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About the blogger: This blog is associated with the former Chief of Staff in Puntland State Presidency, 1998-2004. He also worked with the UN and World Bank Joint Secretariat for Somalia’s Re-construction and Development Program (RDP), 2005-2006, as a Zonal Technical Coordinator for Puntland and later as National Aid Technical Coordinator with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and European Union. He is now an independent political analyst and commentator on current issues and occasionally gives historical perspective on modern Somalia’s politics. He lives and works in Toronto, Canada. He can be reached at: ismailwarsame@gmail.com

HOW TO UNDERSTAND KENYAN FOREIGN MINISTER’S VISIT TO MOGADISHU TODAY

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Somalia and Kenya have been experiencing lowest point in their diplomatic relations recently. That is because of two factors:

  1. Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo couldn’t balance Somalia’s political and diplomatic relationships with neighbors of Djibouti, Kenya and Ethiopia. Eritrea had poor or no ties with all countries in the Horn of Africa neighborhood. Now that Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea had entered into secret pact, Kenya felt left out in the regional power-play.
  2. Kenya underestimated the diplomatic outreach of successive Somalia’s weak administrations in regard to its dispute on the continental shelf maritime delimitation with Somalia or to put in other words, Kenya’s controversial and aggressive claim to a portion of Somalia’s waters of the Indian Ocean. That dispute went to ICJ for arbitration. Kenya, however, has been attempting to exert maximum diplomatic pressure on Somalia to agree to an out of court settlement. It looks that Kenya has failed in its diplomatic efforts to score points in its struggle with Somalia on the maritime dispute.

In the meantime, Kenyan leaders have been engaged in political sabotage against Farmajo. Now that he is lame duck president and in a weaker political position constitutionally, Kenya is hooking up with interim prime minister, Rooble, to ease tension with Somalia, open trade routes to Miraa qat and try to continue its campaign for settlement of maritime dispute out of court, a taugh proposition no Somali leader dare to entertain now as Rooble has rushed to clarify the issue in a note released today after he met with Ms. Rachelle Omano, although they got her name wrong.

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The visit of Foreign Minister, Ms Rachelle Omano, is being facilitated by the interim prime minister, Mohamed Hussein Rooble, a move contrary to the wishes of Farmajo, who has issued earlier a memo on unconventional presidential letterhead design to all government departments against entering into any international agreement with foreign powers, presumably with Kenya. This exposes Farmajo in his attempt to keep himself in low profile on the eve of elections and as a result of number of agreements between FGS and FMS, on the top of the fact that his constitutional mandate had run out in February 8, 2021. Moreover, the political scars he had sustained in his recent fight with the opposition elements in Mogadishu have not healed up yet. Issuance of that memo, though, is an indication that he was still around.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been working hard on Mohamed H. Rooble in a number of high profile encounters in Djibouti and London, UK, to bring about Omano’s visit to Mogadishu today with a reciprocal invitation to Rooble by President Kenyatta.

Now it looks that Farmajo and Rooble are in collusion course even before holding the elections. Based on the Federal Constitution, nature of caretaker government and agreements reached between FGS and FMS, the interim prime minister in cabinet session (not in isolation) has the executive powers of the government.

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LEADERSHIP

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Leadership entails many qualities. But we aren’t here to give a lecture on leadership 101 in any field of human endeavor and capacity. We want lo look at menu of limited characteristics that are critically important to do the business of leadership in most areas of human organization.

Two items in our menu of quality leadership are management and vision. The two items are closely inter-linked. A manager without vision doesn’t know where he is going to lead his team to, clear objectives and goals to realize. Lacking management skills makes one unable to lead by example, and to persuade the team willingly to deliver quality works in the pursuit of reaching at common objective or product – in political terms, to carry out well-thought policy objectives with the use of potential talent and competence of your team members, giving credit openly where is due. That is how you prepare and groom future leaders. Don’t engage in “After me the dèluge”.

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At administrative and policy levels, leadership entails consultations at team and public levels. A leader doing it alone isn’t informed and his efforts would end up in one-man show. That isn’t leadership for he doesn’t understand the importance of shared responsibilities and delegation of power to tested, competent and trusted team members. In the absence of this principle, you can only blame yourself for imminent policy failures that will surely happen in the end. A leader should strive to build sustainable system that would outlast him. That means building institutions and infrastructure that would outlive him. You can’t build all these by acting as a lone gunman, preventing anyone else from sharing the credit with you. This one-man show approach is also egocentric and mean to your team.

An African colleague of mine in high government position told me decades ago two memorable stories about his experience in managing the presidency of a well-known African president:

  1. “My boss takes credit for all policy objectives that went well”.
  2. “My boss blames others in the team for all policy failures”.

I asked my colleague whether his boss listened and consulted with the people. He responded “yes, but with the wrong people. He doesn’t consult with the subject matter experts. He consults with only liked-minded persons. That is why we have policy implementation problems”.

