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  7. Posted

    Mr. President, today’s average Somali eye lens is High Definition (HD);

    which can easily detect partisan politics from any distance short or long. The

    glare has ended with the transition. Somalia’s High Definition eagle eyes

    demand anew vision.

    Dr. Mohamed Osman

    Somalia Watch

    London, UK

    Offices: Dubai, Mogadishu, Nairobi

    somwatch@googlemail.com

    Citations:

    S/2012/545 Eritrea report of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and

    Eritrea ...

    S/2012/544 Somalia report of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and

    Eritrea

    Sep 28, 2012 – 6 WFP Annual Performance Reports 2006–2011. Rome. 7

    United Nations Monitoring Group (UNMG) on Somalia. 2010. Report of the

    United

    http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/

    Mogadishu: Has It Restored Its Image as the Nation’s Capital? -Buri M.

    Hamza

    The Selection of a Prime Minister: A “Window” to the New President? -

    Mohamed Keynan

    Recognition:

    Officials from Mogadishu Port

    Staff members – Office of the President and Office of the Prime Minister

    District Commissioner/s – Mogadishu

    Staff from Community Dialogue Centre (CCD) – Mogadishu

    Immigration and Naturalization office – Mogadishu

    Nairobi Embassy Staff

    UAE Embassy Staff

    Former SAACID employees

    Members of Somali Parliament

    P.S: A full report on the Gray List will be released in this summer.

  8. Posted

    of President Hassan as an accidental President, said by former

    deputy Speaker of Parliament. SHAME!

    Some of these individual’s corrupt practices pose significant challenge to

    rebuilding a functioning Somali state and institutions. They mastered how to

    bribe nascent authorities by providing corruption monies to get their

    businesses advanced. Corruption impedes our government’s image; trust in

    its institutions and prevent developing direct bilateral relations for our most

    needed future developments. Successive United Nations reports named

    majority of these individuals actions and tight grip on Somali economy and

    people.

    The newly elected President has a political and moral responsibility to deal

    this recurring national fiasco caused by a few. President Hassan’s election

    came with a heavy responsibility both in perception and practical. How this

    responsibility is managed will be paramount to the President’s success.

    Concerted effort is required, on the part of the President to tighten the

    loopholes and demand accountability from WFP programme managers to

    customs officials dealing with these businesses on a daily basis. Also, by not

    distancing himself individuals in the Gray List known for their shoddy

    rundown characters may jeopardize Somali people’s acceptance of any

    policies formulated or decisions made under the influence of this highly

    partisan harmful environment. Their bad influence on the President is

    attributed to President’s recent tumultuous uproarious comments on a major

    policy items and the choices made on officio selection processes. Somali

    people are tired of nepotism, favouritism and selfish partisan politics.

    John Adams, US President: Surround yourself with people who are willing

    to be brutally honest with you. You will not grow as a leader if your peers

    and subordinates simply tell you what they think you want to hear.

    Winston Churchill: A sure sign of a weak leader is one who surrounds

    himself with "yes" men. Once you find those willing to tell you the truth,

    learn how to listen. "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;

    courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

    Selectively, and the President’s own making the name calling had begun.

    When asked people the crust of their disappointment most laid blame on the

    type of treatment received (protocol) from the kind of people, the President

    chose to surround himself

  9. Posted

    10. Asha Hagi Elmi (Somali and Kenyan National): Mrs Elmi, is

    the wife of the Prime Minister Mr. Saacid. Asha is very ambitious and

    a ruthless organizer. Staff in the Prime Ministry called her the IRON

    lady. Asha also is a close confident of Khadija Osoble. She is alleged to

    be steer-wheeling both the Prime Ministry and the Presidency from

    her one room office/residency, and to extend her influence on policy

    formation and strategic decision-making role. Asha recruited Kamal

    Gutale, President’s unsuspecting young Chief of Staff to inform and

    update Auntie Asha all activities before any major policy item is

    advanced. Knowing her husband’s weakness on the job performance.

    She regularly meets foreign Ambassadors, Cabinet Ministers and

    International NGOs at her home. Asha’s unwarranted interventionism

    has alienated knowledgeable policy advisors, Prime Minister’s political

    Aides and others who voluntarily joined to support the Prime Ministry.

    It is clear Asha’s twists are bottlenecking government offices and

    agencies.

