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  1. Maakhiri said, " Overall , Rural is shrinking, (by many factors, draught, famine, lack of rain, war)urbanisation is increasing, Poverty is increasing, inequality, is increasing,. That is the basic fact. Illyria, The Puntland budget you presented did not add up to the final tally. world bank donation estimate : 1,612,588 x 12 = 19,350,696 United Nation yearly aid: 5,588,000 7 district monthly revenue 576,496 x 12 = 6,935,952 Total yearly budget estimate of Puntland = 31, 893, 648 This budget is similar to the one presented by Puntland last year . so, you must bring the real break down to reach the so called 160 million. We might not be correct always, but at least we follow what is going on in Somali government's finances, and for me that 160 million is huge surprise.
  2. Samafal, I do not know large businesses affect the overall middle class income, but one issue that I have been told many times in Somaliland is the effects of the Telecom companies in the economy. In fact I was trying to write about it for a while. For example, the Telesom owned by Al-barakat , and Somtel which is owned by Dahabshiil are making a killing. In any part of the world , utilities, telephone and cable are regulated and taxed accordingly. There are commission to check their rates and charges. In Somaliland they set their own rates. A friend who just came from Borama told me that people deposit two dollars a day for telephone service and it eats up quickly. On average , poor people pay almost $70 dollars a month. If you talk too much and use for business it could reach $150. If you add internet data it is hundreds. Yet, no one is regulating them. Every young man and woman has a telephone. Furthermore, they will fight to the nail if any one tried to bring a internet competition. Dahabshiil is the monopoly. Some people tried to pull a cable from Oman, and when Siilaanyo and Dahabshiill found out they did stop immediately and the minister who signed the deal was fired. Certainly , there is huge concentration money i this companies. He told me they fire and hire ministers through their lobbying power.
  3. Abdul said, Your first homework is to read the report, Galbeedi. Point well taken.
  4. As I said Boosaaso has a tradition of business and self reliance. They were never dependent on government handouts and jobs. By far the " Bari" region is the most populous in Puntland. Nugaal is very small. Before the Sool region became a province in the middle of eighties, the Nugaal region was : Garoowe, Tallex, Eyl iyo Laascaanood. After Sool became provence, Nugaal was left with Eyl and Garoowe then other small towns were added. My only beef with the report is the sampling does not specify the size or the actual region. I agree the water access part which favors Puntland, yet because of huge Urban growth in Somaliland , a large number of cities have lower water access. If you read carefully my quick written paragraphs , I did mention the size of middle class and access to wealth. Larger cities have more middle class and also large poor underclass.
  5. Horta ninkan Illyra, nin cusub baan moodayey, laakiin hadan gartay i uu yahay ragii hore. Guys, I criticize both Mogadishu , Hargeisa and Kismaayo, when I see inconsistencies and other issues. Illyra, You do not need to accuse me schizophrenia or other names, then call for reasonable debate. I see People in Somali forums who say " IlLaahay Ha laga cabsado oo Qayaalada ha la iska daayo, Kadibna ka dab geeya reer hebel ayaa Soomaali qasaya ee halaga Qabto". Any way if is any consolation, I did not call you a liar, but I was pointing out that statistics are used for nefarious purposes in order to propagate certain agenda. In any case, I would like to apologize for using bad words to explain my points. I blame my limited vocabulary for the infraction. This place is already becoming toxic, and I , Galbeedi should not be one of those mudding the water. Guys, I am a champion of Puntland, and in these pages I did write the political maturity of the people despite the constant bad leadership that is ruling the land. Also, in these pages, we all need to be informed and educated i n so many different ways. Somalia, the people and the landscape probably has changed for the last thirty years. In the early eighties when I traveled the highway from Gaalkacayo to Garoowe, the only village that was visible was Burtine, with two blocks on both side of the highway. Since then things has changed and a video clip that I saw during the drought showed Burtinle as vibrant town. Any way , I stand corrects o those new towns. At the same time Puntland has huge land with less population. Having big space is not disadvantage. In fact, if you add the "Harti" land of Sool, Sanaag and Buuhoodle, Puntland could claim a third of Somali territories. I did read the report, but I did not analyze it fully. When they said North west, they did not explain which North West. If you compare the two and half provinces of Puntland with five provinces of Somaliland, it is totally different both in population size and Urban area. I also conceded that because of less rural population Puntland might have less poverty compared to Somaliland. Saaxiib , I objected your budget estimate and I do remember, in the early 2000, the Puntland budget was around 16 million. Lately, I have seen any where where the budget hit three digits. Generally, I do not like these NGO's who keep spending money about FGM, poverty, and how many relieve aids Africa and others take. Those who compiled these report probably made a cool million that could have built an irrigation canal. Furthermore, we should not be debating which village is bigger than mine or yours. WE are all poor Somalis ruled by corrupt oligarchs and thieves As our friend Maakhiri said, we need someone to study the disastrous Qat effect both in Puntland and Somaliland which would have helped our people. Finally, Puntlanders , please accept that sometimes we might throw an arrow in that side of the land so have a patience. .I have no hatred of MJ or Puntlanders. Also , Lately I am in the mood to ignore these big Somali villages and concentrate for the big picture. On my fending fences to the SNM boys, that is just ridiculous. I have been criticising them for years, yet they have the backbone to take it. Don't you think that in this election season that we should give some break to the SNM Habro and their neighbors for doing the unthinkable which is free election.
