Goobaale Delegation: An Insult to People of Jubbaland By Mohamed A. Dubet Nov 29, 2012 The Somali government's recent delegation led by former Jubba Valley Alliance Leader, Goobaale,a seasoned warlord who headed the now defunct Jubba Valley militia, which had caused immense suffering and bloodshed in Jubbaland not so long ago and in the days before Shabab control, accompanied by the AMISOM spokesman, the Djiboutian colonnel, Ali Hamud, whose country is strongly opposed to the creation of Jubbaland administration among other officials, was an insult to the peace loving people of Jubbaland. The Somali presidency is following the misguided path of allowing outsiders to meddle in the affairs of Jubbland where they do not hail from and in which they committed crimes against the local people. If it goes on,this blatant interference of internal matters in contradiction of Somalia's federal constitution is sure to kill the pacification effort of the country and the good will of the local population towards the new Somali government. Crimes Against Humanity The interim Jubbaland authority made a wise decision in refusing warlord Goobaale's entourage access to Kismanyo city. Had they allowed them in, they would have denied justice to the hundreds of thousands of victims of warlord Goobaale's marauding militia from Gulgudud region in central Somalia, which occupied Jubbaland in the years before the terrorist takeover. Jubbaland under warlord Goobaale, the late warlord Seerar and his ally Barre Hirale,another warlord from central Somalia, was the scene of daily killing of innocent civilians, rape of women and girls, kidnapping for ransom, looting of property and torching of buildings belonging to the local people. The notorious Jubba Valley Alliance militia set fire to residential buildings and business premises in Dhobley, Taabto,Qooqaani,Diif, Hagar,Gadudey and Afmadow towns, to name but a few, when the local people opposed their criminal activities.In the same fashion, they expropriated land and extorted money and produce from peaceful farmers whose land they invaded in Jilib,Marerey,Kabsuma,Moganbow, Sanguni and Jamame towns all situated on the Mogadishu Kismanyo HighWay. Many people perished in the process and many more fled their homes and are refugees in neighboring Kenya.This is the man the Federal Somali goverment sent to Kismanyo to represent it at the Jubbaland Conference aimed at creating an all inclusive regional administration that caters for the interests of all the residents of the province under the new Federal Constitution dispensation. Why send Goobaale of all people at this crucial period when the injuries and scars his militia inflicted have not yet healed? Why not send more appealing Somali officials of high calibre and dignity including those from Goobaale's own clan whose past is not tarnished by criminal record? Surely, there are hundreds of more qualified citizens of our country from across the political spectrum who could have represented the Federal Goverment at the Kismanyo Meeting. This action has only one name. It is a desire to abort the peace initiative taking hold in the region, prevent the residents from rebuilding their homes and perpetuate the suffering of the innocent masses of Jubbaland who are so eager to quench their thirst for peace and stabilty in their home province in particular and their country in general.This decision by the Somali government was an affront to the decent people of Lower and Middle Jubba areas and as such the regime in Mogadishu owes an apology to the local population if it needs to win back their trust. Growing Drugs One of the legacies of the militia occupying Jubbaland is the planting of illicit drugs and running drug exporting ventures. It is an open secret that the Jubba valley Alliance militia of warlord Goobaale and his predecessor warlord Osman Ali Atto dealt in the growing of cannabis and other drugs to finance their armed adventures. They did so on land they confiscated from the local riverine people who mainly rely on it to produce their own food. This caused widespread suffering among the affected rural communities who had no any other sources of livelihood. The result was widespread movement of hungry people from Jubbaland to refugee camps across the border in Kenya in which they are exposed to the elements and live on a poor unhealthy diet. Jubbaland has seen the worst ever form of land expansion and misuse in Somalia by militias of Goobaale which visited unprecedented destruction and chaos on the local way of life and social cohesion. They divided people on clan background and created mythical ethnic boundaries which were allien to the residents before their arrival from south central Somalia.They established ethnic fiefdoms for those who shared in the pillage of minority property, inviting and rewarding more warlords to consolidate their hegemony. In a nutshell,they plunged the region into a deep gorge from which it is yet to come out. The victims of this illegal use of Somali land still languish in man-made poverty and mayhem in which thousands lost their lives. It is a bleeding wound still fresh on the minds of the Jubbaland people. The only way to compensate for it is delivering justice to the victims. It starts with allowing them to steer the destiny of their battered and abused homeland in accordance with Somalia's constitution, letting them elect their own local representatives in a regional assembly whose seat should be Kismanyo city, the capital, and enforcing the rule of law strictly and consistently so that there is never a repeat of what the region's residents went through over the last two decades.