    11. Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir (Somali and Kenyan National):

    Former President of Africa Muslim Agency. The Africa Muslim Agency

    raised Millions of Dollars to help and support the poor in Somalia. The

    big question is: were all the funds used for its purpose? Mr. Farah is

    alleged shifting aid money to the political campaign. He was also the

    master mind behind Qatar Charity money used for the campaign. It is

    alleged to be $5 million dollars. Continually, Mr. Farah boasts

    excessive pride and achievements by being everything to the President

    and Somalia. He claims handling very sensitive files such a

    Turkish/Somalia file, IGAD file, Jubba regions file, Arab and Somalia

    relations file and so on. Very clannish man who holds animosity on

    certain clans including President’s own. Accusing them not

    participating of what he called the long Struggle for the liberation of

    Mogadishu against the Ethiopian invasion. Mr. Farah acts as if he is the

    Prime Minister of the country. He is involved every ministry’s

    operations and activities. Specially, Interior, Foreign and Finance

    Ministries. It is shame that a junior minister without the required

    prerequisite involve himself every level of the government decisionmaking processes. When I see President’s hands off approach on

    Farah’s manipulation and corruption; it crystallizes my opinion

  10. Posted

    (UAE). Dubai is home to the headquarters of Somalia’s mainstay

    businesses like Hawala, Airline Companies, Telecom, Export and

    Import. Many Diaspora communities made home Dubai too. Just to be

    close to Somalia. Thus, making UAE a vital country to our success

    side. Sadly, our diplomatic representative is being investigated under

    UNMG investigation for corruption related charges. He is involved in

    the passport-making scandal, SKA Aden Adde Airport contract scandal,

    Saracen Mogadishu operations including contract for a new hospital

    paid by UAE and so on. Amb Shiikhey was also involved in the deal

    making of a large multiple consignments of cash monies sent to

    Somalia.

    To redeem Somalia’s tarnished name in the UAE. It is a high time to

    account Amb Shiikhey. And by the way, he deploys same tactics as

    that of his counterpart Amb Americo by dishonestly befriending host

    nations foreign ministry. SHAME!

    9. Hagi Muse Dhiblawe(Somali, South African and Canadian

    National): Hagi Muse is a close relative and confident of President

    Hassan; so he claims. Last week, I met Hagi Muse in a restaurant at

    Lido beach enquiring him about allegations made by Gen. Indhacadde

    and others. Hagi Muse was alleged using a fake documents, to steal

    government owned land; claiming that his South Africa based

    Construction Company will build school and centre for the Youth. He

    brought with him a Turkish man claiming to be his business partner.

    The contract is worth $8 million dollars. Gen Indhacadde named in his

    allegation against Hagi Muse, the leadership of Nile Organization’s a

    Turkish NGO, Mr. Bilal and Mr. Murat to be involved in the scheme.

    Hagi Muse also without proper tender and due process expropriated all

    the Petrol Stations in Mogadishu. These stations belong to the Somali

    Petrol Agency (Wakaaladda Betroolka Soomaaliyeed). Today, all the

    GAS stations are posted Hagi’s sign “TURK SOMA’’. These illegal

    acquisitions of nation’s properties must be stopped. In my search I

    also found out that Mr. Hagi Muse was arrested and deported from

    Gabon for a corruption related charges. It is a time to stop Hagi

    Muse’s naked ambition on government’s land and properties. SHAME!

    Two more political pundits are ill-fitted to the little progress made

    thus far.