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INTER-REGIONAL SPORTS COMPETITION IN PUNTLAND HAS ALLEVIATED YOUTH FRUSTRATION

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Before Maqrib prayers I drove along the main road in Garowe City today. On my way to the city centre, the scenes on the sidewalks of the road, after crossing the bridge, were amazing in the sense that no one has ever seen such huge flow of youth walking home out of Mire Aware Stadium, where inter-regional soccer games in Puntland are taking place. What is unique in these walking masses is that girls outnumbered young men. It defies my earlier impression that girls and women in Somalia were less interested in soccer games, not to talk about any other kind of sports. I was wrong, although I think, girls never had an opportunity to play games in Puntland, and perhaps, elsewhere in today’s Somalia for a long time, where everybody is expected to conform to Arab attires and customs, policed invisibly by peudo-religious culture scornful of any resembles of not only Western dress, but also traditional Somali clothing, native customs and history. It is a culture war being waged on the population under the pretext of religious norms for the past 4 decades. Saudi Arabia is the main source of this culture war. Al-Shabab extremists have been imposing strict dress code as the “new normal” of Arab customs even in areas they don’t fully control in Somalia because some of the other Tariqas (religious sects) are either complicit or don’t want to mess up with Al-Shabab’s code of conduct. Nowadays in the streets of Somalia you are better off, in terms of personal safety, to dress up like Pakistani or Afghani. Only men’s gown known here as “Macawis” is barely tolerable for older men. ‘Khamiis”, the long-sleeved white Arab over-dress is fast becoming the dress of fashion for the younger generations of Somalia today. No sports, no music, no folklore dances and no movie watching are permitted in the world of Al-Shabab. There is a monotonous cultural blackout in Somalia. Putting one’s shirt under trousers’ belt is considered Western or even blasphemy, a typical Boko Haram of Nigeria harsh impositions. Some, shallow in religious education, were even critical of Puntland 23rd Anniversary festivals.

But the purpose of drafting this short article is to draw the attention of Puntland authorities, businesses and parents to the plight of youth and frustrations they are suffering due to lack of infrastructure for recreational activities and social youth clubs.

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THE STORY OF “HASHII BOQOL”

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

The story goes that a Somali nomad hailing from Mudugh Region brought a camel to Galkayo market to sell. At camel market, he was offered a price of thousand Shillings. He rejected the offer, saying he wouldn’t sell his camel less than a hundred Shillings. Surprised, the buyer found out that the seller of the camel never handled money more than a hundred Shillings before.

This story resembles today’s obsession of most Somali high ranking officials with the insane pursuit of membership in Somalia’s Federal Parliament.There are ministers at all levels of government, MPs of regional states, regional governors etc, who are desperately campaigning to go to Mogadishu as members of Somalia’s Federal Parliament. Aren’t they all “HASHII BOQOL”?

Until people of Somalia get the opportunity to elect their representative governments, every unqualified Cilmi, Cawaale and Caasha would show up to be an unvetted and unaccountable member of Somalia’s ruling bodies at national and state levels.

Let us eliminate the chance of Hashii Boqol by conducting credible general elections.

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WHY PUNTLAND MUST CAMPAIGN FOR A STINT IN VILLA SOMALIA

COMPETING for Somalia’s Presidency is consistent with the founding principles of Puntland as the First Pillar of Federal Somalia. There had been some setbacks in this regard in the past few years. Renewed interest now in Puntland to reset its national policy objectives at federal level is now being symbolized by Puntland President, Said Abdullahi Deni. Slowly but surely, President Deni has understood the importance of Puntland historical role in the federation. It is a commendable political stand to ensure that anti- federalist forces led by Farmajo’s political shenanigans and betrayal of national accord enshrined in the Provisional Federal Constitution wouldn’t succeed.

Without Puntland principled show of democratic forces and leadership, the modest gains of Puntland historical struggle since the First Opposition Force, The SSDF, to Central Tyranny in Mogadishu, are in jeopardy. It is in the vital interests of Puntland and Somalia that the State keeps engaged in Federal affairs and its leaders play in the forefront of Somalia’s governance. Puntland needs leaders with national vision and have political ambitions to ensure that Somalia wouldn’t fail again.

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Tunisia is on the Brink of a Civil War that Could Be Disastrous for Europe

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Carlos Gil

ROME—A few months after the Arab Spring kicked off in a market square in Tunisia in late 2010, the blue wooden boats started dotting the horizon of the Mediterranean Sea. They were headed for the island of Lampedusa, a tourist enclave that has since become synonymous with Europe‘s disastrous approach to migration. More than 20,000 refugees crossed the sea in just two months, and then things got worse. As the Arab Spring burned its way across North Africa, the boats started coming from different directions: Libya, Egypt, and then Syria. By the end of 2011, nearly 130,000 people had made it to Italy. The years that followed saw an uptick in irregular migration and the death of more than 10,000 people desperately trying to cross the sea. The carcasses of dozens of boats, many still strewn with clothing and water bottles with Arabic writing, dotted the island’s coastline as Italy begged Europe for help and Europe largely ignored not only Italy but the crisis at large.

The boats are back again. And Europe is once again seemingly oblivious to what else is on the horizon. On July 25, amid rising numbers of COVID cases and anger on the streets, Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked his government and seized executive control of the country, prompting U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to urge him to find a “democratic path” to normalcy and to “rapidly form a new government, led by a capable prime minister to stabilize Tunisia’s economy and confront the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as ensuring the timely return of the elected parliament,” according to a statement from the White House National Security Council.

A week later, Said has only tightened the screws, and more boats filled with people desperate to escape both the pandemic and whatever comes next set sail for Italy.

Italian political scientist Angelo Panebianco wrote a scathing editorial in Corriere Della Sera this week reminding Italians that they had been through this before. “The Tunisian crisis should force us to open our eyes,” he said. “Europe has a serious security problem but does not seem to realize it. Professionals who in European countries, in various capacities, deal with it know this, but public opinions have not yet understood it.”

