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On 7/7/2021 at 3:33 PM, AbdillahiSamatar said:In the west if this episode had happened to them they would be writing books about it, making documentaries, and trying to find out why something like this happened to begin with. They would not be satisfied until an answer was found. Of course the west would not allow the episode to reach such a boiling point to begin with. As each step of the way allows for an opportunity to fix the issue at hand. And Somalis as a whole failed to fix the issues at hand at every step of the way. So what is at the root of this problem that cannot seem to find a solution? I
The west had its fair share of conflict and went through nearly 1000 years of conflict and disputes between rulers and fiefdoms in the medieval times often referred to as the ‘Dark Ages’.
One of the solutions that has worked for the west in limiting powerful tyranny and introduced the rule of law was the ‘Magna Charta’, which in many ways pointed the way to the emergence of parliamentary government and the ‘trias politica’, on which modern Nation states and governance are modeled after. It worked perfectly for the west, and for many other countries to emulate this model but it hasn’t worked quite well for Somali’s, and the reason is not because we don’t have a code, but on the contrary it hasn’t worked well for us, because we had a very strong cultural code or contract that we simply tried to bury and reinvent ourselves which didn’t work, as our culture is not easily changeable overnight.
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On 7/8/2021 at 1:11 PM, AbdillahiSamatar said:We have no code system of what a Somali does and does not do. Clans are not much of a challenge if Somali culture produces a code system where we understand what it means to be Somalis. I propose that this code be based on logic and not emotions.
Somali’s did have a form of a social contract or ‘code’ that established how people live together in society, and how one behaved towards another and these codes (Xeer) often formed the basis upon which traditional elders (Saladiin) governed and regulated communal life and interaction, based on moral principles as seeking consensus and solutions (Xal), and even selection of those whose wisdom one sought was based on proper representative selection (Xul). When two parties had a dispute third parties not involved in the conflict would often send an diplomatic mission to mediate between warring parties (Ergo), and in the Somali social contract refusing their mediation was considered a deadly sin, ‘Ergo diid wa nabad diid’.
Unfortunately the Somali social contract which was practised by Somali’s for thousands of years, became an unintentional victim of the drive to modernize, emulate others and mimic a modern Nation State. None of it has been incooperated in the adopted modern governance framework, we adopted a trias politica that was developed by others and was a good solutions for those who saw it as a solution in their context, their background and for their problems. And we must admit that this modern governance and legal model hasn’t quite worked well for the Somali people, and we need to ask our selves what does work for us, what has worked in the past and how we could make things work in the future.
i am not an expert in Somali traditions and culture, and hopefully some who have more knowledge on this subject can further shed light on Somali traditional governance and codes that regulated communal life. Maybe then we can enlighten ourselves further on how some of this could be used in the modern urbanized life and the modern Nation State, I am sure we can still adopt and adapt It to make it fit and workable for the Somali’s.
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Police officers should carry in normal and standard environments less harmful weapons like handguns rather then AK47, the average size of AK47 ammo is 3x bigger then standard police used handguns and are far deadlier.
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19 hours ago, Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar said:Another nin daad qaaday xunbo cuskay from a well-known, anti-Soomaaliya mercenary.
Anyway, ninka loo doortay guddoomiyaha Guddiga Hirgelinta Doorashooyinka Soomaaliya was voted in by some of people who were appointed by Farmaajo's opponents.
Also, none of the other points mentioned in the article proof or substantiate rigging of (s)elections in anyone’s favor. Or that the agreed mechanism are being controlled or dominated by a specific actor, in fact the process and outcome so far shows sings of increasing multiplicity and pluriformity compared with earlier (s)elections process.
Nevertheless, without universal suffrage through one man one vote, citizens will never feel ownership or responsible for the outcome of this indirect process nor will the selected leaders feel direct accountability towards citizens. Matt Brydens critique should have been voiced years earlier when there was still time and opportunity to organise a proper election process.
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Its called a ‘war economy’, and it’s far bigger then the Hospitality sector alone, think of the security sector, airlines, banks, telecommunication, energy, etc. They all charge extortive prices profiting from the lawlessness, and insecurity, which prevents Somalia from the transitional to a peace economy.