No war Khadar peace that's the way forward ma awoodno inay rag inaga dhintaan

Also agree with Che Somalis can never be Kenyans i mean real Kenyans they will always be associated with Somalia. But that doesn't mean they cant be Kenyans temporarily. Its all about improving the daily lives of the Somali people in Kenya. This identity issue is not a real big problem Somalis fit in the Kenyan society when i see Haatu and apophis and stoic they have no real issue with the Kenyan nationality or what ever little formality that comes with it.

Madaxweynaha Somalia Oo qiray Horumarka Doorashadda deegaanka Somaliland November 28th, 2012 Jabuuti (Somaliland.Org)- Madaxweynaha Somalia Xasan Sh. Maxamuud, ayaa soo dhaweeyay doorashooyinka Goleyaasha deegaanka ee maanta Somaliland ka qabsoomay. Waxaanu tilmaamay inuu rajaynayo inay cadaalad ku dhammaato. Madaxweynaha dalka Somalia waxa uu sheegay inuu rajaynayo inay doorashooyinka Goleyaasha deegaanka Somaliland ee markii labaad qabsoomayaa ay sii xoojiso nidaamka dimuqraadiyadeed ee ka jira isla markaana ay tusaale u noqon doonto dalkiisa Soomaaliya. “Dadka reer Somaliland iyo dawladoodaba waan ugu hambalyeynayaa inay soo gaadhaan heer ay dadku cod bixinayaan oo ay kala doortaan cidii talladooda qaban lahayd. Hawshaasi waa hawl horumar leh,”ayuu ku tiraabay Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo socdaal ku jooga dalka itoobiya oo maanta u waramayay Laanta afsoomaaliga ee VOA-da. Xasan Sh. Maxamuud waxa uu intaasi ku daray “Waa hawl aan ku bogaadinayno waxaanan u rajaynaynaa inay doorashadaasi si nabad ah oo xor ah u dhacdo, isla markaana ay hore u sii waddo qaabkii dimuqraadiyadda oo ah wax ku dayasho mudan. Madaxweynaha Somalia waxa kale oo uu tilmaamay inay sii wadayaan dhinacooda wada xaajoodyadii hore ugu bilaabmay dalalka Somaliland Iyo Soomaaliya, waxaanu ku dooday inay kulamadaasi ka soo bixi doonto wax labada shacab-ba raali ka yihiin.

As for the Somali people in Kenya the Somalis are doing fine in Kenya they own businesses and are all well educated and they significant hold political seats in Kenya Somalis just need to increase their population by increasing the birth rate. They populate a whole province exclusively and inhabit an entire district eastleigh in the capital city Nairobi. The Somalis are not really oppressed in Kenya the incident in Gaarisa was one incident and the Somali legislators spoke up bravely about that. Somalis should not act as victims in Kenya they should be ambitious to get more seats in the Kenyan government ans fight for more autonomy in NFD.