  6. An orientalist by the name Bernard Lewis, some twenty years or so suggested that fragmentation of the middle east. as the best way to defeat ARab nationalism which includes also Somalia. The idea was to turn the history back and make these Arab to go back to their original tribal roots before Islam or the modern nation states. Despite it's weaknesses, the Somali nation was a modern functioning nation from 1965-1985. . Just like the Arabs, tribal supremacy and anarchy became the tools to destroy our nation. I was Talking with a friend from Burco city who was a Somali civil servant for 30 years, and then abandoned for the tribal cause. I ask him that how come governing and institution building became so elusive for many people including Somalis?. He said , " when I was young , I was a member of "Shacbul Arabia" who believed Arab identity and Nationalism. The modern functioning Arab states with institutions were Egypt, Tunisia , Iraq and Syria. The rest were just tribes or oil rich tribes who were riding the petrodollar. One the oil runs out these fact Sheikhs will probably ride gain their camels. "Those four modern Arab states are either destroyed or barely surviving. To fragments them, they used religious sectarian violence". " Wax in la dumiyo, Ilaahay ayaa nacdalay, Bahasha dawladnimada dadkii dumiyey ayaanu ahayn, dibna waan u gaadhi la'anahay. Koonfurta inta aan ku dhaano waxa weeye inagu Qabaa'il baynu nahay oo waxa wax lagu wadaa waa waxii Ingriisku ka tagay oo Qabiiil lagu daray. Hase ahaatee , marka Puntland laga reebo koonfurtu waligeed Qabiil ma ahayn. Tii casriga ee dawladnimada ahaydna ma hayaan, dhaqankii Qabiilka ee la odhanayey, Xilahay furan ee qawlka qabiilku sareeyeyna way ka tageen. He said that when Siyaad Barre took over in 1969, he did not have to build any institutions. " Kursi diyaara ayuunbu ku fadhiisyay, ciidankii waa joogay, poliskii waa joogay shaqaalihiina waa joogay. He took a system that was built, by Italians, The British and Somalis for forty years from nineteen forties. Politicking and maneuvering could not bring back Somalia. Hard work, and vision is needed. If you spend your days dealing what Kismaayo want or what Hiiraan said, plus the constant " Xadhigjiid" of the parliament , you could not travel far. AS they say, real leaders understand that " dogs may bark , but the caravan should travel and reach it's destination. Waxa aan ka yeeli doono goboladan wakhtigeeda marka la gaadho ayaan ka soo sheegi doonaa.