  11. Posted

    because of his hawkish anti-tax stance the largest port in Somalia –

    Mogadishu Port; which has more traffic than Berbera and Bosaaso

    ports; the central government earn much less by comparison. During

    Siyad Barre regime revenue collected from Mogadishu port serviced

    80% of government’s expenditure and services. Today, business

    people in Mogadishu are getting far richer than their counterparts

    inside Somalia and the region. To his dark cleverness, he organized

    first business group meeting between the President and the Mogadishu

    based Business Community. They paid wobbly $1.2 million dollar

    welcome gift to the new President. It is an old Somali adage: Af wax

    cunaaxishood. Mr. Gabeyre’s anti-tax stand is hurting the Somali

    Government’s ability to pay its bills. SHAME

    6. Amb Mohamed Ali Americo (Somali and Canadian National): A

    senior diplomat based in Nairobi told me: Somalia will not get the

    respect nor the recognition and the cooperation of Nairobi based

    international community as long as Amb Mohamed’s actions are

    tolerated by successive Somali governments. Amb Americo is alleged

    looting and diverting consignments of Food Aid donated to hungry

    Somali people and selling daylight in Mombasa and other Kenyan

    Markets. Secondly, charging exorbitant fees (thousands of Kenyan

    Shillings)for the one paper document issued to the homebound

    refugees. According to his own staff this mission generate between

    $50-$75 thousand dollars per month. This revenue is unaccounted

    and doesn’t reach Central Government treasure. This does not mean

    successive governments did not try to address this decade old shame

    but they failed. Amb Mohamed handsomely bribed Senior Kenyan

    Foreign Ministry to ignore any note verbale calling his return home. To

    boost his teetering image, Amb Mohamed, every now and then, calls

    for a knee jerk press conferences or buys dinner for the Eastligh’s

    (Islii) poor and hungry community to get their ululation on camera.

    SHAME!

    7. Abdulkadir Mohamed Eenow: (Somali and American National) -

    Please see Khadija (Item 1)……SHAME!

    8. Amb Abdulkadir Shiikhey (Somali and UK National): Somalia use

    to be the second largest trading partner with United Arab Emirates

  12. Posted

    3. Mohamed Deylaaf (Somali and Djibouti National): A businessman

    who made millions from WFP contracts. He was one of the three

    Somali businessmen who won 80 percent of WFP’s $200 million in

    transport contracts described as a “12 year-old de-facto cartel”: WFP

    investigation report. Mr.Deylaaf recently made a claim to the old

    Somali National Fuel Depot inside the port. This location due to its

    proximity to the warehouses and the loading deck was sealed and

    suspended its use then by the Siyad Barre regime under the advice of

    international experts. Mr. Deylaaf out of greed allegedly corrupted

    Farmajo Government securing contract to use the already rezoned

    former fuel depot location. He refused to listen to expertise warning

    against the danger of reopening closed pipes and location. He too get

    a support from AMISOM corrupted engineers collaborating his claim

    saying it is save to operate this dried fuel depot. SHAME!

    4. Mohamud Omar Addani (Somali and Djibouti National): The

    name Addani never ceased to amuse. Mr Mohamud is a businessman

    who shares same UNMG listing with Deylaaf, Khadijo, Amb Americo,

    Amb Shiikhey and Gaafow. Mr. Addani is a El-maanport (Ceel-macaan)

    cartel who prospered exporting Charcoal and She-goats. His charcoal

    export causes the recent debacle between President Hassan and

    Jubbaland Authorities on Kismanyo Charcoal fiasco. The charcoal

    belonged to him. It is alleged that President Hassan changed his no

    Charcoal export stance; after Mohamud Addani convinced that it was

    his loot. SHAME!

    5. Mohamud Abdi Ali, aka Gabeyre (Somali and Djibouti National):

    Gabeyre, the Chairman or as he likes to be called, the President of

    Somali Chamber of Commerce is another dilemma. He is a

    businessman who made fortune in Fuel Import and Export. He runs

    business from a looted Government owned large warehouse which

    belonged to the Ministry of Commerce and ADC. He pays no rent. Prior

    to assuming chamber position, Mr. Gabeyre was the Chair of Banadir

    Business Association. Notorious lobby group against taxes and import

    tariff payments. This man made life difficult for every Prime Minister

    and Minister of Finance by organizing anti-tax payment groups and

    businesses. He is what they called USC facaatuug. To this day and

  13. Posted

    I am in the believe, unless we Somalis call spade a spade; these unkind

    unscrupulous individuals will stole our future, if any left. The Gray List

    Include:

    1. Khadija Ali Osoble (dual national Somali/American): One needs

    to Google her name to see the damage caused by this woman and her

    husband to the name Somalia. They operate several companies in

    Mogadishu including SAACID, DEEQA and SAADEEQ. SAACID is the

    most notorious company famous for its humanitarian food aid

    diversion. Mogadishu’s 16 district commissioners are under the payroll

    of this company. They collaborate what they called Wet Kitchen

    rations. A highly sophisticated scheme meant to divert food aid from

    the weak (IDPs, Women and Children). Further, Ms. Osoble, her

    husband and her brother provide food and fuel supplies to AMISOM.

    They allegedly paid millions of dollars in kickbacks to secure contracts

    from AMISOM Military Generals with the help of former President

    Sheikh Sharif. According to AU records AMISOM logistic and Supply

    offices failed to advertise the tender and did not follow AU’s standard

    operating procedures. Ms. Osoble is currently under investigation from

    FBI and UNMG on Food diversion related activities. In the most recent

    elections; Ms Osoble spent $800K to her ex-pal’s failed candidacy Dr.

