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Press Release Office of the President Republic of Somalia
January 29, 2010 Media Press Release
SOMALIAN GOVERNMENT CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY, CONDEMNS
LATEST AL SHABAB ATTACK
The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia today
celebrated its first anniversary as a government of
national unity in Mogadishu.

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The three hour-long celebrations, attended by the President,
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, together with the Prime Minister
Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Speaker of the Parliament,
Sheikh Adam Mohammed Nur, and senior ministers and members
of parliament, included poetry readings, songs and traditional
Somali dance and a series of comic sketches performed
by the famous Waberi band.

The President highlighted the achievements of the transitional
federal institutions, noting the great strides made
in re-establishing the Somali security forces, the success
in attracting the overwhelming support of the international
community and the continued advances in institution-building.
“The past year we have been very busy building the foundations
of the Somali state,” said the president. “This year,
our plans are to be as self-sufficient as we can and
to start providing essential services to our people
such as education, health and rehabilitating the infrastructure.”
During the ceremony Al Shabab terrorists fired two mortars
into the general area of the theatre where the celebrations
were taking place, killing one Somali civilian and one
Ugandan AMISOM peacekeeper and wounding another.
Despite the attack, the ceremony continued as planned,
with both participants and the audience undaunted. The
president immediately condemned the attack which he
said highlighted the complete moral bankruptcy of Al
Shabab.
“Our thoughts are first of all with the families of
those who lost their lives today. This is a classic
example of what Al Shabab represents and offers to the
Somali people: absolutely nothing beyond murder and
repression. This is why more and more people are turning
away from these thugs and supporting our government
in our efforts to restore law and order and national
unity to Somalia. On this, the first anniversary of
a new government and a new beginning for the country,
I call upon all Somalis to join us on the path towards
peace.”
The president also conferred the country’s highest honour
on four ministers, two MPs and two senior military officers,
all of whom were killed in the line of duty in the past
12 months.
The President thanked AMISOM troop-contributing countries
for their sacrifice and he called on the international
community to make good on their commitments to Somalia.
Communications Department
Email: media@sompresidency.org

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