  7. Lately there is a lot of propaganda in SOL. It used to be Suldaanka and Landers to throw " Way Duushay iyo Miisaaniyada oo cirka martay", but now the Puntlanders are out doing Suldaanka. It said , statistics do not lie, but liars use statistics. I have never seen anywhere about Puntland budget reaching %160 million. In 2016, it was 35 million, so you can not grow fifth fold in one year. Of course SOmaliland budget is exaggerated and the estimate is always much lower than the actual budget. Also, since the Siilaanyo tribe took the power, there were never one single debate about budget items. The system ceased to exist as institution and the budget is divided among the Siilaanyo household and the whole of Somaliland. Did you ever heard one single debate about the budget? None. . The palace budget is more than 10 ministries. Of course Somaliland has huge rural population, from Awdal to Sanaag which could triple in size than Puntland, hence the poverty level could be higher, but to o say that Puntland has more middle class than Somaliland is a red herring. The public servants and government employees in Hargeisa alone can surpass all government workers in Whole of Puntland. In Somaliland , there are more than ten universities with tens of thousands of students who could afford to attend. Remembers, because of higher tuition fees of $500 dollars per semester only the middle class and the upper class could attend., that means thousands of families are spending huge money just for an education. Compare that to Puntland which has probably two mediocre universities. Today Hargeisa is like how Muqdishu was in the late eighties. Millions are looted from both public, private and the NGO's. THere is inflation and the poor is suffering, but there is huge middle and upper class in Hargeisa today than anywhere else in the Somali speaking world. Burco city has relocated to Hargeisa, so does Gabiley and Some from Awdal. There are 120 NGO's operating in Hargeisa alone and they are spending millions. Hotels are full. One advantage Puntland has is the cost of living is much lower than Hargeisa or Borama. Boosaaso has been traditionally a hard working and business people , but one single city can not outperform Somaliland. Another important issue is other than Garoowe, Puntland has the lowest participation or diaspora returnees who settles there. Gaalkacayo is no go zone, and Boosaaso is unpredictable. I have friends who hail from Boosaaso, and both their families settled in HArgeisa and Borama, in fact an old friend of mine who travels to Hargeisa to almost every year told me his wife demanded to relocate from Boosaaso to Hargeisa due to insecurity. Certainly there is peace in. Boosaaso, but from time to time there is targeted killings and murders that is more common than Garoowe. So Puntland has a long way to reach full stability. On the rural issue, Puntland has the lowest number of villages and rural communities. Between Garoowe and Gaalkacayo, which is almost 250km , there is one single town called Burtinle. If you travel the highway from Garoowe to Boosaaso which is 450 km , the only major town is Qardo.That is 700km of empty land. If you leave Borama and Travel to Lowyacado , you would travel almost 10 villages and towns. To be honest I did not read the report, but we all know that per capita Somaliland has more stable middle class than both Puntland and even Mogadishu.
  8. They should have just released a press release. By the way the picture of the conference seems that they are aware of the power of the president. I believe that the tone of president Farmaajo was good. Offer them olive branch and in due course make them irrelevant. Other than Puntland, most of these regional governments were established during the war . Most of them including Puntland were possible due to the guarantee given by the neighboring countries. If fact, they could only exist during the transition from conflict to nation state. They were born out of the war. Most of their money comes from foreign donors and NGO's . They are the profiteers of the war on terror. Every year or even months they receive direct and indirect military aid and other resources due to their war against Al-shabaab. Even Somaliland receives around $15-20 million a year for their anti terror brigade called RRU. There is nothing going on i Kismaayo other than creating the forces that suppose to fight Al-shabaab. Every single building in that town was built other than Somalis. Go figure. The warlords could not exist if peace prevails in Somalia, so does the greedy businessmen and their telecom community. Let me give you an example: When Shariif Hassan of the South West needs some money for his political moves he has to call Addis Abbeba. In return , the Ethiopians will talk to the foreign donors and other NGO's in Nairobi and request that their friend Shariif Hassan needs cash and some projects to sideline his enemies and survive. If some one in Baydhabo makes trouble or challenge him militarily, the Ethiopians will cross and deal the offending part. Folks, these regions and Ethiopia need one another. Without their foreign protectors and donors , they would not survive, heck they can not afford the flight to Kismaayo. Do you know who provides these daily flights from Garoowe to Nairobi and Kismaayo?. geuss . If peace prevails in Somalia, this fat cats like C/weli will not be flying to Nairobi or Addis , but will be concentrating building hospitals and schools. Also, the people might vote and throw them out all of them. MY, friends, these regions were the idea of our enemies and rivals. Why would a British foreign minister would fly to Mogadishu and invite them one by one to come to LOndon. By the way, not one single dollar has reached Somalia. Most of the money went to Amiso and regional states. It is part of the fragmentation of the Somali nation. None of today's regional leaders could survive a day if peace comes to Somalia. THey would have to collected their own taxes on the hard way and build their communities rather than living like a king with subjects. If I were Farmaajo, I would not bother them , but would double my efforts to build federal capacity. If he flows the NGO mentality of " Mashruucan ayaa la inoo dhisayaa" expecting others to clean your own house, he is mistaken. "Meeshan shaqo aan joogsanayn oo lix iyo toban saacadood la shaqeynayo iyo isku tashi ayaa looga baxayaa" Every minister meets his NGO or world bank counterpart and he proclaims , " Aduunyada ayaa Soomaalia U diyaara". Did you guys heard about Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan?. He basically said that his people and Afghans told him that American Helicopters give weapons to Al-qaeda terrorists in the Mountains of Afghanistan. He said that since 1991, extremism and terrorism grew ten fold. My friends these cantons set up by Ethiopia and Kenya will be eliminated in due course. Yees I know it;s tribal pride, but we have replace with Somali pride.