    Ali Khalif and, $1.2 million on her brother’s Presidential bid. Rich

    woman but from what source? Ms. Osoble lives very lavish style in her

    million dollar home in Nairobi. SHAME!

    2. Gen Abdullahi Gaafow Mohamud: Gen Gaafow’s futility is beyond

    mention. He is currently under UNMG investigation on corruption and

    money laundering charges. Gaafow, The Director of Immigration

    Somalia, served this post more than 35 years. His office reaches

    beyond the borders of any Somali Government. Why, because he is

    got passport printing machines everywhere! He issue passports,

    receives proceeds from passports, enters contracts, signs and issues

    cheques and, yes, pays commission to all the machine holders

    including current Minister of Information Mr. Ciilmooge, a former

    passport-making business owner. Gen Gaafow also has an income

    splitting agreement with the two embassies (Nairobi and Dubai) which

    generate most revenue. Somali Ministry of finance has no access to

    these illegal agreements. He is own accountant. It is time to retire

    Gen. Gaafow. SHAME

  14. Posted

    The United States recent change of heart has given much needed political

    boost to the already high spirited Somali confidence jubilant from the end of

    12 yearlong political transition and uncertainty. Secretary Clinton said:

    Somalia’s political process marks beginning of a new era.

    United States’ recognition will lead many closed doors reopen for Somalia;

    provided we handle the new responsibility with civility. Today, I dwell not so

    much of what this recognition will bring to Somalia. Sure, many writers are

    penning the new relations to a digestible take; I, therefore, detour to a

    subject many wish not to touch.

    Corruption: Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might

    endanger the morals of an individual; the former invariably

    endangers the morals of the entire country: Karl Kraus

    I returned home after 22 years of absence which I am confident many of you

    share. I was hired by a Belgium based agency as a staff researcher (one

    year contract) to asses and analyze the impact of security operations on

    civilians. I was tasked to collect data from Victims, Hospitals, AMISOM,

    Somali Police, Military, NSA, and other agencies dealing with security

    operations including foreign agents. Every meeting I attended the issue of

    corruption came up be it Humanitarian, Security and, even, Peacemaking

    discussions. Like many of you, I grew angrier towards Internationals who

    every time a little progress is made will throw corruption mud on our face. I

    then decided to embark my own journey to find if there is a truth to this

    national tantrum and find out who is doing what!

    Let me say this, I did not investigate whole of Mogadishu, of course not.

    Rather I followed the so called the Gray List; referring to a description used

    by Mogadishu based internationals on the individuals accused on corruption

    and others whose name is negatively reminiscent with everyday Mogadishu

    talk. The goal was to find out if these people are active pillagers of our

    system, commonly owned resources and people. If yes, what can be done? I

    got a list of 43 entities and names to search. 11 of them grossly stood out.

    They include Anti-regime Tax evaders, corrupt officials, Humanitarian food

    aid diverters, diplomats preying on refugees, Charcoal traders and Political

    manipulators.

  22. Posted

    However, President Mahmoud has interesting allies in the region, president Ghelle of Djibouti and Somaliland’s Silanyo. Of course the motivation of president Ghelle is clear, being the third longest serving dictator in Africa, sustaining a life style that mimics that of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette of France, a democratic, decentralised Somalia is not something he desires on his door steps.

    Historically, the relationship with Somaliland has been one of convenience, being periodically re-energised to create a political weight wider than what otherwise is available on the ground and more intense to inflict maximum damage on their perceived opponents (usually the ******) similar to 1991. Interestingly both president Mahmoud and Silanyo met in Djibouti last week while attending an event hosted by President Ghelle seemingly celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the adoption of the Somalia script, a celebration deemed important enough to require both their presence. The denominator script, however, is that Jubaland state and that starch opposition to the federal system. Somaliland fiercely opposes the federal system in Somalia since it has an interest in the internal north South Somali borders of the colonial era, which its international recognition is perceived to be dependent upon. The idea is that the chances of recognition would be limited if Somalia adapts a federal system that redraws these borders. What is more interesting though is the fact that Mogadisho and Somaliland have no interest in each other, if anything, each thinks that the other is intellectually incapacitated. Mogadisho believes that Somaliland is seeking an elusive “dream” of independence while Somaliland thinks that Mogadisho is “dreaming” to even wish to rule over all Somalia. This relationship is very mcuh the characteristics of Somali politicians, who genuinely believe that they can over smart each other and the world. Ironically though, the victims are always the Somali people who barely exist because those so called politicians are so preoccupied in a world of their own.

