiin]

Xisaabiye,

 

Welcome. so dhawoow.

[Flynn pleads guilty. What is next for Trump?]

Holac,

 

The noose is tightening around Trump's neck.

 

Who would have thought the USA , the nation everyone was looking up to in terms of wealth, power, diplomacy and statecraft would be taken over by someone like the clowns and dictators of African, Middle Eastern or Latin American  leaders that people used to laugh , but could not do anything.

 

When I see him I remember Ida Amin of Uganda, Colonel Qadaafi of Libyaand who everyone considered eccentric, clownish or even psychopaths.

 

I  blame the media.

 

[I got married last week]

Saaxiib , 

 

Nin Waalan ma tihid kow dheh, Waxxad tahay nin barwaaqaystay.

 

Congratulations.

 

Marka guur la haybshee, 

Gabadh heega dheero

Hoobaan la moodo

Quruxdana ku Hodano 

Hufaan Lagu Aroosaa

Hooyo lagu xasuustaa.

 

By Hadraawi circa seventies.

 

She is not maid. Coming home and looking forward for the warm food of the wife is good life. 

 

Nin Barwaaqo, we men are dirty , but we also go to many dirty places to feed and raise family. You can not imagine how many times I have been told that, " go and clean yourself before you eat supper after work.

 

Ah, Gobsanaa hablahayagu.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

[INSANITY: HirShabelle president Waare names 57 ministers to serve in new cabinet]

Ak, is correct.

 

No one names 50 or 60 ministers unless someone else pays their salaries. How can a  Somali nation that can not pay or form 10,000 soldiers is able to have 325 members of  parliament? .

 

Hir-Shabeele was bad idea that was rushed by Hassan Sheikh. Rather than bring the services of the government and economic activity to the interior like Buule-Burde  or Beledweyne, they made Jowhar their regional capital, a city 90km from Mogadishu.

 

Unlike public perception , Hiiraan is a region settled by three or four major clans, yet Reer beledweyne want to dominate which will not be accepted by others. 

 

This could a big poster for the failure of the " Dawlad Goboleed" here you have a leader who is not worried about law and order, health care or government institution, but spends his time forming a sixty member cabinet. Soon some will resign, while others might try to impeach him.

 

Ah , biciidkaan dili doono.

 

Waan kala diri lahaa dhamaantod , maalintay Addis u safraana waxaan ku soo eedeyn lahaa Khaa'inu wadan jeelkaanan gay lahaa. Qabaa'ilkana dhabarkaan ka jabin lahaa.

[15,000 Maryalool troops failed to defeat west Burco community]

Saalax,

 

The West Burco community is the largest among SNM Habro both in numbers and land mass. They have  30% of the Hargeisa city counselors, their land stretch from south HArgeisa to Berbera region and city, to Togdheer and Sanaag. They have large settlements in Zone five like Gaashaamo and " Carro Daanood". In fact except AWdal they reside the other four regions of Somaliland.

 

They are the big muscle and lions of the " Habro" and without them there will not be Somalilaland, Just as,  if we Awdalites leave , there will not be Somaliland. 

 

I do believe that without waging violent war this community could easily gain the presidency of Somaliland if they played their card strategically and shrewdly. . This community had failed  politically more than once, and they should change strategy.  

 

Soon, I will present an article about C/raxman Cirro and how he was never a real opposition, but a controlled opposition. 

[Now That the Election is Over...]

Today he made speech about his cabinet, and said it will be only 15 ministers and three commissions. He said many ministeries will be combined together.

 

The three commissions are: telecommunication commission to regulate the media and the telecom companies,, higher education to regulate universities and their qualities, and the anti corruption commission.

 

  I never paid attention to their campaign and program and I ignored the book proff. Samatar was advertising throughout Somaliland, but yesterday I did watch a presentation in  London by the professor and it is really impressive. People should pay attention and demand those promises kept.

 

After Ahmed Siilaanyo got sick it has been a controlled chaos. If Cirro won despite the change of government, he would have nominated 50 or more ministers. I do   not like Muuse Biixi and SNM or all the alphabetic Somali movements ( Waa dadkii qaranka inaga dumiyey) but if he acts this way, and nominates small cabinet with qualified people, he could be an agent of change in Somalialnd.

 

One thing I know about proff. Samatar is  that he would not accept mediocrity, corruption or nepotism in government.

 

 

He might lead to good governance and better institutions.