  9. OOdweyne, It is really hard to see anyone right both Somali and English language with ease.I see all this Somali websites and they could not even write a coherent Somali sentence. I was thinking about publishing a magazine and hire you in the future. I wish you were on the side of the unionists. Believe me we could do much more than you think. Don't you hate incompetent Somalis keep this " Xadhig Jiid " for decades while people are suffering?. Why don't we team up after the election and help Somalis regain peace. Spadez, Ilaahayoow nin aan wax ogayn ha cadaabin. you said "Galbeedi plays a similar role in SOL. Although Allah made him an important part of Somaliland, he somehow feels inferior and lets out his frustration by writing endless drivel." On the contrary, I am very proud of my roots as Reer Woqoyi (Somaliland) and very proud of my Somali heritage. Yes, I write this drivel to illustrate and correct the institutional weaknesses of Somaliland and others. Deep down I know what protects all of us from tribal anarchy is the rule of law, and I like to promote the rule of law in Somaliland. Unless we criticize and point fingers the deaf tribal systems of the Somali speaking world will not change. I see Siilaanyo flying 45 minute to Berbera and greeted by 200 "Afmiishaar" seeking favors. Someone has to tell the that "the king is naked". On the other hand , I am too ambitious to settle down on Somaliland only. Also deep down , I am authoritarian Who is fed up on this unending Somali saga. I see myself ruling Not only the Somali republic, but also the larger horn of Africa.. I do believe that the Somali president should be the most powerful statesman in the horn of Africa, not the gatekeeper of Amisom and Ethiopia. WE have people in Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia. We never gave up those lands of ours. " Xoolahaagu Xero Hakuugu Jiraan ama Xeer hakaaga maqbaadaan". We will demand referendums from these countries so Somalis could decide their destiny. I am thinking big brother, yet I am not jealous (Xaasid) of the peace and the coming free election of Somaliland. Believe me, I could leave right now and I could join any political party in Somaliland, or win a seat in the parliament or become a minister in a very short time period, but, at the moment my ambition is higher than Somaliland. I see myself joining FAysal Cali Waraabe and conquering the whole of Somalia. I see Farmaajo and these " Ciyaal Asalooti And Dayniilee" as opportunist southern elites who could not see the big picture, but we have to give them a chance to build on the peace and other state issues. I do believe that the Somali Tiger will not rise up without us in the helm. I do not understand how can any Somali leader would accept to be supervised by a foreign mercenaries and others. If I can't do anything , then I will call the people and tell them the truth rather than be a gatekeeper. Who knows, one day I may get old and settle for less, but now we have to burn the energy and aim high. IF you shoot for the moon and miss, you might fell among the stars. I have extensively read the American neoconservative plans of dismantling many middle eastern countries including Somalia, and as a knowledgeable Somalis, we must not allow the disintegration of our people. Look what is going on in Yemen, Syria and other places. By the way, Mr. Suldaanka has changed a lot. Last year , when he was wearing the Derwish like uniform, he was a radical Wahabi and he used to attock and troll when Someone says anything bad about Somaliland. Now, he is gentle, patient and propagating his cause. What has changed. Few weeks ago i did hear Sacad Ali Shire the Somaliland foreign minister asking Landers to debate the unionists in Facebook and social media, what he did not know is Suldaanka had already stated that campaign long time ago.