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1 Luulyo tends to have double-edged consequences for the Former Italian-Somalia and British Somaliland.
On the hand it was a joyous and and victorious historic moment for the former Italian-Somalia to gain independence from Italy’s colonial rule, which did come with an enormous struggle and cost as Italy was resistent to give Somalia it’s hard earned independence, and one was waiting, hoping and preparing for this moment and the birth of this new independent country, for more then a decade.
On the other hand for the former British-Somaliland 1da Luulyo ignites certain antagonistic associations, as it joined with Somalia without much thinking through of pre-conditions and preparation of how the State structures of the new Nation would look like, and neither om how the expectations, the political systems l, the political cultures could merge or be harmonized. Which led to immediately to regret buying in or joining the new State, and leading a majority of the people in the former-Northern Somalia rejecting the constitution in the referendum of 1961.
Irrelevant of the feelings or consequences that followed 1da Luulyo, it is historically an turning point for all Somali’s, even for those in the other Somali regions and neighboring countries of Ethiopia and Kenya the new Somali State created certain associations.
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The 1976 TPLF Manifesto TPLF’s “Republic of Greater Tigray” – news of abyssinia
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By: Article by Dereje Tariku. The Tigray People Liberation Front, TPLF had published their organization’s manifesto in February...Be careful what you wish for, according to some theories the Tigray have ambitions to annex the Afar regions in Ethiopia, Eritrea up to Djibouti, and getting access to the sea through Asab, making them effectively the new neighbours of the Somali nation.
Ethiopia seems quite complex to understand. At this kind of moments I wish our friend and Ethiopian expert Abtigiis was around to give us an analysis of the context and background.
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On 7/2/2021 at 9:51 AM, Xaaji Xunjuf said:This all fake nationalism non of the koonfurians believe in this nationalism. If doing niiko with the blue flag is nationalism it doesn't make sens. Besides Somalia isn't independent its under the UN trusteeship and under physical Ugandan amisom colonisation when these 2 leave people can celebrate. There is no point to imitate previous generations in independence celebrations. Because there is non.
The sentiment that you are observing here is called nostalgia (which comes from the Greek word for ‘homecoming’), it’s a feeling of romanticizing or yearning fo the ‘good old days’, and it can be a very powerful feeling, specially when people have major disruptions and uncertainties, and anxieties in their lives, the more they tend to nostalgically long for the past that they associate with being happy.
What make this most dangerous is when politicians use this sentiment of an idealized past to provoke the social and cultural anxieties and uncertainties that make nostalgia especially attractive for purposes of manipulation or as defense mechanism to shade or cloak from people the current or historical facts, specially when people are at they’re most vulnerable.
Studies have shown that events, dates, symbols, places and even music can trigger this feeling with people. Hence why some politicians tend to use and create a big fuzz more about certain events, symbols like flags and statues, places/locations, music, etc.
It’s a tool Farmaajo has effectively mastered and utilized to rally very loyal supporters here, cloaking how empty his politics actually is.
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I am not sure if we should take the Tigray call independence serieus, but see it rather as leverage in negotiations with the central authority. For the Tigray have enormous economic and financial interest in Addis Abeba and other regions, they loose everything if they succeeded?
Second the state would not be viable, as it’s land locked with two of the three neighbors being hostile to this region, and it doesn’t even direct road connections to Sudan!
Third, the Political historical narrative of the Tigray and Amharas has always been about ruling Ethiopia and being the dominant party in a multinational country that Ethiopia is.
Yes, the Tigray are a resilient and resourceful folk that have survived in the most harshest region with an inhospitable climate, and have faced the most challenging of odds against them, occupation, famine, foreign invasion, etc, but in all of these cases they either had access and influence in Ethiopia with other tribes or in Eritrea with access to the sea and a brotherly clan they shared fates with. But none of this is the case.
I am sure they will start to negotiate once the Amhara and Oromo’s political temporary alliance forged by Abiy and co starts to deteriorate.