    Generally, the federal system has become a major building block for preserving the continuity while still maintaining order in the Somali nation. It spreads and balances the power amongst many units of the former Somali Republic and between the states and the central government. The federal system has a symbolic meaning; it means that people no longer need to fight over one city or even few, opening the doors to new possibilities with particular economic implications for those who invested in the ethnic cleansing of Mogadisho. Those who looted public and private properties and those who bought the properties of the fleeing Somalis, thought that these properties would keep their value despite the clan cleansing that took place there and regardless of the fact that Mogadisho has no interest in reconciliation while forcing people to return to the place where they witnessed their family members massacred and their properties are still illegally occupied. In fact the property and land prices sky rocketed in recent months under these economic predictions. The emergence of Puntland and Jubaland States of Somalia forms a threat to those who financed the civil war in the south or capitalised on it, since this would limit the expected wealth growth forecasts. In addition to this loss, the decentralised federal system also means that the central government will not have powers over local economies. Finally, it exposes the myths by which the genocides of the last twenty years were based on and continues to motivate many: that the eradication of Somali clans is possible through mass murder. History tells, however, how such agendas failed those who pursued them in Rwanda, in Nazi Germany and in many other examples. In fact, people have more chances to die of disease and lack of education than acts of organised mass murder; two things Mr Mahmoud have shown less interest in so far.

    It is no wonder that this divisive hatred based agenda is accompanied by a request for the lifting of the arm embargo against Somalia. The president is even getting Turkey, Egypt and Qatar to talk on his behalf. Despite the goodwill of these countries, their lack of knowledge about Somalia is very clear. Somalia has used its own arsenal against its own people and neighbours, when it was a government and when it was not. The radicals who are created by Mogadisho also are threatening to use violence against the world. Somalia, for as long as we know it, has been the place where no one honours its agreements, and being with a goodwill will not change the situation, at least for the foreseeable future. Mr Mahmoud, however, is pursuing this under the pretext of the war on terror. However, a full use needs to be made of the presence of AMISOM to achieve the targets of security and reconciliation. If it is unwilling or unable to reconcile different Somali stakeholders, which is currently evident, it should not be trusted with weapons.

    Unfortunately, for Mr Mahmoud, this preoccupation with pursuing such agenda meant that he has paid lip service to the country’s constitution. He managed to pull the last string by announcing that federalism was not for Somalia in his recent visit to Ethiopia. However, by denouncing federalism, his leadership role over Somalia and that of the parliament would have lapsed, since they represent the Federal Somali Republic. Mr Mahmoud has limited his own rule to Mogadisho, since denouncing federalism means that regional states are no longer under his rule. But while the constitutionality of his rule is questionable on the ground, Mr Mahmoud and his team are playing pretend government. They are even stubbornly chasing after millions of dollars held in foreign banks since the collapse of Somalia’s last central government in 1991. This money, however, belongs to the Somali people wherever they are, and not to Mr Mahmoud.

    It is so unfortunate that Somalia’s newly appointed leader has abandoned every other agenda that he purported to achieve, and instead is seeking to bribe, divide, and lobby the world in pursuit of a clanish program that subjugates sections of those whom he represents. This agenda is consuming Somalia’s leadership, and is diverting attention away from the tasks at hand, that are building on the advances achieved through the road map and the need to nurture joint efforts against radicalism.

    The Somali problem though has the potential to divide the international community and the united front that made the road map the success it is. The chaotic nature of civil war and the divisions between varying groups can impact on those involved and their relationship can mirror what is being handled. We already saw cracks appearing between IGAD and the AU, between AMISOM troops, between Kenya and Uganda, between the UN Security Council and the UNPOS.

    The good news is that these kinds of acts, as the current politics, are carried by the few who cling on to the status qou for many reasons as shown above. But what we all came to realise in the past few months is that the Somali men and women in the streets have moved on and are yearning for a country free of corruption, warlordism, and irrational hatred against fellow citizens. However, the divisive politics of the current administration is polarising the people. Luckily though, president Mahmouds tours are not yielding him the intended results. If anything, the lack of vision in whatever he presents is clear. However, what is important that is brought to the president’s attention is the fact that his own rule over his own people is currently unconstitutional and legality needs to be reinstalled to it if he wishes to continue.