  10. Brother MMA, You are an honorable person. Keep the good work
  11. Oodweyne, Saaxiib, Waa ceeb in aad Ummad dhan oo "Koonfur galbeed" ka soo jeeda aad ku tilmaanto " Tuugsato". Waxaa La yidhi marka geediga lagu jiro sida Tareenada, waxa la adkeeyaa marba meesha Silsiladu ka jilicsan tahay. Dadkan aad sheegaysana waxa dulmay oo barakiciyey waa " HAG IYo D Block" . They live off of the land. They do not have passports or other connections like the other tribes who looted the country and easily fled to the diaspora and other places. Todobaadkan gudihiisa ayey ahayd markiii aad fariinta dadban ee hujuunku ku jiro aad u dirtay MMA. Ti hore ayuu ka jawaabayaa in kasta oo uu la soo daahay. Reer Soomaaliland ma' aha in ay ku digtan dadka danyarta ah ee la dulmay.
  12. Guys, sorry for the spelling errors. Unlike Donald Trump, I got bigger hands and it is difficult to write on the I phone.. LIKe most of you sometimes it is difficult to comprehend these kind of crimes. Here you have a guy who was rejected by America, waiting for his deportation hearing and then coming to Canada. . This country gave him a second chance to build his life with acceptance and work permit and in return ge want to kill them. That is why people are angry and they right to be angry. Yet, there are few strange things that must be answered by authority. After this guy rammed his car to the police and lifted him to the air , he jumped and stabbed the police. Fortunately , the police regained his composure and fended off the attack. after they both stood up the attacker just walked away and the police did not shoot or use his other tools to neutralize the threat. He probably thought that this guy might have been deranged or drunk. An attacker just walks away from crime scene with hundreds of police and then showed up with another vehicle just after four hours. WE shall wait for the police. Within hours the video of the incident was out for the public to see and the media covered this attack like a D day. THe headline started like , " EDmonton traumatized like Europe and so on, but the public and politicians spoke up and urged people not to be divided by hate or the criminal acts of one person. The Las VEgas mass shooting upstaged and overshadowed the local attack, yet some media people made it the first headline. The strange thing is despite the mass killing of almost 60 people and wounding of another 500 did not push the American leaders to act or even debate the gun issue. How can you allow citizens to be killed with this automatic machine guns and nothing is done. THe silence is deafening. The so called Republicans do not care how many people have to die like this. The fun lobby owns the politicians. Very strange and sad.
  13. Hollacholac, this was too close to home peaceful Canada woke to a shock of another loser . So far the local police charged him of four counts of et tempt murder . No terrorist charged layer yet. My early assumption is the loser might have been drank or impaired when he hit the police officer. We have to wait for authority to do their full investigations. The police always go by the book unlike politicians. The biggest problem was we had to endure the constant talk of this senseless crime. He happened to be one those who claim to be shariifs those fraudsters who claim to be ehlul bet .
  14. Viva Turkiye. He is the second or third most powerful man in Turkey. Turkey is top ten powerful army in the world. Within two years if they organize and create officers and non commissioned officers, that will be great. Let us not lose our sight. Farmaajo has to produce a time table for the exit of the African forces before the end of his term. They should build the 20, 000 soldiers. Last but not the least, they must print a national bank note.