The “security problem” Panebianco is referring to is exacerbated this time by a change in the United States that has left the situation to other powerhouses like Russia, which has been bolstering its presence in the Mediterranean through alliances with Turkey where it is a major gas supplier. The increased presence, which has caused reverberations within NATO, was especially active during the Trump years when the U.S.’ relationship with NATO was also strained. Now that Joe Biden is in power, hopes that the U.S. would suddenly refocus attention on the region have not come through—at least not yet.

“Mother America seems willing to abandon the puppies to their fate, she no longer seems willing to protect them from looming threats,” Panebianco says. “America has changed and the threats have changed.”

Richard Sokolsky, a fellow and expert on Russia with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, warned in May that Russia’s return to the Mediterranean continues a long legacy of involvement there, “driven by ambitions, interests, and threat perceptions that have endured for centuries.”

“There is no reason to expect this posture to change in the near or distant future,” he says. “Russia is in the Mediterranean to stay, and its determination to expand its naval, air, and land presence there will continue.”

Italy, perhaps, is the country in Europe that best understands the threats of a destabilized North Africa. Since Mario Draghi took the helm of the government this spring, he and his foreign minister have made trips to Libya, despite its unsteady government. At the height of the Arab Spring, Silvio Berlusconi did the same, buddying up to then-leader Muammar Ghadaffi, a despot no one but the French would take seriously. But he did it to stem the wave of migration caused by unrest. That Italy’s leaders are pandering to a Libyan government not recognized by much of the Middle East underscores the urgency on Europe’s most porous border country.

Whether the U.S. would renew its interests in the region should things spiral out of control again is not certain. “The harsh polemics of Trump against Europe have been replaced by the smiles, the handshakes, and the slaps on the back of Biden,” Panebianco says. “At the moment there is no signal that suggests—except for a possible resumption of U.S. / Iran nuclear negotiations—a change in policy with respect to the times of the Trump administration regarding the Middle and Near East.”

In the last two days, NGO rescue ships have plucked more than 400 people out of the sea between the North African coast and Lampedusa. On Saturday alone, 600 people made it all the way to Lampedusa’s rocky shores from Tunisia in 15 boats traveling together. UNHCR says that in the last month, and especially as things heat up in Tunisia, boat departures from both Tunisia and Libya have seen a marked increase. “Whenever there is instability, departures from Tunisia increase,” said Flavio Di Giacomo, spokesman for the International Organisation for Migration. “It’s too early to say what will happen next.”

But it is not too early to prepare

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GAROWE, THE OHIO OF SOMALIA

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion

These days Garowe City of Puntland State resembles USA Ohio City in election primaries. On the eve of Somali elections, Garowe draws in huge visitors, not only from other urban cities of Puntland, but also a considerable number of public office seekers around the world among the diaspora of Puntland origin. Playing well by producing qualified and able politicians as members of parliament, the State of Puntland could have swaying influence in Somalia’s future governance. The State, however, shouldn’t leave its Federal MPs and senators to their own devices, but support and guide them along its political and legislative objectives.

Influence-peddlers, political pundits and election compaigners for Federal Presidential candidates are also visible in public places here. This is the time Puntland clan elders turn again overnight into shakers and movers of Puntland candidates for Upper and Lower Houses of Somalia’s Federal Parliament. Elders are taking advantage of their unique and privileged positions of selecting sub-clan delegates, who would choose members of parliament from among the clan-sponsored representatives, under the existing Somalia’s controversial 4.5 Clan Power-sharing Formula.

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The difference between Garowe and Ohio, in terms of election campaigning, is that here in Garowe everybody, who happens to play a role in Somalia’s future destiny is almost ignorant, hungry, if not destitute. Unfortunately, campaign funds go to private pockets to alleviate the pain of poverty among electors. Think of electors, who cannot support their livelihoods while staying at locations of election polling stations. Imagine the financial burden and stress they cause to public office seekers. Think of low qualities of candidates, who finally emerge successfully by outbidding other political rivalries or opponents. This is the tragedy of Somali politics.

Unless the democratic principle of One-person-One-vote (1p1v) gets real track in Somali political debate and implemented, drop your hope for successful Somalia, not to mention about the bitter struggle required for attaining good governance.

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BREAKING NEWS: 23RD ANNIVERSARY OF PUNTLAND STATE UNDERWAY

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Preparations for 23rd Anniversary of State’s foundation are underway at State Presidency this evening. It has just started with thorough security screening of invitees and attending public in checkpoints far off the perimeters of the Presidency. There are multiple layers of security checks, taking zero chance for mistakes and security accidents. Security personnel here are polite and professional.

Puntland songs and creative folklore music and dances are running on the screens and in full display. Attending public is trickling down into the Garowe center of attention tonight, the Presidency.

Happy Puntland Day! August 1st!

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HISTORY: 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF PUNTLAND FOUNDATION WAS ABORTED

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Puntland opposition elements and most titled elders couldn’t differentiate between the dislike they have for the State President of the day and significance of Puntland 3rd ANNIVERSARY. A group of traditional elders led by the Late Islaan Mohamed Islaan Muse opposing State President, Abdullahi Yusuf, had rebelled against holding the 3rd Anniversary of Puntland establishment as the first pillar of Federal Somalia. Their issue wasn’t against the State per se, but they had resisted holding the ceremony due to their opposition to the President at the time in the backdrop of a constitutional crisis. The incident alarmed people of Puntland that the modest achievements by then the new regional state were down the drain. This incident was also one of ugliest and toughest times in Puntland short history of statehood.