    Moreover, Mr Mahmoud, is also under the impression that education in a country like Somalia can be overlooked. However, education is fundamental human rights and where children are exposed to poverty, violence, abuse, or exploitation as the case in Somalia; those rights demand urgent protection. For Somalia, the lack of central curriculum and organised education system means that currently the country is home to hundreds of uncontrolled private and charitable schools making children and young people vulnerable to all kinds of influences. These important tasks cannot be subcontracted to commissions or NGOs as the government has done so far. Finally, it is critical to re-establish the united front of leadership from AU, IGAD, UN and the rest of the international community to help the country to return to the post road map agenda in order to move Somalia to the second phase of sustainable peace building.

    By Warsan Cismaan Saalax

  23. Posted

    Jubabland is significant change to the status quo in the South of the country. It is home to a large number of the “******” clan, who were subject to clan cleansing(1) during the early part of the Somali civil war. The area was invaded few times by different warlords and recently by al-shabaab fighters due to its strategic importance. It has been the hub for the charcoal trade which funded both the southern warlords and the militant extremists alike. During the Islamists rule, Mogadisho, currently being represented by president Mohamoud, was not so preoccupied with Jubaland; if anything it slowed down the liberation of these areas. Kismayo, the capital of Jubaland, forms an economical loss to both Mogadisho warlords and the Islamists. After the fall of Kismayo, 23 million dollars’ worth of charcoal was held in Kismayo port, prompting Mr Mahmoud to send a private plane packed with warlords and their media mouthpieces in a circus like attempt to cover up the economics of the war in south Somalia. At the heart of this however was the recovery of the charcoal money.

    The involvement of Kenya in Jubaland affairs would mean that the game is up for many. Mr Mahmoud’s Kenya relationship has been paradoxical as a result. On the one hand he has been releasing statements accusing Kenya of meddling in Somali affairs, stopping almost short of justifying attacks on a Kenyan territory by Islamists. Unfortunately, the president was not so concerned about the impact of what he is doing to the millions of Somali refugees in a Kenyan soil. Instead, he ordered UN and aid agencies to relocate to Mogadisho; the deal is that while Mogadisho gets the money, Kenya should be keeping the Somalia refugees, at least for now since the current government has no intention to provide for them as reflected in the ministerial priorities. The president also sent his foreign minister on a bribing mission to Kenya, and followed it with an official visit by him personally, offering Kenya development projects in Mogadisho. He did the same in his visit to Ethiopia, where he presented lucrative Somalia armed forces related development projects to smooth things with IGAD and subsequently Kenya. This move confused many since Turkey is also supposedly contracted to do the same. The Somali army according to president Mahmoud, however, resides in Hiiraan and Beledweyn.

    However, this attempt to divide the international community through bribery is not limited to Kenya, Ethiopia, Turkey, and Uganda. Straight after the inauguration of the president and while there was no government in place, Abdullahi Haider, a senior adviser to Somalia’s Ministry of Energy, said that only oil licences agreed before 1991 would be upheld.

  24. Posted

    he went on nine consecutive foreign trips in four months. Not that the country needed to come to a halt any further than it has been, but to lobby against the formation of Jubaland Federal State of Somalia that is backed by neighbouring Kenya, for the lifting of the arm embargo against Somalia on the pretext of the war on terror, and most recently to recover frozen Somali funds in foreign banks.

    It took Somalia almost four months from today to get a full government. Mr Mahmoud, the president who took office on September 10, 2012 has become “preoccupied”, so much so that the new cabinet has education and health as sub departments of Social Services and not as independent ministries required to deal with a country that is yet to emerge from twenty two years of Chaos

    When he first assumed office, Mr. Mahmoud, claimed that he was unable to attend a UN meeting in New York, because according to him, he did not have, neither the means nor the intention to leave his country at this critical juncture. But he soon found both the resources and the causes required to act energetically and swiftly. While a government had to wait, he went on nine consecutive foreign trips in four months. Not that the country needed to come to a halt any further than it has been, but to lobby against the formation of Jubaland Federal State of Somalia that is backed by neighbouring Kenya, for the lifting of the arm embargo against Somalia on the pretext of the war on terror, and most recently to recover frozen Somali funds in foreign banks.