  15. Let me say few words to the new guy Garas, Waxaanu is lahayn Lat iyo Cuze iyo magacdii Kufaarta Maka ay la bixi jireen ka bedela oo ku soo dara Soomaalihood ka . Yet, he started ridding the Red neck Somali horse.. Brother, you can not get any points by putting down other Somalis by comparing our brothers and sisters in Bay to Oromo refugees. You are from my side. The truth is the people of Bay were never refugees or people who would go to places like Mudug. In fact, it was other Somalis from Sool, Togdheer and central regions who used to settle South west in the seventies and eighties due to droughts. These people are confederate tribes and anyone can join them. That is a beautiful concept. In middle of eighties, during the national service , I was in a nice town called Wanlaweyn (Daafeed) few hundred kilometers from Baydhabo. I was lucky enough to visit once Baydhabo . During the trip from Wanlaweyn to Baydhabo, every thing seemed to be unusually tall. The camel were tall and were chased by young tall men with Afro style hair . When I reached Baydhabo Janaay, The women were tall just like the " baxarsaaf' described by the legendary singer Hassan Aadan Samatar: By the way if you happen to be Baydhabo, the local radio will be playing this song. Do not be surprised , but try to learn the language. Maakhiri1 said No clue, Have no idea what Federalism is Have hidden agenda, want to break the country apart have a clan agenda(Sidan bay noogu badisaa) Working with SOMALIS enemies, to weaken SOMALIA saaxiib, by far this is the best statements a good Somali said about the false clan federation sold to our people. You got the passion for your people and the education. I see the patience , wisdom and calmness of Che, which is like a mountain, i see the young Yoniz and his cool hotheadedness, and others like Peace Action, who have reluctance to change things. Folks, we can take our country back. After the judge condemns to death the criminal who killed, raped and pillaged the land , he should not be crying about the execution of the criminal. I will crush the clans and their agenda without shedding any tears. PeaceAction, Saaxiib I did not want to destroy them now, but in the future I will. , we either change them as they are or completely transform them. Puntland accomplished few things, but that is small for twenty years. Of course couple of presidents have changed hand, Garoowe is getting bigger, The thieves of Dubai had promised to build Bosaaso and so on. As I stated , next year will be twenty years and the budget of that whole region is 30 million a years. One wonders, what kind of top down bureaucracy or government system needed to manage a $30 million budget. Policing, education,public health, transport, and public works agencies to build badly needed infrastructure . Yet the leaders have appointed 53 ministers, deputy ministers and state ministers. None of these people will be delivering the basic service needed by the people. Each one of them is be given a $30,000 luxury car. That is the dilemma. If you take away the NGO cash cow Puntland will fold. Dubai is not only destroying Yemen, but they are reviving the old South Yemen to weaken and divide. THey want to control the Baab El man-dab water way for future trades. Every thinking man knows these thieves do not need ports, but are seeking monopoly in their own ports to stop future competition. 20 years in SOMALIA is like 30 years in the real world, because over there the time is still moving slow. You would wake up in the morning and spend half a day not doing much, have a lunch, do your Duhur prayer, take a three hour nap, wake up go to the market , pray " Casar" and you still have all the afternoon until the sun goes down. In twenty years the people and their way of life could have been transformed By destroying the pounds, you will not destroy a working bureaucracy or a memory data that would have been transferred to the next generation. I went to Borama in 2011, and when I visited the mayor's office, all a saw was a big office , a young secretary doing nothing ,but telling people when the mayor will be coming and a soldier with a gun. Imagine a city over hundred thousand people and there is no any municipal workforce, city manager, accounting office or public heath office who manages manages the day to day needs of the city. The mayor just showed up around 10:30 and after one hour he want for lunch and then to the Qat session. My friends , you will not be destroying anything, in fact , all you do is eliminate a corrupt system designed to keep the people disorganized and weak. Go visit to Kigali in Rwanda, a town built after 1994 massacre. You will be ticketed if you cross the road without right of the way, or if you throw litter to the ground. Somalis have enough excuses of blaming every thing on Siyaad Barre. He was burred almost 25 years ago, and Somalia was not the only nation that went from dictatorship to democracy or a mixed of systems. Chile was under dictator Pinochet, Argentina was under military Junta, Turkey were ruled by military and many other places, and these countries are working fine. Folks, if we are interested about building institutions or delegating of power to the local people , this is not the right or it is not working at all. AS our friend Maakhir said, it is , " Sidanay iigu badisaa" or setting up tribal homeland to challenge for power and keep the false bride . Shabeelaha Hoose has more people than the combined population of Togdheer, Sool ,Sanaag and Nugaal. The people of Puntland wanted a place to find peace and progress after the destruction of the capital by USC forces. They wanted a place no one can chase them again (meel ay aayahooda uga tashadaan), but their ambitious leaders had another agenda which was to make Puntland a ladder to reach the Somali power, thus all the resources were targeted on that agenda. Somali clan federal states will never accept fair or free election, for 25 