The Late Islaan Mohamed summoned the so-called “Kabo-Silik” (Boot-wired men), armed countryside youth, to Garowe City and ordered them to dismantle ceremonial decorations and facilities in Garowe Central Square unofficially known “Ciise Ku Caroh” (Issa’s Anger Square.) To avoid unnecessary loss of lives and to descalate the tension in town, Puntland Government abandoned the idea of marking the Day.

This history of Puntland State is closely linked to the conspiracies against Puntland by President Ismail Omar Ghueleh of Djibouti, Issayes Afewark of Eritrea and Abdulqasim Salad Hassan (Ina Salad Boy)/Ali Khalif Galaydh of Djibouti- sponsored Transitional National Government of Somalia (TNG.)

Those political developments eventually led to the brief collapse of Puntland Government. It was towards the end of year 2002 that Puntland Government was able to reinstate itself in an operation called “Restore Puntland Stability”.

Here is the record of what was happening then:

  • On BBC Focus On Africa with Robin White
  • Reposted in:
  • 19 May 2007 04:15
    BBC WORLD SERVICE AT 1706 GMT. THIS IS RACHAEL AKIDI WITH FOCUS ON AFRICA 
    The port town of Bosaso in the Somali region of Puntland has today fallen to forces loyal to Colonel Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed. The fall of this economically important town follows two days of fierce fighting between colonel Abdullahi and forces loyal to Jama Ali Jama, his rival for leadership of Puntland. From Mogadishu, our Correspondent, Hassan Barisse, emailed this report:
     Hassan Barisse: The forces of Colonel Yussuf captured Bosaso without any resistance at about 8 AM local time. The whereabouts of Jama Ali Jama is not known. But sources close to his aides say he left Bosaso to Qardho town yesterday afternoon by road to Iskushuban District about 160 km east to Bosaso from where he is reported to have taken a plane to an undisclosed destination. Some of Jama’s supporters insist that he is still in Qardho town, but that sounds unlikely. Colonel Yussuf himself reached Bosaso town at about 11.30 AM local time and immediately went to the Presidential building in the town were he started receiving elders, religious scholars and women’s groups, all of whom congratulated him on his victory. Ugas Hassan, one of the main traditional leaders of Puntland told me today in a telephone interview from Bosaso that the arrival of Colonel Yussuf followed a meeting between elders, Muslim scholars and politicians from Bosaso with Colonel Yussuf himself in Kalabayr District, some 60 km south of the town. According to Ugas Hassan, the elders and politicians asked Colonel Yussuf to respect the peace and that if he wants to come to Bosaso town, he could do so without fighting. All day yesterday and last night, the local FM radio in the town has been broadcasting messages from the Commander of the Police Forces in Bosaso, Colonel Jaatta (as heard) telling the people they should remain calm. Many people understood from that message the whole thing was a set-up between the elders, the Police and Colonel Abdullahi Yussuf. Supporters of Jama Ali Jama had characterized the capture of Bosaso as a Coup d’ Grace and a plot masterminded by Ethiopia.
    RACHAEL AKIDI: That emailed report from our Correspondent, Hassan Barrise in Mogadishu. Well, Ismail Warsame is a spokesman for Colonel Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed. Robin White asked him what the situation was. Ismail Haji Warsame: Well, the city welcomed Abdullahi Yussuf. There was not a single bullet fired today. Traditional elders, intellectuals, women’s group and the rest of the residents of Bosaso have met Abdullahi Yussuf at the gate of Bosaso to welcome and escort to the Presidential palace today.
     Robin White: eeeee, will he stay there?
    IHW: Yes, he will be there for quite a while as far as I know.
    Robin White: Did the Ethiopian troops help him in the capture of Bosaso?
    IHW: Absolutely nonsense.
    Robin White: There is no single Ethiopian soldier in Puntland proper.
    Robin White: Did the Ethiopians encourage you to take Bosaso?
    IHW: Not at all. Not at all. In fact the Ethiopian State were trying to mediate between Abdullahi Yussuf and his rival. Unfortunately, Jama Ali Jama refused to even sit with Abdullahi Yussuf in Addis Ababa recently.
    Robin White: So, what happens here? Is there any chance of reconciliation?
    IHW: With whom to reconcile? President Abdullahi Yussuf is trying to restore Law&Order. There is no fighting in Bosaso. There is no armed opposition against him. There was little resistance on the part of Jama Ali Jama. He has no grass roots support. That is why Abdullahi Yussuf is in Bosaso without even a fight.
    Robin White: Now, what is gona happen to your relations with the GOVERNMENT in Mogadishu? Clearly, they supported Jama Ali Jama and not you. So are relations going to   be really extremely bad between you and the Mogadishu GOVERNMENT?
    IHW: There is no Government in Mog that we recognize. We know there is ARTA Faction which controls less than 2 streets in Mog, enforced by Djibouti. So, what Government are you talking about? 
    Robin White: So, are you now working for the overthrow of the Mogadishu GOVERNMENT?
    IHW: We are working towards national reconciliation.
    Robin White: Does that mean trying to overthrow the GOVERNMENT in Mogadishu or the INTERIM GOVERNMENT?
    IHW: There is no government to overthrow. There is a faction.
    Robin White: So, will you try to drive out this, eee FACTION, as you call it!
    Robin White: It is not our obligation to overthrow a faction in Somalia. We will welcome that faction to talk to us.
    RACHAEL AKIDI: Ismail Warsame, spoksperson for Colonel Abdullahi Yussuf   

