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Somaliland oo u diyaargaroobaysa Xuska 18 ka May 2013

Breifing: President Silanyo Reshuffles Regional Governors

As somaliland is busy with the post election context which seems that it revived the issue of tribalism, the president started to remind the public on the issue of Public offices, which they elected for him to manage. read the following news

Somaliland President H.E Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud (Silanyo) has issued a
Presidential Decree # JSL/M/XERM/249-1568/022013 reshuffling all
regional governors.

Presidential circulation stated as follows:

In accordance with Somaliland constitution Act #90 and Act 110, I do
hereby announce as of today 4/2/2013 the reshuffling of all regional
governors with immediate effect.

The Changes are as follows:

1. Hon Mohamed Mahmoud Ali previously the governor of Sool region as the new governor of Maroodi Jeeh Region.

2. Hon Ahmed Omar Haji Abdillahi(Harmaji) previously the governor of Maroodi Jeeh region as the new governor of Togdheer region.

3. Hon Mohamed Farah Aden as the new governor of Sool region.

4. Hon Abdoo Ahmed Aayer Previously the governor Togdheer as the new governor of Awdal region.

5. Hon Yusuf Ibrahim Geedi previously governor of Oodweyne as the new governor of Gabiley region.

6. Hon Ahmed Muhumed Geele (Dacar) as the new governor of Sanaag region.

7. Hon Jamal Hussien Hurre Previously of Hawd region as the new governor Oodweyne region.

8. Hon Abdullah Farah Maydhane as the new governor of Selel region.

9. Hon Ibrahim Hassan Ali previously of Saraar region as the new governor of Hawd.

10. Hon Ahmed Ali Nur previously of Gabiley region as the new governor of Saraar.

Lastly, Hon Ahmed Hadi Sadci previously the governor Awdal region has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect.

Meanwhile President Silanyo has appointed two new managing directors to
head governmental agencies while sacking former heads this was announced
in Presidential decree # JSL/M/XERM/249-1574/022013.

President Silanyo has named two new managing directors

1. Mr. Yusuf Osman Garas as the new head of Food Commission Agency (FCA)
which will now hence forth operate under the ministry of national
planning.

2. Prof. Hassan Ali Osman as the new head of Somaliland Road Authority (SRA)

While relieving, Mr.Mohamed Dahir Ahmed and Mr. Abdiwahid Abdikadir of
their duties as heads of Food Commission Agency and Somaliland Road
Authority (SRA) with immediate effect.

Goth M Goth

Somalilandpress.com

PRESIDENT ESTABLISHES THE LONG AWAITED RANKINGS SYSTEM IN SERVICE HEIRCHARY

This is one of the Achievements that Somaliland has reached in the last 21 years.  This news is borrowed from Somalilandpress.com

 

A new dawn for the security servicemen,in a double celebration at annual festivity

The President H.E. Ahmed Mohammed Mohamoud has established the long
awaited ranking system in the security service in the country yesterday
at practically a double festivity celebration.

He also created three new deputy commanding posts hence named their occupants.

The Head of State put the lapels on the shoulders of top military,
police and prison commanders on the occasion of celebrating the 19th
Armed Forces annual festivals since its inauguration on the 2nd February
1994.

It was indeed an overwhelming happy moment for the nation and the
security arms of the country which was best described by the President
himself.

“I am extremely happy to preside in such an occasion (of establishment of ranks in forces hierarchy) during my administration”.

The President reminded the audience that it was part and parcel of his
pledge during the Presidencial election campaigns that has been
realized.

He thanked all who were concern in the preparations and in the same
breath paid tribute to the national security forces for the consistant
vigillance in keeping peace and security for stability in the country.

The Defence Minister gave a lengthy speech that elaborated on the
essence, need and the important significance of having the security
service and its systems in a country.

Fresh from being made a Major General, Cmdr. Ismael Mohammed Osman, the
Chief army commander spoke of the development steps taken by the armed
forces in the past year.

