KULMIYE: LOSING SUPPORT AND MOMENTUM
 

The last few weeks have been terrible for KULMIYE and continue to be so. As they say in politics, a week is a lifetime. In the case of KULMIYE, the last few weeks have been an eternity. Ever since Mudane Silaanyo’s; KULMIYE party chair; politically damaging statement regarding his continued belief in a “federal Somalia ”, the air seems to have gone out of the party.

Whilst KULMIYE members of the Somaliland House of Elders and House of  Representa tives carry on with their work, for example, Deputy Speaker, Mr. Bashe Mohamed  Far ah has been in Sool engaged in mediations and consultations, and Deputy Speaker, Mr. Abdilaziz Mohamed Samale has been representing Somaliland at a recent  Common  w ealth parliamentary conference in the United Kingdom, both have been effective in  th eir tasks; the KULMIYE party hierarchy has been ineffective in addressing the current apathy engulfing the members and supporters.

With the exception of Mr.Ahmed Hussien Isse, who in a recent article and a  subsequ ent debate defended congressman Donald Payne’s relationship with Somaliland, (plea se note Mr. Hussein Isse had no comment to make on Mudane Silaanyo’s declaration, but limited his article to the issue of Mr. Payne) even though, an astute politician as the late President Egal remarked after meeting the congressman, “This man has no lo ve for Somaliland”. There has been a deafening silence from the party. KULMIYE has been hemorrhaging support and momentum.

Today in Somaliland the two political parties that matter are UCID and UDUB. Of  cou rse, that could all change, because the political arena is always in a constant state of flux. Nevertheless, it could only change for KULMIYE, if the party members and  suppor ters begin the address the lack of vision, creditability and leadership at the summit of the party.

It is worth noting that KULMIYE, like all Somaliland parties, is blessed with talented and patriotic members, this article has already mentioned three of them, and in previous articles Mr. Muse Bihi had been included in that group.

Unfortunately, for KULMIYE and to a certain extent, for Somaliland , none of the names mentioned above appear be the standard bearer for party, and that has to change, and quickly.