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Khadafi,
I concur with your analysis on the sociological affects that were underlying to the loss of social identity, which gave rise or rather space for propagation of extremist ideologies. But as the case with complex issues, the religious suppression is just one factor of a multitude of factors that are underlying for the social polarization and inflation of the social contract.
Another factor which might further explain loss of the social contract and people seeking refuge in extremist Ideologies and groups, is the socio-economic inequality and economic marginalization experienced by many groups and smaller or less influential clans. Many smaller clans in Somalia have been severely marginalized after the state collapse. Take for example some of the agricultural communities that belonged to more marginalized clans, whose land were taken by larger clans that were not even traditional settled agriculturalists but with no central authority to prevent them from taking land by force, and sometimes even land grap took place through state power for private use by representatives of the state. Pushing these communities who often have no own militias, nor political and state influence, neither access to a lot remittances flowing in from the diaspora, or access to donors and NGO’s, could potentially find refuge in extremist groups who they perceive to be economically more equitable and economically more inclusive then the formal state.
Let us continue to dissect the issue to fully comprehend the full nature of the problem and various factors of influence. I am sure there are a couple more factors giving the issue its complex nature and the challenges and impossibilities of resolving it over the last decades or so. let us think of other probable relevant factors of influence here.
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2 hours ago, Xaaji Xunjuf said:TPLF EPLF is same people tigrigna people same people different rebel groups. Same cause in the end. Just different paths. But they have the same fighting spirits shabia and woyane. Wa ummad hadafkoodu mid yahay.
Xaaji, hadafkoodu haduu noqday mid ee cadowad ku abuurteen oo qowmiyadihii Ethiopia maanta ciil u qabaan, iskugu tageen, ganacsi goodi ku bur burtay. Ka waran mexee faideyn?
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Gen Tsadkan Gebretensae: Ethiopia's Tigray rebel mastermind
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A former army general is leading the war against the Ethiopian government.
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For Ethiopia to become a democratic, multinational country its essential to have federalist parties. So in that regard it only made sense for the EPRDF to transform in to a unified party (the Prosperity Party) and as this party is one that is centralizing Ethiopia further. But it would have been wise and it still might be possible to provide some political space for a counter party to form that provides pathways for those that are advocating for greater devolution, self-administration or autonomy of the regions, and at the same time this would have forced all those ‘ethnic’ oriented parties to come together at federal level and form coherent policies, to get a seat seat at the ‘national table’, something which would have been far more challenging to achieve for those with ‘ethnic’ or ‘regionalist’ oriented ideologies then the ‘centrist’ party block. And this Preventing any extreme position such as has happened now with the Tigray and their wish for independence and other other opposition parties that now feel disenfranchised. Imagine all those who were watching dreams for genuine self-rule slip away before real freedom is tasted—especially after having only recently escaped the TPLF’s choke, to be only replaced by the P&P.
But that opportunity was not offered by Abiy and co, forcing TPLF and other like minded regional ‘peripheral’ parties to boycot his elections and to extreme position.One thing that we have to realize, also in the Somali context, is that political ideas and ideologies don’t just die nor can they vanish with suppression only, without offering genuine alternative pathways, even if it’s sometimes just for the surface and for cosmetics than genuine reality. This is something that one can learn from the TPLF, they been doing this for three decades with their version of ‘federalism’ in name only which in reality was a brutal democratic centralism under the banner of so called ethnic federalism.
There are options and there are examples of different state forms that both accommodate centrist and federalist, and also many examples where ‘ethnic’ border issue have been resolved through some sort of consensus accommodating different sides.
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Xaaji, it’s frankly quite sad to see Ethiopia edging towards civil war. It’s not in the interest of Somali’s to witness our largest neighbor Ethiopia becoming a conflict or killing zone for any of its tribes. We must hope that Ethiopians return to the dialogue table and somehow come to a mutual understanding. And it’s becoming more clear that Abiy’s becoming part of the problem rather the the solution. Having said that, the authoritarian tendencies that we are witnessing and the brute force of the National Army against a tribe or region is not new to Ethiopia, and it’s roots have been laid long before Abiy came to scene, and he is using the same futile and destructive brute politics he has learned from the previous regimes that have laid the seed of the cycle we are witnessing today. And many have hoped that he would able to break that vicious cycle.