Apart from Major Gen. Ismael, other commanders newly merited hence made brigadier generals are:-

National Police Commander Abdillahi Fadal Iman,

National Prisons Commander Mohammed Hassan,

Army Commander Abdillahi Mohamed

Deputy Army Commander Amed Yusuf Awale.

A total of 12 commanders were given the new ranks of colonels and above.

The President similarly created new posts in the security hierarchy in
which he named Ahmed Ali Yusuf as the new second deputy commander of the
armed forces.

Dahir Ali Wa’ais and Ali Omar Ahmed were also named as the new National
Second deputy commanders for both the police and prison forces
respectively

 

 

Somaliland Nowadays…….

Somaliland has been in a state of uncertainty created by the security alarm wsitled by the British. to counter this Somaliland president addresed to the two houses of Representatives and called the british claim baseless and not good for the relation between Somaliland and UK.

after the presdient finished his Speech to the reprepresentatives he joined the peaceful demonstrations which the Somalilanders were expressing thier concern over the issue.

The issue started when the British government called its nationals from somaliland due what it called Security concerns.

 

 

 

Opinion: Saxaafada Madaxa banaab ee Somaliland oo ku ciyaaraysa Kasloonidii Dhexdhexaadnimo

Waxa mudadii ay Somaliland jirtay caan noqday oo aynu maalin kasta ka maqalaa ama akhrisanaa warbaahinta madaxa banaan ee kala duwan warbixino iyo faalooyin ku saabsan awooda ay dawladu ama madaxda dawladu sida khaldan ugu isticmaalaan shicibka aan lahayn awood dawladeed ama aan ka tirsanayn dawlada.

Arrinkaasi waxa aad moodaa in uu beryahan danbe si xawli ah ku socdo oo aad arkayso subax kasta ama saacad kasta araa ama warbixin dhaleecaynaysa sida ay u maamulaan awooda dawladnimo marka ay noqoto u isticmaalida shicibka iyo arimo kaleba.

Waxaan aaminsanahay haddii ay ka daacad tahay kuwa gudbinaya fikirkan waa arin sax ah oo ay ku talaabsadeen maadaama ay dimoqraadiyada ka mid tahay in ay saxaafada xor tahay sidoo kalena ay sheegi karaan khaladaadka dawlada taasoo aanay dawladu cabudhin Karin.

Sidaas darteed waxaynu aragnaa in ay saxaafadii heshay ama leedahay xoriyad aan si dhib yar loo cabudhin Karin ama lagala noqon Karin. balse waxa is waydiin leh arimo dhowr ah:

Shayga koowaad waa intee in leeg ayay saxaafadu daacad ka tahay sheegida arimahan. Taa macnaheedu waxa weeye ma iyaga oo u jeeda in ay difaacaan xuquuqda muwaadiniinta aan dawlada ahayn ayay sidan u samayeeyaan?, mise arimo siyaasadeed (mucaaridnimo) iyo qabyaaladeed ayay u sheegaan khaladaadka?,

Shayga labaad ee iswaydiinta leh waa: garanay oo dawladii markay dadkii ku khaldanto waatan oo markiiba bogga hore ayay ku daabacan yihiine, haddii shicibku ku khaldamo dawlada miyaanay ahayn in saxaafadu si tartiib u fahansiiso shacabka kaalintooda aanay buuxin ee ah in aanay ku dhicdhicin dawlada?

Labaadaas arimood iyo qaar kale ayaa waxa ay yihiin waxa ugu yare e layska waydiin karo marka ay noqoto saxaafada iyo dawlada dhaleecaynteeda. Waxa kale oo iisoo raaca oo iyana muhiim ah arin saddexaad oo ah: saxaafadu ma og tahay in arimaha qaar ay baahiyaan ay waxyeelo u gaysan karaan sharafta dadka dawlada xilka ka haya iyo amniga qaranka oo markaas ma arkaan aragti fog oo ah in ay dhibaato abuuri karaan? Su’aashaas waxaan u dhaafayaa akhristaha in uu isagu ka jawaabo.

