It is no longer a matter of debate or diplomatic restraint—it is a national imperative. The entire current crop of Somali leadership, at all levels of government—federal, regional, and local—must be discarded. Not reformed. Not reshuffled. Removed wholesale. They have failed the Somali people. Worse, they have betrayed them.

These so-called leaders, parading around as statesmen, are nothing but hollow vessels of ambition. They lack vision. They offer no roadmap, no measurable goals, no meaningful development agenda. Somalia, a nation blessed with immense resilience, cultural strength, and strategic potential, is instead shackled by mediocrity, corruption, and criminal negligence. These men and women sit atop crumbling institutions and collapsing infrastructure, utterly clueless—or entirely indifferent—about how to fix it.

Let us be blunt. Somalia is not suffering from a lack of talent or resources. It is suffering from bad leadership—incurably bad leadership. Every tier of Somali government is infected by cronyism and patronage networks that enrich the few while dooming the many. Public offices have become family estates. State contracts are bartered in backroom deals. Qualified individuals are sidelined in favor of loyal sycophants, incompetent allies, and tribal enforcers. No merit. No ethics. No accountability.

Worse still, these so-called “leaders” do not serve the Somali people—they serve foreign interests. Some are the lapdogs of regional powers, others the darlings of donor agencies. But they all have one thing in common: they are puppets. Their strings are pulled from Nairobi, Doha, Ankara, London, Abu Dhabi, and Washington. Their loyalty lies not with Somalia but with the foreign paymasters that fund their corruption. They will sell national sovereignty, constitutional integrity, and the dignity of their people for a briefcase and a podium.

This is not just incompetence—it is treason masquerading as governance.

They speak the language of unity while stoking division. They hold peace conferences while buying weapons. They smile for donors while looting the budget. Every move they make is a performance, staged for foreign backers, and broadcast to an exhausted public that no longer believes the lies.

The truth is stark and unavoidable: There will be no national recovery, no federal revival, no peace, and no meaningful development under the current leadership. Somalia cannot be rebuilt by those who ruined it. We cannot entrust our future to those who are prisoners of the past.

This is a call—not for cosmetic changes, not for another cycle of empty dialogue—but for a total political overhaul. A clean slate. A generational shift. A new, accountable, and people-centered leadership must emerge from the ashes of this dysfunctional system.

Somalia deserves leaders who care. Leaders who plan. Leaders who protect. The current leadership class has proven time and again that it does none of these. It must go.

And the Somali people must make that happen. The future of this nation demands it.

—Warsame Digital Media (WDM)
August 3, 2025