years, not one single enclave has conducted a free election based on designated regional borders and city zones. Puntland is called, Nugaal, Bari, W.Mudug, Sool, Sanaag iyo Cayn (Buuhoodle). These are the tribal homelands of the Harti, and can not be implemented in those terms. It is just a tribal zones , but there will never be a credible institutions. They already named other clan based regions like Karkaar and Gaardafuu. The Punties are just copying from the crazy entity in the north west. Somaliland regions used to be Sool, Sanaag, Togdheer, W,Galbeed and Awdal. Today, in order to bribe the stupid tribes with their own money, they created three times more regions (Gobolo). Togdheer districs of Sheikh, Oodweyne, Caynabo and Buuhoodle are made of new "Gobolo" to bribe the tribes. Now , The district of Oodweyne is called " Gobolka Daad Madheedh" a one single town gobol. Caynabo is called " Gobolka Sarar, and Buuhoodle is called Gobolka Buuhoodle. These tribes will not get one single service, but a do nothing governor will get a landcruiser and a body gurad. These small meager of money would have dug a well or other services. The Woqoyi Galbeed region with Hargeisa as the capital were Berbera, Gabiley, Cadaadley iyo Hargeisa. Now, Bebera is Saaxil region, Gabiley, just 40 km from west of Haregeisa is Gobolka Gabiley, and in the new Salaxley district, there is " Gobolka Hawd. Hargeisa it self is called Maroodi Jeex. Can you imagine these Habro has changed two region and made them eight false regions. . They could have created counties with boundaries and taxing jurisdictions and other services, but they decided to mislead the people by telling them " gobol baan idin siinay". Folks, Somalia has went crazy in terms of governance and regional administration. Something must be done. You either keep your false entity or you for a real administration with real services to deliver. PeaceAction, I do not mean to destroy every thing, but unless we have to meet in the middle and find ways to help the people, The status quo is undermining progress and nation building. Finally you have to swallow your tribal pride and build a safe place for all Somalis to find a refuge in this world which is becoming dangerous every day. Somalis need a functioning stable state than can defend it's borders, citizens and unity while building bridges to the wider world for trade and economic growth. Tribes and enclaves can not achieve that goal only the Somali state.
  16. Yoniz, I wish I had some. I am revolutionary ,and i do not like slow moving lazy people who can not dig even small water well. On the other hand , I am totally against what is going on in Galmudug. The man explained his position on Dubai. He knew without cash and paying of the salary . he will not survive the campaign of the federal government to depose him. When I said last week that I desire the demise of the federal states as they stand now, does not mean the creating of anarchy and instability. Khayre and Farmaajo should be very careful of overthrowing elected leaders without just cause. C/kariim Guleed was deposed without cause and notice , and now Xaaf, that is illegal. He made mistakes , about openly challenging the government, but at least he was honest. Xaaf is a warlord , and Galmudug needs a tough guy who can subdue all this factions including the anarchist Ehlu Shar of Galgaduud. He is correct by threatening and using force. you can not depose a leader without a majority vote and debate inside the parliament. Few guys met in a hotel and declared that they fired their leader. If we have to change the way the current federal system is managed, it has to be a national dialogue , and political will to enforce the new replacement. In my opinion Farmaajo is replacing these guys in order to put his own people in the leadership position in order to influence the next election. What he does not understand is that is what destroyed Hassan sheikh's chances of building institutions. If you start worrying about re-election and influence pedaling, you lose on both sides. Further more. If we have to kill or eliminate the federal syatem as it is practised today, then, we shall slay first the mother of all federal regions. Hadii anyu Isla garano in aynu gawracno dawlad goboleedyada, waxa lagama maarmaan ah in aynu ka takhlusno hooyadii u horaysay ee kuwan dhashay amaba wadada u xaadhay: Puntland.. Hiiraan is broke and her feeding tube is Khayre and the federal government, South West is weak in terms of governance ,and all you have to do is eliminate Shariif Hassan; Kismaayo is under the protection of the Kikuyo, and as soon as we kick them out of Somalia does the Raascaambooni boys. If you want to send a good example of your intentions, then you must destroy Puntland. The fat man in Garoowe is out of touch. He is flying around to get some badly needed cash to crown himself again, but he has already failed the basic test. Unlike the so called educated chief of Puntland these elders just read the fine print For the thirty years, deal of Dp world, , they are not allowed to build a fishing port or any other commercial entity in 300 square kilometer. . They have given up every thing concerning their future businesses opportunities for 30 years for these Dubai project . If the ARabs make 30 million a year that could hit a billion in 30 years. The leader already cashed 15 million , and the rest will not be different than false promise of Berbera project. Next August, 2018, Puntland will be 20 years old. So far not one single city counsel is elected or a governor elected by the people of Puntland There is no credible public finances for 20 years. All we see is the motorcade of the fat leaders with red carpet after they fly from Mogadishu to Boosaaso. Folks, if the time comes to destroy these dirty pounds of Somalia,we have to star from the mother who bear these children. It does not take much. I know where to start. Wax kasta oo been lagu dhiso wuu dumaa.