Waxa aan kusoo gunaandadayaa fikirkayga haddii saxaafadu ay ka gudubto xariiqa cagaaran ama ay ka dhawaajiso birma-geydooyin khatar ku ah waxyaabaha aynu hore uga hadalay, kuwaas oo abuuri kara in ay dadweynahu iska hor yimaadaan, waxa dhici doonta in ay lumin doonaan kalsoonida dadku ku qabaan.

Abdirisak Mohamed Warsame.. is the Somaliland Monitor-blog (caadleef.wordpress.com) Director/Editor. He is also a junior Political Analyst of Somaliland and World affairs Especially the Horn and Middle-east. He writes opinion and News articles about Somaliland and other world trends in this Blog and other Media Channels and He is a 17 years expert on Somaliland Human Right and Mental Health Resource Person. You can also reach him with his personal Email: caadleef@hotmail.com

The Post-local election period in Somaliland

Somaliland has been enjoying stability in last 21 years of existence while the rest of Somalia was/is in a chaotic situation where peace and security does not exist.

There have been a number of governments that came to power because they were elected democratically by the public while at the same time they went because the public elected other leaders to govern. Somaliland’ situation was always different from the other countries in the horn-region when it comes to democracy, because it practiced a democratic system of governance and peaceful transfer of power and it has achieved a lot.

The recent local elections was also another prove that the democratic system in Somaliland is valid and can work while this made Somaliland to be a role model for the countries in the region. As our neighbors watch they witness that the way Somaliland people bring their leaders to power is purely democratic since they do not enjoy that system of governance.

Despite this positive achievement, Somaliland’s democratic system of governance is young enough and requires sometime to grow stronger to contextualize and assimilate with the social way of life.

I said that because so far there are certain social behaviors those are threats to the democratic system of Somaliland and can impede the development of stronger Somaliland democracy, since we did not reach a point of no return.
What I know so far is that Somaliland’s democratic way of governance has many enemies but the number one enemy is something that exists domestically or internally and it’s the way people nurture and protect it. If that fails, there is no one that can guarantee to borrow us. Imposed, because it was not imposed by foreign power it is something that people have chosen and accepted.

To make the point clear, the greatest threat to the thriving Somaliland democracy is the tribal system that the community lives. It is how we see each other and how communities socially and traditionally perceive one another. If the two systems (the traditional and the democratic modern) are harmonized then democracy will survive and get stronger but if the two systems run parallel and they contradict each other then probably it means that people want to live more on traditionally and does not care much about the modern way of democratic governance.
In the last local elections of Somaliland that took place on 28th November 2012, there were some lessons that it drew. The main one that I think I have learned is that our traditional way of life and governance, which is the tribal one is still strong and have influence to our democratic future.
Finally, I believe that we still have rooms for improvement for our democratization process and both the government and the community should learn from the elections so that it should be consolidated making mature democracy.

Abdirisak Mohamed Warsame.. is the Somaliland Monitor-blog (caadleef.wordpress.com) Director/Editor. He is also a junior Political Analyst of Somaliland and World affairs Especially the Horn and Middle-east. He writes opinion and News articles about Somaliland and other world trends in this Blog and other Media Channels and He is a 17 years expert on Somaliland Human Right and Mental Health Resource Person. You can also reach him with his personal Email: caadleef@hotmail.com

Some ofthe Major 2012 Milestones of Somaliland

As Somaliland Monitor wants to remember the most significant achievments and delepments that took place in Somaliland in 2012, we seek our viewers support to send any artcile related to both the Cons and pros of 2012 for somaliland.
But one of the most remarkable milestone of Somaliland in 2012 was:

•The people of Somaliland went to the polling stations to elect their local council representatives who will represent them in the upcoming five years. More than 20 districts elected their council bodies while seven political organizations and parties run for the election. Despite the local council members elected the national commission of Election also announced the three qualified parties Kulmiye, Waddani and UCID that will be the national political parties of Somaliland for the next ten years.

Happy New Year 2013, Kula Caam Wa’antum Bil-Khayr…Sanad Wacan

Today is the First day of 2013.

May It be the best of the best.