tutu;893924 wrote: Another good example of the irrationality being portrayed by Somalis is the Somaliland issue. Though an ardent anti-secessionist, I do acknowledge the efforts of North Somalia to maintain peace and progress all these years the rest of Somalia was in hell. But no one does. And they do have good arguments, honestly. So would it rattle your mind when they ask to go their way as they see no end to the Somalia circus? And the rest of Somalia becoming irritated with their idea of secession-ism while their own cottage is engulfed by fire with no efforts of extinguishing it. But they want everyone into the fray. No shred of rational thinking, isn't it? See the root cause, now? I am least surprised Somaliland is asking for independence. Dadaal ha lagu arkee! Then you can ask someone else to join you in your endeavor. Laakin kaaley baharka ila qeybso suurta gal ma'ahan. Tutu Somalia is not Somalilands motherland , Somaliland and Somalia signed an act of union after both states gained independence. Just 30 years after the union Somaliland said enough is enough we are better off alone.

Haatu i dont think Yusuf Haaji agrees with you

Indeed reer Somaliland codkooday dhiibteen

Teleexiyo dimuqradiyadu ha shaqeyso Xudun na wa nabad

General Duke;893848 wrote: They are great for resisting so mightily. Expect others of SOOL to join them and I hope you will consider them all great when the chase the SNM militia back to Burco. Which will happen sooner rather than later.. No one is resisting adeer any one the people just wanted more ballot boxes its part of the democracy.

Reer xudun great people

Somalia;893819 wrote: Ilaahi ka baqa, Somaliland forces didn't pass Oog, it was just on your TV wallahi, and the furthest you made it is Ceel Afweyn in Sanaag. Elections stopped in oog wtf oog is 10 km from Caynabo in Sool all the districts voted in Sool with the exception of Taleex Sanaag is 3 districts degmada ceelafweyn degmada ceerigaabo degmada dhahar majority of degmada dhahar elections happened all over the country only some sub districts in Eastern sanaag didn't come out to vote. So half of Buhoodle districts half of dhahar districtscan be counted as one full district and taleex district didn't vote. So the calculation of the Somaliland interior Minister is correct. 2 districts in Somaliland didn't vote still a perfect turn out.

Taleex and half of the Buhoodle district

Abwaanow nagada mar aad reer unuka dekada Xamar ku qabsatid iyo bakaraha wilashi indhaha guduudna eeh mudug iyo galguduud tiknada saarna eeh qoryaha kor u qaad qaadi jiray markay tuulo so galaan. Nagada yaa ku duceyey hada. Xita Duke baad Eryaatey isago canjeero yar ku cunaya Galkacyo, ma hadaad nabadi jeclaatay. Waba si wanaagsan anigu nabada waan so dhaweynaya ileen waxan ahay oday Somaliyeed. Laakin reer budhac badeed dalkooda ha naga joogaan.

Abwaan oo lo taag wayey 21 sanadood ba leh dagaal hala joojiyo abihi dagaalka war ileen tan oo kale.

^ Tomorrow is the big day u will see for ur self:D

General Duke;893495 wrote: He is in Baran, he is on the ground, while you are having a shootout amongst yourself in Western Erigavo.. Badhan or baran you cant even pronounce the city yet you wish to claim it ,any way no one knows where he is maybe he is in his house hiding.

Pirate governor can claim as much as he wants it wont change the reality on the ground:D

Waa iska nanays reer burco ba ugu magac daray naag ingriis bu qaba, u know reer burco if you wanna adress him with his full name Selebaan adan maxammad.

If it is some one u dont want to mess with its Selebaan gaal:D

Mr Che its called a process of healing 10 years ago this was not the case, why because the war was still fresh in the minds of the people. Reer dhan oo odaygoodi la socdo oo caaqilkoodi la socdo oo nina ka hadhin oo magaaladi berbera eeh qaadimiga ahayd lugu so dhaweye.

All is going well Ciidanka qaranka jamhuuriyada are on the march.Somalia political H@rism is dying in the hearts and minds of the vast majority of the maakhrites.

Where is apophis ?

Inkastoo intii badnayd ciidamada Puntland ay ka baxeen magaalada The pirates are clueless