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3 hours ago, Khadafi said:I intended not the post to become a religous debate. Apopthis, I thought you were an atheist and know your engaging in islamic jurisprudence.. I guess your tribal tentacles went bananas when you heard umul and shibili!
I think a valid point we can dissect from here is that, one can’t completely return to the religious practices of the past, as some of that like ‘intercession’ would be considered by many Somali’s today as wrong or even ‘kufri’, as Apopthis stated.
I think that is a valid point, how would you respond to that, Khadafi? And how would this fit in with your suggested direction of returning to Sufism?
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Seems PM Abiy is trying to escape responsibility here which is not a good sign for what is to come. Eventually Tigray, Amhara and Ethiopia will come to the negotiating table, but it seems that Abiy has no plans to be part of that, as he is moving the goal post further away even after loosing his plot in Tigray.
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Khadafi,
Thanks for this interesting piece, and if I may try to summarize your thesis here is that systematic repression of original Somali religious identity(Sufism) and oppression of the Somali Islamic scholars has led to a confused or loss of social identity, which in turned opened up the space or conditions for many to seek solace and propagate externally constructed and applied extremist ideologies. Does this summarize and capture your thesis to an extend?
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The sustained presence of the foreign troops isn’t because there is lack of Somali soldiers or lack of guns win Somalia, but Somali’s are lacking societal trust among themselves which is the most fundamental basis for any institutions(e.g. army, police) to be able to function.
And to build trust you need honesty, integrity and consistency, and despite the whole world witnessing our tragedies for the last 30 years, we still remain in denial and can’t even acknowledge the most basic historical facts while nowadays we have access to all the information and knowledge that is out there. how can you decide on a path for the future, if one can’t even digest the events of the past. See the above nonsense that Galbeedi has written here, proving we have a long path to go.
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On 6/28/2021 at 8:47 AM, galbeedi said:Khadaafi,
It is a good article with a lot of eye opening issues. As you mentioned the Taliban never hurt anyone beyond its border. While Al-shabaab was bombing Nairobi, Kampala and threaten the horn of Africa, the Taliban remained a home grown movement hell bent on removing foreign troops.
Since Al-shabaab has pledged alligence to international terrorists like Al-Qarda, I don't see them succeeding or even changing tactics. Also unlike Taliban, they are beholden to the gulf backward sect called Wahabi. At the moment, what is sustaining them is the Mogadishu business community, the foreign intelligence and the corruptions of Somali government in terms adjudicating small claim courts and other issues. Yet, the biggest money maker for Al=shabaab is what I call the ' Hotel Cartel'.I will write about them soon.
Certainly Farmaajo made some mistakes in terms of his dealings with the regional leadership. He spend a great deal of resources and time to crown loyal men in position of leadership in the regions which might even backfire at the end. It is an oxymoron to have a friend in regional presidents, all you need to have is a working relationship. Yet, after seeing the gathering of the storm from the gulf and others, Farmaajo tried to keep the same team and achieve something before time runs out.
When you see the coalition that formed from the separatist elements, UAE, Djibouti and others, Farmaajo might have thought to defeat them for the greater good. Who knows.
As your earlier articles , you always mention about the failure of Siyad Barre to leave the nation before its collapse, but the biggest reasons of the anarchy that flowed was the dismantling of the national army. In Ethiopia, the army was intact despite rebels taking over the capital. In Somalia the tribal rebels dismantled the army.
Some of us believe that despite its religious connotations, Al-shabaab is still controlled and deployed by certain clan interests. Why is Al-shabaab still very active in Mudug despite the presence of huge armed tribal militia and Galmudug forces? When Farmaajo was elected, some of have asked him to do the minimal thing of building the army and securing the capital. Who ever becomes a leader must do something serious about this town .