    Garowe, May 08,2002 To:  United Nations Organization, Nairobi, Kenya, European Commission, Nairobi, Kenya International Non-Governmental organizations, Pl, Kenya   Cc: All Government departments of Puntland State of Somalia, From: Hassan Ahmed Jama, Director-General, Ministry for International Cooperation & Planning  Garowe, Pl.
  • Subject: OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION This is to advise the staff of UN, EC and INGOs accredited in Puntland State of Somalia, who had been evacuated from Bosaso yesterday, to stay away from Puntland State of Somalia until further notice. This decision has been reached on the basis of the Operation Puntland Stability First and the fact that the decision to evacuate the staff of the above-named organizations from Bosaso had neither been coordinated with nor communicated to the legitimate authorities of the State.  In addition, some of these organizations have been engaged in activities incompatible with their stated mission objectives. Finally, this office advises the Heads of these organizations, who traditionally operate from Nairobi, Kenya, to reconsider or reschedule any planned mission to Puntland State until further notification by this Office to the contrary.
    GALKAYO, MAY 07,2002 BREAKING NEWS: PEACEFUL RETURN OF ABDULLAHI YUSUF TO THE PORT CITY OF BOSASO.Elders, prominent personalities, intellectuals, women groups and regional authorities of bosaso came out this afternoon to greet Abdullahi Yusuf at gate of the city. Bosaso therefore sees the peaceful return of country’s legitimate President. Residents of Bosaso are now lining along the streets of the city to welcome this peaceful return of the President and to witness such an important event. Governor of the Bosaso City declares the end of the coup attempt by Al Itihad and that the destabilising elements of the city had fled away before the arrival of the President in Bosaso this afternoon. Ismail H. Warsame, Chief of CabinetGalkayo, May 7,2002 BREAKING NEWS ON PUNTLAND STABILITY FIRST This is to inform the news media that forces of Puntland State had brief but intensive battle with forces of Al Itihad inside the City of Qardho this morning. This fighting follows the refusal of the members of Al Itihad armed groups to accept the advice of Qardho elders to lay down their arms and let H.E. Abdullahi Yusuf pass through peacefully in his determined bid to restore Law & order in the country. Subsequently, combat groups of Al Itihad have been crushed in Qardho and the forces of President Abdullahi Yusuf passed through the city on their way to bosaso. In another development, Jama Ali Jama, accompanied by a few of his personal body-guards, had fled eastward to his hometown of Bayla, where he is expected to be airlifted by either Arta Faction or Djibouti.  Moreover, political supporters of Jama A. Jama were reported to be fleeing Bosaso in all directions and overseas.Please stay tuned for further development of invents. Ismail H. WarsameChief of Cabinet——————-Published by SomaliawatchPosted 26th December 2012 by Ismail Warsame Blog

HAPPY PUNTLAND DAY! AUGUST 1ST.

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CONTINUAL BOMB-BLASTS IN KISMAYO INDICATE SECURITY LAPSES

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Kismayo is relatively small town, though surrounded by swathes of land controlled by Al-Shabab. Continual terrorist attacks without meaningful retaliation and failure to discover the active extremist cells in town is a sign of not only security service’s weakness and incompetence there, but also complacency of authorities and possible terrorists’ infiltrations into the ranks and file of Jubaland security forces.

These security lapses always happen when regional politicians are distracted by election campaigns and blindfolded by political frictions with the Central Authorities in Mogadishu, Al-shabab taking advantage of the situation. Similar attacks had happened multiple times in Galkayo, and Galmudugh, in particular.

Jubaland State should: 1. Review its response to security threats. 2. Restructure and retrain its security personnel 3. Do some house cleaning of state apparatus. 4. Monitor hotel residences. 5. Impose residence permits and home address requirements. 6. Notify home owners to register tenants with police stations.

Somali authorities at all levels of government should know that, as a rule of thumb, persistent terror attacks are sure indicators of failure of intelligence. Isolated terror incidents are understandable, but continual bomb-blasts in a town without appropriate countermeasures and prior information gathering to prevent attacks before they occur are unacceptable.

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CRITIGUE ON COMMUNIQUE BY PUNTLAND EDUCATION SECTOR CONFERENCE

Puntland Education Sector Conference Communique

The work done by two former Puntland ministers of education, Dr Ali Abdullahi Warsame and Abdi Farah Juha is commendable. The ministers have put great emphasis on structural reform of education sector and important need for the insertion of vocational and skills training into school curricula. One would fully concur with them in their findings in the state of Puntland education sector.

The Communique or the review of the sector, however, doesn’t go far enough or ignores altogether a fundamental problem characteristic of entire Somalia’s education sector: That we are forgetting who we are as people and as a country – our cultural heritage and character of the nation are being omitted in our education sector and school curricula. It is my humble opinion that until this slow trend of erasing Somali cultural values from our education system is reversed, this nation is sleepwalking into deep crisis of identity and dangerous loss of national character.

The voice of the youth, cry for help.

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

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SIMONE BILES ON MENTAL HEALTH IN SPORTS

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KENYA KEEPS KNOCKING DIPLOMATIC DOORS

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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AFRICA REGION ON CIVID-19 VACCINES

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WORLD BANK ON SOMALIA’S FEDERALISM

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THE PROBLEM IS YOU!

