Jigjiga: Somali Capital of the West [Photo Thread]

[Mad_Mullah]

Jigjiga airport

 

 

 

 

Outside Jigjiga, towards Harar/Dire Dawa

 

 

Inside Jigjiga

 

 

 

There aren't that many pics due to occupation. But even with occupation that does not mean we will destroy the building like Shabab and HAG did in Xamar.

[Saalax]

Somali language relegated to third? All I see there is Habesha and English languages.

[Mad_Mullah]

In an attempt to prevent people from supporting the ONLF they recently started to introduce Somali language in schools, etc. They are trying their best to make us useless like the Oromos/Afars but that won't happen Inshallah.

[Carafaat]

Looks beautifull. More pics pls.

[burahadeer]

Abdi Iley doing helluva job.

[Mad_Mullah]

burahadeer;961463 wrote:

Abdi Iley doing helluva job.

Abdi Habashi is a stooge, Somalis could turn it into an even better place but Ethiopia is blocking it, wouldn't want it to become too rich.

 

Local market:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l**qfeYzpCc

[Mad_Mullah]

As you can see, Jigjiga looks better than most newly towns like Bosaso, Hargeisa etc. This is due to there being urban planning through the local government and not private owners/businesses building anything, anywhere.

 

 

 

[Mad_Mullah]

Proof of urban planning, it feels like a city unlike most Somali cities except Xamar, Merca etc.

 

http://cakaaratv.com/index.php?view=video&id=35

[Mad_Mullah]

 

non-Somali students in Jigjiga University:

 

[burahadeer]

Mad_Mullah;961468 wrote:

Abdi Habashi is a stooge, Somalis could turn it into an even better place but Ethiopia is blocking it, wouldn't want it to become too rich.

 

Local market:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l**qfeYzpCc

 

Really thought he did good but then again you probably more aware of the knitty griddy things.True that business stifled in Ethiopia in general or is it something imposed on Somalis alone.?

How you see there is no war,onlf disarmed & tremendous change going on in terms of development.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Looks very good thanks for sharing, we see some progress.

[Mad_Mullah]

burahadeer;961472 wrote:

Really thought he did good but then again you probably more aware of the knitty griddy things.True that business stifled in Ethiopia in general or is it something imposed on Somalis alone.?

How you see there is no war,onlf disarmed & tremendous change going on in terms of development.

The Habashis always made sure the Somalis were the poorest of all groups as we are their biggest enemy. Oromos are the majority of the country yet they did not create as many problems for the government as the Somalis.

 

ONLF is still around, I think it was one section of it that joined the government, they're trying to consolidate their power from within by taking over the police/secret services etc.

 

All in all good news, if Independence comes we need to have a sound infrastructure. Resistance does not mean Destruction.

[burahadeer]

they're trying to consolidate their power from within by taking over the police/secret services etc.

 

 

 

don't blow the whistle. thnx

[Mad_Mullah]

burahadeer;961478 wrote:

they're trying to consolidate their power from within by taking over the police/secret services etc.

 

 

 

don't blow the whistle. thnx

It's obvious Maybe I should move to Hong Kong.

[Abtigiis]

For the benefits of Burahadeer et al,

 

The system works like this in Ethiopia: (1) There is a federal government which has road authority, civil aviation and airport construction, establishment of education and health institutions; (2) There is a regional government which constructs schools, colleges, small roads etc.

 

The Federal Government gives the Somali region about 300 million USD per year. The region is expected to raise revenue through taxes but unlike Oromia, which subsidizes other regions, Somali region is actually subsidized let alone to contribute to the national coffers.

 

The Federal government expects the 300 million managed by the Regional State to be used for socio-economic services and MAINLY for SECURITY (which consumes about 60-65% of it). But the Federal Government also not only finances but DIRECTLY implements some big projects.

 

Now, all of the projects you see on youtube, the Jigjiga airport, the jigiiga-Gode tarmac road, the Jigjiga University, the Gode irrigation project etc in Jigjiga are not those that are built by the regional state, it is the projects financed and DIRECTLY implemented by the Federal Government through contractors hired by the Federal Government. We see the result!

 

What did the 300 million per year achieve? SHOW us. Of course, current expenditure pays meager salary to tens of thousands of civil servants; but where is the rest? To be fair, there are schools and other services that every now and then are added by the region, but the region's money is consumed by Iley's small clique and the security sector (generals in Harar, Tigre god-fathers in Addis, intelligence in Jijiga and the zones and districts). Intii soo hadhana, Universal TV, iyo Diaspora!

 

Wakaa warku.

 

In the meantime, it is unfair we compare ourselves to stateless Somalia or its offspring. We compare ourselves to Oromia and Harari and Southern Nations, and we are far, far behind by all measures. Waxaa noo sii dheere dagaal iyo cadaadis. So, all we are asking is for those resources given in OUR name to be channeled through leaders we ELECT ourselves. Hadii aanu cunana, dee hadaba askar Tigre ah oo Gabre iyo Colonel Atsbeha ayaa cuna. We are sure we will not put custodians worse than Iley at the helm. If the Tigre's accept that, no one would have looked at ONLF or supported it.

 

Ma isfahanay?