The next leader , whether it is Farmaajo or anyone else must start the withdrawal of the Amisom forces.The Turkey trained forces are winning without even heavy weapons. He must work on lifting the arms embargo and Somalia could defeat Al-shabaab.
Finally, I do not believe the UN to be capable or willing to move the country to self rule. Just look at the last fake dispute that almost created a civil war. It was a quarrel among six or seven men. now, the process is getting bigger by the day.
Where in the world you would have more referees than the actual players?
L last week the prime minister released the names of the election commissions and other conflict resolution appointees.In total they were 124. . the federal elections commission members were 24 plus another 21 for conflict resolutions. Add that 11 from each region for commission and another six for conflict resolutions.Another 17 from Somaliland and similar number for Banaadir.
In the real world arbitrators and judges usually are three, five or maximum nine. Make them 11 if you wish. Why would the UN allow such kind of travesty? Who is advising these people to appoint over a hundred judges. That is the UN. Soon they will be put in one of these hotels, Halane or some where else and the premier and his men will make millions on these judges who are almost half of the parliament. In fact, a wise man told me that this thing could be dragged until December or even next year just to milk these meetings. The UN and others are happy paying millions for 124 new judges.
Finally, as many in here, you are very suspicious of Abiy and his moves to keep the old Ethiopia. No one wants Amhara hegemony , yet Abiy Ahmed is also dismantling the old guard of both Amhara and TPLf grip on power. In Addis Ababa, for the first time, a Somali person was elected as a member of parliament and two other Somalis are running for city counsel seats, and the last time I checked, they were both leading. Despite Abiy's his future plans, I don't understand why some Somalis are nostalgic about the evil TPLF. You can not imagine how many Muslim women with head scarfes joining the next parliament. We have to careful for what we wish.
If Turkey stands by us and the west lifts the weapons embargo, we might actually defeat Al-shabaab. Most of all , we need the collaborations of Kenya and Ethiopia. Lastly, the real battle is ahead which is even bigger than Al-shabaab, The Mogadishu business oligarchs and hotel cartels
I seriously recommend that you do try to update yourself on the current and past realities in Somalia, cause what you have written here sir, is the biggest load of nonsense I have read on SOL in the past decade or so.
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On 6/19/2021 at 9:17 PM, Holac said:Somalia needs no-president president to move forward.
Don’t tell us only a dictator can bring order with a military hard hand and violence because Somali’s are savages?
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12 hours ago, Tallaabo said:President Muuse Biixi is a legitimate leader elected democratically by his own people in a free election witnessed by the international community. So yes Muuse is a dawlad unlike the baboons in Mogadishu who cannot survive a day without the aid of a foreign muscle or money.
Nobody is questioning that, and even those you are calling baboons do send their congratulatory wishes to Somalilands elected winners and leaders.
But there is a big elephant in the room that one has been ignoring for a while now, and it’s quite unfortunate that others from outside of this region are pointing again and again to that elephant in the room, while the elected leaders and even Parliamentarians are not addressing the obvious. Shame really, irrelevant of the rhetoric defenses one showcases the elephant remains in the room.
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On 6/28/2021 at 1:08 AM, Che -Guevara said:The state's existence is that fragile?
The state and peace are not that fragile, but the social contract and political narrative are, as these kids love to poke fun at every now and then with any simple blue fabric at hand, wether it’s through a blue kastuumo or blue bedsheets.
Even if one tries to ignore these kids and then their blue linnen, one still can’t ignore the fact that Buhoodle, Boocame, Badhan, Dhahar and Las Qoray are not fully part and parcel of the state nor are their controlled by Somalilands government, which constitute 5 of the 23 electoral districts in Somaliland. Neither do the constituencies from these region fully participate in Somalilands political life, governance and elections. Something none of the Borama, Hargeisa or Buroa elites really care about, except for few kids that sometimes showcase or poke fun at the narrative’s fragility, weather through social online or through showcasing blue Kastuumo’s.