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THE BRAIN OF AN ELDERLY PERSON

The director of the George Washington University College of Medicine argues that the brain of an elderly person is much more plastic than is commonly believed. At this age, the interaction of the right and left hemispheres of the brain becomes harmonious, which expands our creative possibilities. That is why among people over 60 you can find many personalities who have just started their creative activities.

Of course, the brain is no longer as fast as it was in youth. However, it wins in flexibility. That is why, with age, we are more likely to make the right decisions and are less exposed to negative emotions. The peak of human intellectual activity occurs at about 70 years old, when the brain begins to work at full strength.

Over time, the amount of myelin in the brain increases, a substance that facilitates the rapid passage of signals between neurons. Due to this, intellectual abilities are increased by 300% compared to the average.

And the peak of active production of this substance falls on 60-80 years of age. Also interesting is the fact that after 60 years, a person can use 2 hemispheres at the same time. This allows you to solve much more complex problems.

Professor Monchi Uri from the University of Montreal believes that the brain of an elderly person chooses the least energy-intensive path, cutting unnecessary and leaving only the right options for solving the problem. A study was conducted in which different age groups took part. Young people were confused a lot when passing the tests, while those over 60 made the right decisions.

Now let’s look at the features of the brain at the age of 60-80. They are really rosy.

FEATURES OF THE BRAIN OF AN ELDERLY PERSON.

  1. The neurons of the brain do not die off, as everyone around them says. Connections between them simply disappear if a person does not engage in mental work.
  2. Absent-mindedness and forgetfulness appear due to an overabundance of information. Therefore, you do not need to focus your whole life on unnecessary trifles.
  3. Beginning at the age of 60, a person, when making decisions, uses not one hemisphere at the same time, like young people, but both.
  4. Conclusion: if a person leads a healthy lifestyle, moves, has a feasible physical activity and has full mental activity, intellectual abilities DO NOT decrease with age, but only GROW, reaching a peak by the age of 80-90 years. So don’t be afraid of old age. Strive to develop intellectually. Learn new crafts, make music, learn to play musical instruments, paint pictures! Dance! Take an interest in life, meet and communicate with friends, make plans for the future, travel as best you can. Don’t forget to go to shops, cafes, concerts. Do not lock yourself alone – it is destructive for any person. Live with the thought: all the good things are still ahead of me!

Information!

A large study in the United States found that:

▪The most productive age of a person is from 60 to 70 years;
▪ The 2nd most productive human stage is the age from 70 to 80 years old;
▪ 3rd most productive stage – 50 and 60 years old.
▪ Before that, the person has not yet reached his peak.
▪The average age of the Nobel Prize laureates is 62;
▪The average age of the presidents of the 100 largest companies in the world is 63 years;
▪The average age of pastors in the 100 largest churches in the United States is 71;
▪The average age of dads is 76 years.
▪ This confirms that a person’s best and most productive years are between 60 and 80 years of age.
▪This study was published by a team of doctors and psychologists in the NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE.
▪They found that at 60 you reach the peak of your emotional and mental potential, and this continues until you are 80.
▪ Therefore, if you are 60, 70 or 80 years old, you are at the best level of your life.

  • SOURCE: New England Journal of Medicine.

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NATIONAL, TRADITIONAL VALUES TO KEEP AND PRESERVE

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

In the past few years we have been watching the deterioration of democratic values and cherished traditional values of the most powerful nation today on earth, the United States of America. We all have witnessed that the rule of law and constitutional imperatives could be fragile and trampled upon by unscrupulous group of people incited by political opportunistic leader(s). If, even the USA had experienced this kind of civic and constitutional violations by the same leaders elected to uphold and preserve the solemn obligations of keeping national sacred contract, then one doesn’t hold much hope for the well-being and survival of weaker nations.

The tragedy is that now there is no role model for sound and strong democratic public institutions after the fact of what had happened in today’s United States. I say today’s United States because that country’s history is full of cruelties and injustices. But the government of United States now has weaker public institutions following partisan gridlock along the way to bring those responsible for January 6 insurrection at Capitol to account, including the inciter of the riots, the President of the United States, Donald J Trump, the leader of the phenomenon “Fake News”.

Here in Somalia, a failed state with long history of political corruption, religious sectarianism and tribal violence, justice, rule of law and preservation of fine national traditions remain a pipe-dream, perhaps, for many generations to come. The latest examples of this anomaly are Siyad Barre’s tyranny through military coup, USC’s clan cleansing in Mogadishu and Farmajo’s political and security shenanigans and damages he has done to national governance and vital national interests.

What to do about it? Everyone has a role to play. There is a common saying that states personal responsibilities towards common good: “Do whatever you can, wherever you are, with whatever you have”.

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HOW ASPIRANTS OF SOMALIA’S PARLIANENT MEMBERSHIP CONDUCT THEIR ELECTION CAMPAIGNS?

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Most of them act like busy bodies (seem to be doing something), mainly spreading the word that they are candidates. Those seeking re-election are more experienced and strategic in their approaches. They have more connections in trying to secure support and fund-raising. They have personal experiences and knowledge of presidential candidates. Over the past four years, they have been maintaining cordial communications with their respective constituencies and traditional elders. They have personal advantages of story-telling about Mogadishu politics and emphasize more about the importance of re-election rather than sending someone new to the corruption-infested political schemes of the Capital City

Depending how successful someone’s fundraising is, many are afraid of over-bidding. All of them are bit shacken by the fear of potentially losing out to others in the stiff competion for favors from the elders in their respective sub-clan system. What worries them most are the reports on some traditional elders already succumbing to Farmajo corruption in buying elders’ loyalty to promote favorable candidates in the selection process involving delegates. If true, this is the height of political corruption in the country and dangerous new developments in this election cycle.