  17. I do not like foreign influence but I would like to stick with those who help us in difficult times. Doing otherwise would be to bite the hand that feeds you
  18. Garas saaxiib. You could be a new kid in the block. Did you know how many threads we created last year and early this year to depose damujadiid. I was one of those who exposed their money from Qatar and so on.
  19. A Kurdish state will a hostile and dangerous entity in the Middle East. They have enough autonomy in Iraq and before the alp of turkey took power in 2002 the nationalist Kemalists never even allowed the Kurdish language. They prospered under erdogan and during the referendum which erdogan got only 51% the Kurdish southwest voted overwhelmingly to erdogan. Only recklessly nomad who hate Muslims and want to destabilize the Middle East will applaud for war. I do not want to even unswerving to the Somali land boys who can not see beyond their little project
  20. Maakhiri1 We do not like the despots that rule the Arab world but we do not want to prolong the suffering of the people. Creating a Kurdish state means importing and creating a new war that will destabilize turkey Iran and Syria. Sometimes I do not understand what some of these Somalis stand for. Do you want the demise of our dear friend turkey who saved the Somalis from the bring of famine and anarchy. The Middle East does not need the redrawing of the border by Isis or others. Eneogh Don't you guys have any decent of even considering your own interest and world peace. Do not cry for Kurds instead have some empathy for your fellow Somalis. Unless you guys are some of those who left the circle
  21. Garas is a good name. From now on will call you garas. Bear with me I hate to write on the I phone. No one is Dishouring anyone we are tribal nomads who went through war famine and anarchy. Some times the biggest threat to our own safety is our clan. You might not know but your uncle or father might have died defending hargrisa or bay Believe me if peace comes we might even intermingle more. A friend came from Borama two weeks ago and he told me that more than 10% of the population is from southern Somalia he said the city doubled in size and could be the third largest city in Somalia. Business is booming due this influx and I am delighted. I wish Borama could be the next melting pot. Finally. I do not mean to put you down but more popolation growth in puntland should be good. And if the bay guys elect one or two members of parliament it is even better.
  22. You probably a young man who resides in the diaspora. yet you seem to ignore the basic rights of the Somali citizens. We ,the diaspora have left our homes (Somalia) as refugees and settled many countries around the world. We became citizens, and some of us even elected as parliamentarians to serve the new communities. Now. this guy--Ilat, where you kids get these names any way--thinks Somalis who left their homes during the war and drought ,do not have the right to vote or settle any place they like. They do not need to go back , they are within their rights to settle Hiiraan, Gaalkacayo or Boosaaso. After many years of repeating lies, you probably believe that every land of the country belong to certain clans. In the sixties during the democratic years, Puntland politicians were elected in Hiiraan, Kismaayo and Mogadishu. Reer Baidoa, will be elected from Mogadishu, Boosaaso and Borama. That is the future of democracy and legitimate presentation.
  23. Those of us who hail from the North should work hard to take the power from these southern elite who do not know culture, history or the " Sooyaalkii Soomalida". By far Marwo Fowsiya could do more than the southern presidents of the last 16 years. Somalia la sheegayaba waa inaga. Niman beeso raadinaya qaran ma dhisi karaan.