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On 6/15/2021 at 1:37 PM, Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar said:The elusive Fahad Yaasiin Xaaji - and mucaaradka bogeyman - asked your question 17 years ago in Juun, 2004:
YAA MADAXWEYNE KU HABOON
Su’aasha muhimka ah waxay tahay. Maanta baahida ay Soomaali qabto marka laga hadlayo sidee dowlad-nimo loo helaa? Ma’in dhaqaale loo raadiyaa? Si dalka iyo dadkaba loo nooleeyo? Taas waa maya, oo Soomaalidu dhibta haysata, dhaqaale xumi ma’ahan, marka xagga Gacanasiga laga fiiriyo, Soomaalida weyba ku firfircoon yihiin, inta hadda ka khaldanna haddii dowlad loo helo wey u sii hagaagi lahayd. Ma nabad galyo la’aan oo kaliyaa? Taasna waa may, maxaa yeelay dadka nabad la’aanta noo horseeda waa hogaanka aan anagu usacbinno, marka dhibta inagaa isu keenay ee Qab-qable nooma keenin. Markii aan baarintaan cilmiyeysan ku samaynay qodobkan waxaa noo soo baxday jawaabtan biyo kama dhibcaanka ah.
Soomaali maanta waxay u baahantahay hogaamiye leh tilmaamihii hogaaneed oo noqon kara ninkii maanta Soomaali badbaadin lahaa. Firkadan waxaa saldhig u ah. Soomaali dhibta ku dhacday iyadaa gacmaheeda ku kasbatay. Beel kasta oo Soomaaliyeed waxaa hogaamiya ninkii ugu itaal-yaraa. Haddey tahay aqoonta. Haddey tahay shakhsiyadda. Haddey tahay Siyaasadda. Hadey tahay nabad raadinta. Haddey tahay hormarinta bulshada. Iyo haddey tahay u qalmid hogaamineed. Ceebtu waxay sii laba jibaar-matay markii la’arkay Profesar Soomaaliyeed oo gacanyare u ah Qabqable dagaal, waliba afmugii ku leh isagoo miyir qaba. Ninkan waan ogahay inuu jaahil yahay, laakiin maadaama ay R/Hebel iska soo saareen kii ugu Jaahilsanaa, waa inaan uhelnaa ninkii la xisaab-tami lahaa oo isaga ay isku luqad noqon lahaayeen. Isweydiintu waxay tahay, hadduuba isagu qabiil kale uga dayanayo xumaanta! Muu isagu nin fiican soo doorto si beelaha kale ay ugu daydaan. Waxaan filayaa inaad baraha Internet-ka inaad ku aragtay nin magaciisa laga hormarinayo Profesar, kadibna jagada uu ku magacaaban-yahay ay tahay Afhayeenka Hogaamiye hebel.
Waxaad arkeysaa Wadaad magac ku dhex leh bulshada, oo u taagan inuu jago u raadiyo Dagaal-ooge ay isku beel yihiin. Markaad si hoose ula sheekaysatana, wuxuu ku leeyahay. Waan ogahay inuusan ninkan diinta ku fiicneyn, laakiin waa nin adag oo kuwa kale oo isagoo kala ah cadkiisa ka goosan karo, ama wuxuuba ku dhihi isagoo hadalkiisa inuu diimeeyo raba. Ma’ogtahay sheekhoow dhiigga in ilaaliyo ayaa muhim ah, ninkii rabo dowlada haqabsadee wax un aan helno. Wuxuusan ku baraarug-sanayn in taladiisan aysan ahayn mid saxsan, hadana uu qayb kayahay wax sii burburinta, isagoo waliba si ku talagal ah ugalaya. Wadaadka kale ee kaas caksiga ku ahna wuxuu qabaa fikradan. Sheekhoow Siyaasad lama dhex galo, waa golo sheeydaan, waxan waxba haku darsan, dantaada iyo diintaada ilaasho. Laakiin nasiib darro waxaad arkeysaa isagoo hadana Siyaasaddii ku dhex jira oo leh: Kaasi waa Gaal. Kaasi waa Mujrim. Waxay ahayd inuu marka hore ka qayb qaato sidii uu dalka ugu dhiibi lahaa hogaan muslim ah oo diinta iyo dalkaba aan cadow ku ahayn, taariikhdusana aysan madoobeyn.