Presidential dinner for opposition parties’ leaders

This is a good step forward.

(Somalilandsun) – In a gesture of brotherhood, goodwill and national cohesion, the President of the Republic H.E. Ahmed Mohammed Mohamud held a state dinner in the honour of the leaders of the four political parties who failed to reach the last official three.

The leaders of both Dalsan and Rays had good words to the members of the public after they had dinner with the Head of State.

Mr. Ismael Aden Osman who has been a former Interior Minister thanked the President for according them the honour.

He said that it was imperative for all political leaders to be united as far as the country’s aspirations are concerned.

He noted that the same man who was now heading the state was the one who prioritized nationhood hence accepted defeat despite an 80 vote deficit in the past Presidential race.

He felt that it was an honourable move for the President to accord them the esteem stature in a note of conciliatory and brotherhood humility.

Mr. Hassan Mohammed Gafade of Rays said that inspite of having reservations and misgivings he was obliged to respect the “status quo once the courts decided”.

While conducting the Press Conference for the duo last night, Presidential Spokesman Mr. Ahmed Suleiman Duhul said that the President felt obliged to invite the politicians for brotherly and humility acknowledgement.

He added that there had to be winners and losers in any contest.

The special dinner comes a day after the Head of State treated the leaders of the three official political parties to a similar one in the same gesture.

It is understood that the leader of Haqsoor is abroad in the meantime but it was not clear why either his representatives and Umada’s leaders were not present despite being invited.

 

Happy 2013, Inshallah

As Today and tomorow are the last final days of 2012, we should welcome the 2013, The New YEAR…

Kulmiye, UCID and Waddani are the Three qualifed Somaliland political parties

As We predicted before, Kulmiye, Waddani and UCID won to become the next Politcal parties of Somaliland for the upcoming 10 years.

This is from somalilandsun.com

The three national political parties will be revealed on Boxing Day.

The much awaited line-up of the three new national political parties shall be made public by the Political Parties Registration and Verification Committee-PPR&VC at a local hotel on Boxing Day 2012.

 

According to Somalilandsun the PPR&VC which has received the final election results tally from the National Election Commission-NEC has finalized its computations thus an official announcement.

Despite seven political groups having contested local council elections that were held on 28th December 2012 only three shall be registered as national political parties as per the dictates of the constitution.

This constitutionally stipulation which is geared towards ensuring that the country is not polarized politically by clan or other anti-statehood divisions has been in practice since 2002 December when the first multi-party elections were first held.

In order to qualify as one of the registered national political parties, the registration of political groups is effected thus contest local council elections where the three leading groups are thence recognized and registered as the three national parties.

Once the three leading in local council elections are registered as national political parties they are then allowed by law to assimilate those that lost the opportunity as a prelude to contesting parliamentary and presidential elections.

During the first local council elections contested by contested by nine political groups UDUB, Kulmiye and UCID became the three official national parties and thus participated in the one parliamentary and two presidential elections held between 2003 and 2010. Despite being the oldest and former ruling party UDUB did not contest the November elections having withdrawn in protest against alleged differences with both PPR&VC and NEC.

Though the National Election Commission is yet to official announce the national results garnered by The losing four Four also allege vote riggingthe seven parties that contested elections Empirical knowledge accumulated from regional NEC results indicate that the three leading parties are Kulmiye, Wadani and UCID in that order.

While it is imperative for the PPR&VC to settle the issue of which political groups are registered as national parties, the controversy surrounding the elections in relation to alleged vote rigging by NEC has not be solved despite promises which were precipitated by violent protests especially by supporters of Haqsoor.

Empirical knowledge accumulated from regional NEC results indicate that the three leading parties in the local council elections are Kulmiye, Wadani and UCID in that order

Somaliland Bussiness as Usual

Since 28 November 2012, the somaliland people were occupied by the local elections who were localised and much politicised by both the Political organizationa and parties as well as the lcoal communities who mixed thier tribal way of living with the new democratic political parties system.
We have seen demonstrations meaning that some people were not happy with what thier Tribes achieved during the elections.
But after almost 99% of the districts eleted thier chairman or mayors and vice-mayors it looks that it be BUSSINESS as usual.

