CAN AMERICAN ARMS SAVE SOMALIA?!
Kanini Evans Kariuki
June 26, 2009
THE new American administration had officially announced that it would provide Somalia arms and financial assistance to fight the Al-Shabaab group, which presently controls most of Southern Somalia, including most of the Somali capital districts of Mogadishu.
The Al-Shabaab group had manifested its control in the capital after it had executed the cutting of arms of four Somali youngsters who had stolen pistols and mobile phones.
Many Somalis are anxious that the arms America supplied to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) may land in the hands of the Al-Shabaab group.
They are basing their fears on the previous experience that happened to the Abdulahi Yusuf´s TFG.
Yusuf´s regime had trained more than 5,000 police and military soldiers in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and inside Somalia.
These forces subsequently defected to the militia of the United Islamic Courts and surrendered their arms to the United Islamic Courts.
This happened because the government failed to provide the basic necessities for the police and the military soldiers.
The current government is dealing with the present police force and soldiers in the same procedure and treatment.
Already, there is the defection of the United Islamic Courts supporting Sharif´s regime which has joined the Al-Shabaab group and the Muslim party, now up in arms against Sharif.
That is why the Somalis are highly concerned about the delivery of arms to Somalia without ensuring that a secure supply of logistics and loyal forces are available and properly executed through a military command that is sincere to the regime, as well as having qualities and experience of fighting with the radical groups.
The Al-Shabaab groups are dedicated to their missions and targets, and are ready to spend money to bribe anybody who is ready to co-operate with them or join their services.
Many people are casting aspersions on the capability and vision of the Somali current government.
President Sharif and most of his cabinet lack the experience of state management and socio-psychology of the Somalia society as well as state intelligence operations
To put it in a right perspective, the current regime lacks the Pubic Finance management, as well as dealing with the opposition; up to now it has not established the Judiciary system, the Central bank, and their temporary budget does not measure to the standards of the state financial book keeping.
This contradicts the Somalia state financial and accounts procedures and regulations.
The minister of Finance Hon Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden who has neither financial qualifications nor the knowledge and experience of the management of public finance, already has made conflict of interest by authoritatively administering the current temporary budget, whereby he had challenged the Speaker of the parliament in administering the salaries of their members of parliament, and because of his ignorance of the state financial laws and regulations which is in conformity with the power separation which entitles the parliaments expenditure separately administering the speaker and the management of the parliament headed by the director general of the parliament.
This indicates that Somalia will remain steeped in mismanagement and corruption, and ultimately the country will remain in its position of being the world´s second most corrupt nation or jump to the number one perch.
The Speaker of the parliament and members of parliament must shoulder the responsibility and rise to the level of their responsibility as stipulated in the charter and the standing orders, to correct the gross mistakes and abuse of power by the government or other state organs.
OBAMA´S ATTENTION FOR SOMALIA (SENATE HEARING)
Some of the cabinet members of the government were not in touch with the Somali civil war and probably they will have difficulties in fulfilling their duties.
On June 26, 2009, there was the Senate hearing for the Somali Central government, Punt land state of Somali and Somali land.
Only Puntland attended the hearing, while the Central government of Somalia was represented by a diplomat who was outside Somalia most of the time, while Somaliland completely boycotted the hearing.
It was a very important opportunity for the Somalis as it was the first time their institutions were called for hearing.
The theme of the hearing was "a golden opportunity for Somalis", and the Senate was interested in knowing what exactly their problem was and what possible solutions they had in mind.
The Al-Shabaab group had manifested its control in the capital after it had executed the cutting of arms of four Somali youngsters who had stolen pistols and mobile phones.
Many Somalis are anxious that the arms America supplied to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) may land in the hands of the Al-Shabaab group.
They are basing their fears on the previous experience that happened to the Abdulahi Yusuf´s TFG.
Yusuf´s regime had trained more than 5,000 police and military soldiers in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and inside Somalia.
These forces subsequently defected to the militia of the United Islamic Courts and surrendered their arms to the United Islamic Courts.
This happened because the government failed to provide the basic necessities for the police and the military soldiers.
The current government is dealing with the present police force and soldiers in the same procedure and treatment.
Already, there is the defection of the United Islamic Courts supporting Sharif´s regime which has joined the Al-Shabaab group and the Muslim party, now up in arms against Sharif.
That is why the Somalis are highly concerned about the delivery of arms to Somalia without ensuring that a secure supply of logistics and loyal forces are available and properly executed through a military command that is sincere to the regime, as well as having qualities and experience of fighting with the radical groups.
The Al-Shabaab groups are dedicated to their missions and targets, and are ready to spend money to bribe anybody who is ready to co-operate with them or join their services.
Many people are casting aspersions on the capability and vision of the Somali current government.
President Sharif and most of his cabinet lack the experience of state management and socio-psychology of the Somalia society as well as state intelligence operations
To put it in a right perspective, the current regime lacks the Pubic Finance management, as well as dealing with the opposition; up to now it has not established the Judiciary system, the Central bank, and their temporary budget does not measure to the standards of the state financial book keeping.
This contradicts the Somalia state financial and accounts procedures and regulations.
The minister of Finance Hon Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden who has neither financial qualifications nor the knowledge and experience of the management of public finance, already has made conflict of interest by authoritatively administering the current temporary budget, whereby he had challenged the Speaker of the parliament in administering the salaries of their members of parliament, and because of his ignorance of the state financial laws and regulations which is in conformity with the power separation which entitles the parliaments expenditure separately administering the speaker and the management of the parliament headed by the director general of the parliament.
This indicates that Somalia will remain steeped in mismanagement and corruption, and ultimately the country will remain in its position of being the world´s second most corrupt nation or jump to the number one perch.
The Speaker of the parliament and members of parliament must shoulder the responsibility and rise to the level of their responsibility as stipulated in the charter and the standing orders, to correct the gross mistakes and abuse of power by the government or other state organs.
OBAMA´S ATTENTION FOR SOMALIA (SENATE HEARING)
Some of the cabinet members of the government were not in touch with the Somali civil war and probably they will have difficulties in fulfilling their duties.
On June 26, 2009, there was the Senate hearing for the Somali Central government, Punt land state of Somali and Somali land.
Only Puntland attended the hearing, while the Central government of Somalia was represented by a diplomat who was outside Somalia most of the time, while Somaliland completely boycotted the hearing.
It was a very important opportunity for the Somalis as it was the first time their institutions were called for hearing.
The theme of the hearing was "a golden opportunity for Somalis", and the Senate was interested in knowing what exactly their problem was and what possible solutions they had in mind.
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