Ganacsadihii Soomaaliyeed markii dowladda la burburinayeyna qayb weyn buu ka qatay, iyagoo islahaa haddii M/S/Barre dalka ka tago ganacsi furan baad heli doontaan, laakiin sirixkii baa dib iyaga ugu soo laabtay. Hadana waxaa marqaati madoonto ah in Dagaal-ooguhu uusan dhaqaale ka fakarin, illeen wuxuu ogyahay in ganacsatada beeshiisa ah ay hiil iyo hooba la garab taagan yihiin. Inta badan tujaarta Soomaalida dhaqaalaha ay bixiyaan kan ugu niyad wanaasan ayaa lacagta usiiye Qab-qablaha isagoo u niyoonaya Sadaqo ama qaaraan toleed.
Qofkasta waajib diini ah iyo mid wadani ah ayaa ka saaran inuu raadiyo ninkuu isleeyahay maanta Madaxweyne ayuu ku haboon-yahay. Mahadaad diyaar u tahay inaad mar walba tijaabo gasho? Ama aad u sacbiso nimaad ku ogtahay khayr darro? Adigoo isleh wax un hadhismaan. Taasi talo nin garaad lihi ma’ahan, ee bal aan isla goob-goobno ninkaan ka dhigan-lahayn Madaxweynaha.
Maqaallada soo socda waxaan ku falanqayn doonno ragga maanta urashaxan jagada Madaxti-nimada Soomaaliya, ee shirka Nairobi ka socda doonaya inuu dhamaado isagoo Madaxweyne laga dhigay. Wuxuuna noqon doonaa qoraal furan oo soconaya inta ay uu ka dhamaanayo shirka Kenya.
Maqaalkan kan xiga qof qof ayaan usoo qaadan doonnaa ragga ugu cad-cad jagada madaxti-nimada dalkaaga.
Ilaahay ka bari inay Soomaali hesho ninkii Taariikhda gali lahaa, oo loo soo xusuusan lahaa sidii Asaasa-yaashii S.Y.L. iyo raggii maalin Soomaali wax u taray.
The article analyses how Somali’s select the wrong leaders, but still doesn’t mention any concrete skill, capability or criteria for that matter. As often the case it repeats generic statements like, ‘ninkii Somali badbaadin lahaa’, whatever that means.
lets try to dig a bit deeper, with a few simple questions we needs to ask ourselves;
1) Does Somalia need someone who is living abroad/diaspora or someone who has lived, worked and has familiarized himself with the country, for at-least the past decade or so?
2) Does Somalia need someone with diplomatic and mediation skills, who can bring together different parties and build bridges and narrow the political polarization?
3) How about experience with International and multilateral organizations?
4) And are management capabilities a must, or is that something that is required from the Prime Minister?
5) Does one need governance experience, or at-least Understanding how bureaucracies work?
6) Does the President need to inspire and motivate people?
7) Does he need to be a political neutral figure that can stay above the parties, or hardened politician who knows the ropes of the political dirty work?
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With the large number of candidates campaigning to become Somalia’s next president, it can be difficult to distinguish various candidates from one another. So lets try to create and agree on a profile for the right Presidential candidate, maybe then finding the right person becomes easier me
So what do you think should the core qualities, capabilities, capacities and skills that the ideal candidate he/she should have?
Somalis are not good people.
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The traditional governance system or Xeer system was disrupted by colonialism through the imposition of artificial local, regional and National boundaries, European judicial systems and centralised governance.
Add to the transformation from a rural to urban economy, leading to increased urbanisation and emergence of an urban elite, leading to marginalisation of the rural population, and further enforcing collusion between the urbanized political elites and the strategic interests of external actors, who both want a modern, centralised judicial and governance system.
Xeer system was quite strong, and it’s still influencing much of communal rural and pastoral life, while in many other African countries there are no traces left of their traditional and pre-colonial systems.