Those aspiring to be senators in the Upper Chamber of the Federal Parliament are busy securing appointments with heads of FMSs, cabinet members and members of regional House of Representatives. They are after anyone of some influence to get those appointments. That is why personalities within the circles of influence are trying to avoid contacts with these Federal Parliament candidates in the fear of persistent requests for vetting, personal recommendations and influence-peddling with the state presidents. It is difficult time for everybody in town.

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WISE ELDERS MISSING IN PUNTLAND TRADITIONAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Puntland State has no longer the unique historical advantages of traditional SELF-GOVERNMENT. The region has come to the end of the road with the ascent of new generations of junior elders replacing the old guard. The future of the state looks bleak as a result of political stagnation that kept these inexperienced tribal elders to remain relevant to the political system of the state, a situation far removed from the traditional roles of peace-keeping and peace-making among the clans. During the foundation of Puntland State, seeking grassroot support amid the civil war was essential and couldn’t had been done otherwise. But we fully knew that the job of a tribal elder wasn’t to select members of parliament and build institutions of a state. At the time, it meant to be a short-term arrangement, given the difficult circumstance we were in. Moreover, a government lacking checks and balance of power, on the top of the above systemic vicious cycle, will not survive much longer.

Until Puntland moves to holding general elections as soon as it is practical, we are progressing backwards with unpredictable and dangerous consequences of state failure again, this time with existential threat of not to be.

What had made Puntland historically unique in Somalia’s politics was the progressive nature of its residents to reform, renovate and re-think options for self-government. That is now finally being threatened.

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WHY DO I GET BORED SOMETIMES?

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Guess, like many people, I sometimes feel uneasiness for no obvious reasons. I sought some explanations for my situation and couldn’t figure out what was bothering me. It took me a while to sort out why I wasn’t myself. I assumed many versions of thinking and personal evaluations. Each assessment of myself wasn’t as convincing as I would have thought to be, discarding one by one after a bit of silent deliberations. By crossing out those considerations, a thought finally struck me. The solution lies in what I was doing at that moment when I was feeling a bit of discomfort. I had discovered that I was engaged in procrastination of something among my to-do list. That was right! My soul was alerting me quietly that I was putting off an important priority either for the day or in the foreseeable future. However, once I started doing what I was supposed to do, boredom was no longer an issue.

Another important personal self-discovery I experienced recently is that I used to go out to places to meet with people, friends, colleagues, acquaintances etc. When I didn’t find some happy faces to meet me enthusiastically, or others, who have negative attitudes in their topics of discussion, I felt that I was wasting my time and wasn’t doing what I was obligated personally to do in my daily routine. I have been trying to find a remedy for this kind of personal situation. Here comes the problem of personal echo: You consider yourself an important personality and you want the world to smile for you once you are out of your home in the morning. On the contrary, you get disappointed. And the solution? Kill that echo! With that mindset from the start of the day, you would feel freedom and personal liberation. Understand that you aren’t important to people, if you don’t have what they were looking for, or have the connections they need to get there. Knowing this fundamental fact about human beings, is itself a great personal self-discovery. If you go out, don’t be ashamed of sitting alone in a suitable spot in social amenities without attempting to attract any one’s attention.

Finally, understanding that most people seek and want you when they think that you are in an enviable position of privilege, power and wealth, is a sobering experience you would appreciate as you enter into that phase of self-knowing.

In conclusion, enjoy your life as simple as you can, and most importantly, be indifferent to the search for self-importance and attention. That way, you will be a truly free person.

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WDM BREAKING NEWS

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

President of Puntland State, Said Abdullahi Deni, has arrived Garowe, the seat of the government today, in an unprecedented display of public welcome. observers have interpreted this untraditional public reception party as harbinger for important announcement to kickstart the President’s campaign for Federal Elections and his imminent declaration of Federal Presidential candidacy, the worse political re-election nightmare for Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, and perhaps, some other presidential candidates hailing from Banadir Region.

Taking advantage of Eid Al-Adha Holidays, all State officials, including the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Abdirashid Yusuf Jibril (Abwaan) and his deputies were at hand at General M. Abshir Airport today, perhaps with the diplomatic intention of covering up the lately simmering political frictions between the Executive and legislative branches of the government of Puntland. This issue was adjourned recently, subject to the return of the President to Garowe from extended overseas trip.

Perhaps, in unrelated event taking place simultaneously, Boqor Burhan Boqor Muse was enjoying a warm reception of his own in the town of Widh Widh in Ayn Region, to bless the announcement of a new titled elder, Garaad Mohamed Garaad Abshir Salah Jr.

Other election-related issues include the influx of Puntland Federal MPs into Garowe, a lifeline to the often vacant Garowe hotels. It is one of most profitable times when they have both the State President and Federal members of Parliament in town.

This is a developing story. Stay tuned.

Unprecedented public welcome
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BREAKING NEWS

At least THREE MORTAR shell attacks hit Airport and UN compounds in Mogadishu moments ago. Staff ordered to stay indoors.

