The corruption overburdened government of Somalia
EU Commissioner said , “EU doesn’t trust the corruption overburdened
regime in Mogadishu”
Somalia, ex-Italian Somalia, is the most corrupt state in the world,
according to the latest index compiled by the Berlin-based
corruption watchdog Transparency International. U.N. and EU are
trying to paint a dark picture of the corruption in Somalia, which
could put off the countries that bankroll the country’s budget.
The reports highlighted all forms of corruption including political,
financial, educational, administr aton and even human right abuses
against minority. The political system in Somalia is corrupted and
based on tribe; recently the Chairman of Central Bank of Somalia Ms. Yusr Abrar resigned after the president of Somalia Mr. Hassan Sheikh
pressured her to authorize illegal money; no p ress freedom; even the
international community manages the aid funds by itself without
Somalia government involvement.
The USA and Italy sponsor the salaries of the military and police,
where each of the two govern ments send own representatives to
Mogadishu to distribute the salaries directly to the soldiers ,
hand-to-hand, because both governments don’t trust Mogadishu regime.Recently, the EU Spok esman expressed anger over the recent
allegations by Somalia’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Somalia Ms. Fouzia Adan accusing the EU for not funding
Somalia government.
“The Statement of Ms. Fouzia Adan is untrue and we, the EU, spend
millions of dollars in aiding So malia. However, if Ms. Adan meant
that EU doesn’t directly handover the funds to the central
government of Somalia, than she is right because EU don’t trust the
corruption overburdened regime in Mogadishu.” EU Spokesman concluded
in response to the Ms. Adan’s allegations. — end
The government in Mogadishu is a decoration. It does not control
outside Mogadishu. It does n ot provide basic services to its
citizens and don’t protect them. The African Union forces (AMI SOM)
are fighting Al-Shabab terrorist not the nationalized militia of the
Somalia government, who are named after Somalia National Military.
The official spokesman of AMISOM Mr. Abdi of Djibouti Forces
criticized the undisciplined military of Somalia for not taking
their role in the fight. “Somalia Military are undisciplined,
corrupted and unable to manage or control the areas liberated from
Al-Shabah.”. He went on saying
“ Somali a M ilitary are selling the weapons donated to them by the
international community to Al-Shabab terrorist groups.” He concluded
his statement.
Al-Shabab is bribing the military and security officials of Somalia
which resulted many serious security breaches including the suicide
bomber near the Villa Somalia, who was newly recruited by the NSS of
Somalia. Another example is the incident at Somalia Supreme Court
where the sec urity vacated their posts allowing Al-Shabab members to
enter the court building.
The constitution of Somalia is based on an unfair distribution of
power between Somalia tribes. It is called 4.5, where some tribes
take loin’s share in the cabinet while others are left helpless
because they are minority.
The dirty political money is on rise in Mogadishu, where each MP
received $20,000 against voting out the former Prime Minister Mr.
Saacid. The first hand reports unveiled widespread of corruption in
the parliament and the president distributed the dirty money against
Mr. Saacid. This is how Somalia politics work – either money or
tribe.
As we know, there are no public schools in Somalia and even the
Ministry of Education doesn’t have textbooks. There are privately
owned schools in Mogadishu that provide poor and uncontrolled
education. However, the Ministry of Education receives scholarships
from outside world mainly Turkey government.
At the initial scholarship, the ministry granted the scholarships on
tribal manner which forced the Turkish government to send its
representatives to examine Somalian students.
After that Turkish government representatives are preparing the
examination questions and distributing to the students on the
examination site. They correct the examination in Turkey and results
are announced online. This illustrates how untrusted is the
government in Mogadishu.
Law enforcement and police is another black-spot in Somalia
government, where the corruption is evident on both lower and higher
level ranks.
Sports is another victim of Mogadishu corruption. In last Olympics,
the Somalia Olympic Committe e sent untrained and unskilled athletes.
The Somalian footballers seek political or refuge asylum during
tours to rich countries. Nephewsim plays important role in team
selection process, where you can see the entire football team from
one tribe or region.
Dirty money can do anything in Mogadishu, even can waive off the
custom tax and even some one could be a Somalian citizens in five
minutes as reported by Al-Jazeera channel whose repor ter received Somalian passport against $100. This is how corruption humiliated
the Mogadishu regime.
The Somalia justice system is politically motivates and corrupted.
In Feb 2013, a rape victim Luul Ali and a journalist who interviewed
her were both arrested and sentenced to one year in prison for
making false accusation and “insulting a government body”, a case
that captured world attention. – Somaliland Press.
Ali said she was the victim of gang rape in a highly publicized case
allegedly involving armed men in the military uniform in Mogadishu.
– Somaliland Press
There are no functioning departments in Mogadishu, no accountability
and if there is unaudited authority ultimately there will be
corruption.
Amateurishly, the international community is pouring billions of
dollars despite all corruption re ports and allegations, and
neglecting the developing nations in the region like Somaliland.
Somaliland has established itself as irreplaceable partner in
war-on-terror, security and econo mic development. Somaliland
industries supply products to eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti and
Somal ia. It builds roads, bridges and provides respectful social
services including free health and edu cation to its citizens.
Somaliland regulated a mature democracy without outside support, and
earned international appreciation.
Somaliland has Anti-Corruption Commission and Audit Bureau.
Somaliland high-ranking officials declare their assets before the
oath. The elected parliament of Somaliland grills the government
officials. Every year, Somaliland President briefs the parliament on
the current situation of the country.
The international community behavior in the region illustrates that
Somalia is an open project which profits many armies and agencies,
and must be kept open!
By\ Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi
Email:
az.almutairi@yahoo.com
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