Day: July 31, 2019

WARLORDS AND WHIPPERSNAPPERS

July 31, 2019

Warlords are not convinced that their time in Somalia is up. They are trying, however, to be relevant in the corridors of Somali body politic and power. Some find solace in making into chambers of Parliament like Abdiqaydiid, Saudi Yalaxow and Ahmed Hashi. Others tried their luck hard to get elected as Presidents of Federal Member States like Xaaf of Galmudugh and Ahmed Madoobe of Jubaland. Some were unsuccessful like Morgan and Xidig. That is because warlords had tasted the perqs and privileges of power with no legal constraints to personal abuses. They can’t swallow the reality of the end of their world and diminishing returns for their personal echo.
Those whippersnappers trying to replace the warlords are mostly members of the Somali Diaspora, who naively believe that they are the panecea to all Somali predicaments. They were too young or absent during the mayhem of the civil war, never suffered from the pains of war, hunger and diseases. They have no concept or idea of national peace and reconciliation. They think Somalia is a like corporate entity to run.They barely understand consultations with stakeholders and mechanisms for conflict resolution. They are not well versed with traditional roles of self-government and peace-making among Somali clan systems. They are neither foreigners nor Somali natives. They don’t appreciate and understand the deep mistrust created by years of dictatorship and clan civil wars. They think that Somalia is like any other country back in their respective foreign host nations in Western Europe and North America. They don’t get the dynamics of federalism, cooperation and resources sharing. They are delusional and out of touch with real world and realities on the ground in Somalia. They are suffering from double cultural barriers that require long term rehabilitation. They are mostly new Farmaajos and Khayres.
Hence, I wrote this essay recently in Somali to reflect on this problem. Take a read:
QURBAJAOOG, QORAXJOOG, ISMAANDHAAF KALAMAAN
Garowe, 19, 2019
Dalka Soomaaliya Qoraxjoogtu waxay u arkaa qurbajoogta soo laabatay duulaan shisheeye oo fursadaha dalka, gaar ahaan kuwa siyaasadeed iy dhaqaale ku ciriirinaya, iyadoon qurbajoogtu qorax usoo joogin, qoysas badan usoo masruuffin, qaraabo iyo qabaail lasoo xaajeysan.
Meesha qurbajoogtu isu arkaan kuwo kusoo laabtay dalkoodii ay ka qaxeen iyaga oo yar yar ah oo hooyooyinka iyo aabayaashu gacanta ama dhabarka ku sidaan, dagaalkii sokeeye awgiis. Waxay kaloo qurbajoogtu aaminsanyihiin in ay dalka wax kusoo kordhinayaan dhinac walba aan qoraxjoogtu awood u lahayn sida farsamada, maalgashiga iyo xiriirka aduunka.
Labada aragti waxay keeneen ismaandhaaf iyo kalamaan dab kusii huriyey isqabadyadii Soomaaliya horeyba uga taagnaa dhanka diinta, siyaasadda, dhaqaalaha iwm.
Meelaha xiisadaha iyo xasaraduhu haataan si ba’an uga taaganyihiin waa goleyaasha Dawladda Federaalka iyo kuwa Dawlad Gobolleedyada, oo aad uga muuqdaan madax sare oo qurbajoog ah.
Arrintu armey isu badashaa iskahor-imaadkii ka dhexdhacay Liberia 1900-yadii. Waa dhexdhexaadin iyo ukala dabqaad mudan.
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PUNTLAND & BUREAUCRACY

July 31, 2019
Puntland Government risks collapsing on its own bureaucratic weight. The State is too small to have a large government and too poor to have a cumbersome bureaucracy she can’t afford. Puntland needs small and efficient government and streamlined civil servants and security forces. Too many one-person departments and over-lapping responsibilities in most ministries are recipe for failure and eventual collapse of the state. Do something about it now to prevent the total collapse of a pending catastrophe.
Puntland Federal Member State has much more inefficient bureaucracy than the Federal Government of Somalia. This is going to be unsustainable.

There are many factors affecting this bad state of affairs. Remove these obstacles to a better and competent government in Puntland:

1. Absence of knowledgeable and thoughtful leaders to evaluate and appreciate the problem. It is strange and absurd practice for the president of a state to have a free hand and become the only recruiting emploment officer in the country. BY the way, that is one of the main reasons as to why Puntland is “Madax-Ka-Nool.

2. Unilateral and exclusive discretion of the presidency for civil service appointments without due consideration to budgetary and financial implications of creating such wanton bureaucratic mess, and without any appreciation for quality, competence and merit.

3. Absence of an independent public service commission. Let the Public Service Commission fill in non-political employment vacancies on public competition and merit.

4. Absence of bugetary over-sight by independent Auditor-general and Accountant-General regarding personnel appointments.

5. Rubber-stamp House of Representatives too ignorant to engage in check and balance exercise of power

6. Pressure on the presidency from sub-clans to insert incompetent clan members into the system.

7. High rate of unemployment among the general public, and government seen as the biggest employer.

8. Prevalence of mostly family businesses in private sector too reluctant and suspicious to recruit employees on merit and competency beyond family and clan membership.

9. Puntland chronic problem regarding delays in salary and wages is due to this out of control man-made bureaucratic conundrum and thoughtless duplication of personnel appointments.
Fix the mess with the appointment of an Independent Public Service Commission and flash out all aging and incompetent personnel in Puntland Government Ministries, agencies and security forces. Streamline and simplify all government opparatus and operations. Eliminate unnecessary ministries and ministers. This requires bold decisions and leadership to confront the pressure and demands from Puntland sub-clans. People will eventually accept reason and fair play.

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