Situation in puntland worries many Somalis as well
as international community, the area witness increase
of planned assassinations and organised crimes. This
is not what people have hopped for a year ago when puntland
went smooth power transmission. Currently administration
lead by Faroole made their manifesto for the election:
security and economy. The time of president Cade, puntland
law enforcement weakened and people were expecting Faroole
would strengthen and enhance it. That hasn’t happened
and the situation got worst than it was. Situation in
Puntland reminds many somalis what Mogadishu was 4 years
ago, daily assassination without knowing who is behind.
Here I try to go through the reason I think, why things
are getting wrong in Punland.
Puntland Formation
Many people in puntland are internal displaced people
by the war in south Somalia. Beginning 1991 different
parts of societies sat together and formed local authority
under clan leaders in some parts of puntland (Bari,
Nugaal and Mudug). That was good start but yet not enough,
therefore they sat again aiming to form a broader and
more powerful administration which is capable to deliver
basic security and services. By contrast the will of
people of puntland, the puntland politicians seen creating
more powerful administration is a path to villa Somalia
where great Somali is administered and that hidden agenda
of politicians made whole puntland project handicap
from the start. From 3 years puntland formation things
got worsen when two puntland politicians Jama Ali Jama
and Abdullahi Yufuf each claiming president received
supports from varies Somali groups (Arta and SSRC) clashed.
Many business and intellectual community started to
leave the area and faith of puntland project nearly
vanish.
Abdullahi became Somalia president
In 2004 ex-president Abdullahi got his dream job and
became Somali president while Cade, an ally Abdullahi
in SSDF and rival in the war against Jama Ali Jama was
elected president of puntland. Hope of people in puntland
once again started to shine shortly, many people used
to say puntland problem is Abdullahi by the time he
leaves things will get better. People received warmly
Cade presidency and hoped from him change but that didn’t
happened. Cade selected same team who run the country
more than 6 years with incompetence and corruption.
He tried to raise the hope of people by speaking good
words but practically he never delivered any changes,
till his last day he kept playing same song “I understand
your concerns about my administration and I will do
something about it”.
Faroole coming to power
Faroole was not new to Puntland politics, he was member
of Abdullahi and Cade governments. One of his biggest
mistake in politics was when he tried to kick Cade government
out from Garoowe by using his own militia. Government
troops drove his militia out of parliament building
and people in Garoowe including the clan leaders told
him to leave the city. He never calculated at that time
one day in this town he will sit as an elected president
and same people who once told him to leave the town
will welcome him warmly.
People of puntland who tired with Cade regime welcome
the change and some of them were even more optimistic
about Faroole election, they believed he is an educated
civil person whom at least has record of management.
Same as his predecessors, Faroole had no agenda about
puntland development and prosperity. First thing he
had in his mind was minerals and oil deals with foreign
companies. The issue he clashed with Cade when he was
minister of Cade government.
Puntland oil and minerals
An Australian company Range Resources started mining
and oil search in puntland, initially the mediator between
company and puntland government was Mr Dholowa, a scholar
and member of Somali community in Australia. When Range
Resources and puntland government negotiation progressed,
Mr Liban Boqor, a business man and relative of the president
Cade jumped into the negotiations and took the role
of Mr Dholowa.
Mr Dholowa turned to Faroole who is also a member of
Somali community in Australia and minister of Cade government
at that time, soon rifts between Cade and Faroole immerged.
Finally Faroole left the county and also Mr Dholowa
who then started campaign against Cade government and
puntland as whole by using Somali Radio station based
in Australia and somali homepage called Somlitalk.
When Faroole was elected he named Dholowa, manager
of puntland oil and mineral agency. Faroole and his
trusted and right hand minister Ilko-Jiir and Dholowa
started re-shaping oil and mineral deals that Cade government
made with African oil, a partner of Range Resources.
They claim we need to re-correct these deals for benefit
of people of puntland but reality written contracts
stay the same as they were in Cade government. Three
men made together a lot of expensive trips with money
of poor puntland tax payers to negotiation with oil
and mineral companies as well as TFG, they finally successfully
approved oil and mineral deals from puntland parliament
which is known to have full of corrupted members.
Even though many people would like to see development
of puntland oil and minerals reserve but they aware
Faroole and his team are not right people for the job.
They left security to get worsen and they left economy
unreformed bad shape and education budged less 5% and
etc. Most of his 54 ministers are from Diaspora, they
couldn’t do well the competitive life in the west and
don’t have provable good record for the job they assigned
to run. There is no process in puntland that defines
how to select officials, president can write anytime
a letter and send to the media to announce selection
or replacement an official without consulting people
and person him/her-self.
I will like to conclude my article what profossor Samatar
said “waxaa wadanka ka arimiya dadkii iyagu shaqada
rabay, wadankuse wuxuu ubahan yahay dadkii shaqadu rabtay
ama hogaanka wadanka ehelka u ahaan”.
Senior IT Engineer, Ahmed Mohamed, Saudi Arabia,
KSA: email: ahmed.mohamed651@gmail.com 13 Febaury 2010 Waagacusub
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