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SO, HERE WE COME AGAIN

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Editor’s Note

Puntland members of the outgoing Federal Parliament have been pouring lately into Garowe hotels, each one seeking another chance to remain and represent Puntland in Mogadishu. They face huge challenges to get renominations this time around, partly because of their poor performance and abysmal legislative records in Mogadishu, not to mention about their incompetence and proven misrepresentation of their constituencies. There are wild stories of sub-clan infightings among them, and some were reported to have been bragging about how they have succeeded in marginalizing the political chances of certain sub-clans in some regions of Puntland. These are the  kind of representations Puntland had been able to send to Mogadishu. This story is as sad as it gets. The problem lies mainly in the lack of strategic policy formulation of the State of Puntland towards promoting Puntland local and national interests.

Puntland outgoing members of the Federal Lower House were among those who had participated in the recent illegal attempt to extend the mandate of Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to two more years as President of Somalia. When doing this, they all knew that their constituency, Puntland, was against that unconstitutional extension. Regardless of their ill-advised course of action, they have come here to campaign for re-election. That is because they know that there is no accountability for wrong-doing in Somalia’s corrupt/tribalistic political system – there is no shame here.

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PUNTLAND REPRESENTIVES ARE FOOTBALL TEAM WITHOUT COACH

Garowe, April 17, 2019

Puntland is a state [twenty-three -edited] years old with people as old as the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, but have no strategic plan towards Somalia or how to deal with the rest of Somalia. An Amazing story to tell, you would say. Puntland successive governments had never thought of its urgent need and constitutional mandate to work out a permanent state strategic plan good for the thinking and operations of every Puntlander in Somalia and worldwide to follow and keep in mind for generations to come: be it a member of the Federal Institutions or Puntland officials attached to a foreign or international entities or an individual living or working in a global village. It is really a common sense to do so if she cares about the well-being and progress of the state, her people and position in Somalia and beyond.
Do the federal officials and MPs representing Puntland in Mogadishu have a strategic plan to follow on Somalia and Puntland issues? How does Puntland government expect them to operate, under which guidelines other than the constitutions and their individual gut feelings do they carry out their mission, tasks and responsibilities?
Sending Puntland Representatives to Mogadishu without a plan of action, thinking or guidelines is like sending Puntland Football Team to Mogadishu without a coach. To use my friend Abdi’s football analogy, “It is like sending a team of untrained Puntland camel boys to play ball in Mogadishu”.
Moreover, Puntland State is also a mother having kids there, who has properties and interests in other regional states of Somalia as well. How would our representatives in Mogadishu, Kismayo, Baydhaba and Dusa-Mareb takle with issues of common and Puntland interest? What are the Puntland channels of communication with those supposed to be looking after her interests in those regions? Is Puntland operating blindly in the dark, or she has no idea of what I am talking about?
On the internal affairs, you would say, there is nothing wrong with Puntland State except it is caught up and locked in bad governance that prevents her from moving foward in building strong state institutions, not to mention about her playing a leading role in Somalia’s reconstruction efforts.
That is good as long as you think that good governance includes elimination of corruption and changing the permanent perception by some of its constituent regions that it is a state dominated by a few privileged clans, doing away its persisting vulnerability to insecurity and lack of economic expansion and business investment, low and poor quality of education and skills training, absence of constructive engagement with the leaders of fedgling Federal Government.
Reasonable Puntlanders are OK with this thinking. But, is that all Puntland State and her people could do to build a bright future for her next generations?
I would say with confidence that Puntland State is frozen in time and space. Let me give you some examples. Puntland Government has the same salary scale for its personnel as we started 23 years ago. Puntland Government uses the same clan/regional power-sharing arrangements for the selection of members of the House of Representatives as we launched it 23 years ago. Puntland Government fell back to rely on clan militia forces for its security, which we had moved away 23 years ago. 23 years ago Puntland had an independent judiciary, independent parliament, independent auditor-general and independent accountant-general. None of above Puntland institutions of government are independent today. It is a big deal and alarming facts to ignore. This is a critical factor, among many, that Puntland President has absolute executive powers in the absence of checks and balance (Madax-ka-Nool).
What to do about the situation? Good question! Let us debate objectively without any attempt to spin. Let me start with my take of things here with a by-line from Garowe. First of all, let us find out areas we can begin work right away:

  1. To fight corruption and maintain law and order, restore the independence of those institutions cited above.
  2. Have a competent, transparent and independent public service commission right away.
  3. Establish state strategic advisory board or commission that act as government think tank or experts on working out strategic plan for Puntland.
  4. Puntland regional clan power-sharing arrangements for indirect selection/election had hit dead-end. Let us begin democratization process right away, starting.with local elections first.
  5. Streamline state departments to eliminate redundancy, duplications and inefficiency. Make a smaller government by cutting down cumbersome bureaucracy.
  6. Know that the Finance and security sectors are the Achelles Heels of Puntland State.
    The current Administration of President Said Abdullahi Deni is on the spot and hot seat to deliver on his election promises to avoid the bad legacy of his predecessor. People of Puntland have no alternative but to rise up against corruption and mal-administration of their public affairs. They have to meet the challenges of the moment.
    Finally, it was said by others before us, who too had been there that people get the leaders they deserve. This insight and wisdom is still true as it was then. People may give their leaders initially the benefit of the doubt, but not a free hand to a politician to do whatever he wishes to without making sure that he or she must be held accountable to the people individually and collectively.
    One good thing about the people of Puntland is that they never give a 2nd chance to their leader, let alone a bad one. If President Said Abdullahi Deni wants to come back to power in Puntland, he could so by popular vote through democratization process starting right now. [This article has been updated since posting in April 17, 2019.]

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