Unlikely model of democracy in playground of Tyrants

This Article has been borrowed from Somalilandsun, and it is about the recent Somliland elections.

On November 28, 2012, for the fifth time in 10 years, the former British protectorate of Somaliland held multiparty elections. With more than 2,000 candidates from seven political parties and associations contesting 379 seats, international observers described the polls as transparent and largely peaceful. But while hundreds of thousands queued patiently to cast their ballots, the election is at best a footnote in the annals of contemporary African democracy.

For Somaliland is in an unfortunate historical position: joined with Italian Somalia in 1960 to form the postcolonial republic of Somalia, the republic’s chaotic vacuum of governance over the past 20 years has brought havoc to all parts of the country. In 1991, Somaliland charted its own course: it declared independence from the internationally recognised state of Somalia, formed its own governance institutions from its capital of Hargeisa, and set about rebuilding its infrastructure and economy. No other state has recognized Somaliland’s statehood, although neighboring, landlocked Ethiopia has extended some diplomatic privileges and uses the port of Berbera as an alternative to the near monopoly of Djibouti. For years, turmoil in southern Somalia made Somaliland’s relative calm seem even more remarkable. Recent progress in Mogadishu, including a peaceful transfer of power to a new president, has encouraged some international actors to renew attempts at talks between Hargeisa and Mogadishu about political reconciliation.

Whatever the future of the country formally known as Somalia – one state, two or more – Somaliland’s decade of elections has institutionalized local democracy and developed a very different political reality in the north-west Horn of Africa. And notwithstanding more positive trends from Mogadishu, a credible, pluralistic democratic election remains a distant aspiration for south-central Somalia. Where in 2002 only five women stood for election in Somaliland’s local elections, more than 140 did so in 2012, in what is still a conservative, Islamic society. In unprecedented numbers, young people participated as voters and candidates, aided by an age of majority set at only 16.

Disputed areas of eastern Somaliland saw much more extensive voter participation than in previous polls, and the emergence of new parties and associations will set the scene for a potentially more representative political class in the future. Somaliland’s electoral democracy hasn’t been without challenge: there were some weaknesses in the electoral process, including incidents of multiple voting. Results from the current vote have taken longer than hoped to collate, and there have been a number of protests, some violent, against figures announced so far. To the disappointment of Somaliland’s political elite, an earlier series of successful elections – including, in 2010, the defeat of an incumbent president and a new regime peacefully coming to power – haven’t moved Somaliland much further down the path of international recognition, either.

Political uncertainty has slowed business investment in Somaliland, although there are some signs of this changing: Coca-Cola recently licensed a local company to bottle and distribute its drinks. Production has begun at a factory outside of Hargeisa. A number of oil blocks have been awarded to foreign companies for prospecting, although no significant find has yet been made. The bulk of the economy is driven by remittances, and by a successful diaspora returning as entrepreneurs and investors. Amid some promising signs, Somaliland’s future is still uncertain. In financial terms, Somaliland cannot afford its democracy – with a limited base of revenue and almost no tax collection, the government in Hargeisa can only afford to pay about a fifth of the costs of the vote.

The rest of the money for this election, as with previous polls, comes from mostly European donor countries. But Somaliland cannot easily abandon democracy either. The people of Somaliland have become accustomed to being involved in a formal, consultative political process, even if more traditional clan and community structures remain important markers of identity. Presidential and parliamentary elections are due in 2014 and 2015, but the money to organise the votes is yet to be found. As with much in the Horn of Africa, progress is fragile and vulnerable to reversal. But Somaliland has demonstrated resilience in overcoming a legacy of civil war and destruction, and the difficulties in building a new country on imperfect foundations. In a mostly barren region, democracy has germinated, and further care is needed to ensure it survives.

Aly Verjee, a senior researcher at the Rift Valley Institute based in Kenya, observed elections in Somaliland in 2005, 2010 and 2012