there are over 1,950 traditional elders, caqils, chief-caqils, garaads, sultans and ugaases in Somaliland. that's enough manpower for them to form two and half battalions and go to the Yocadda.

Somaliland: The Horn of Africa’s Breakaway State

Just the telecommunications and the hawalas can bring million's dollars.

Even if its a show, once it starts government will be hooke to it, then becomes serious. One way to minimize misreporting is when a person comes to open or renew licence, force them even on loan to buy a sales register machine. Of course even in the west sometimes they open and close it and is not recorded, but slowly can be common. The government can do spot audit like once a year taking sample of couple of days in different months.

great interview. i've always been a great supporter of this shiekh. what he is saying is true.

thanks for sharing this.

do you really think Somaliland is that fragile? i pity this low level thinking.

Start from top, big companies, that can be audited easily. Many of small businesses, can easily fool and misreport their takings! or this just for the show, trying to impress those donors!

Hard to make it work in a country full of cheaters and free-loaders, but a great step in the right direction nonetheless. Mr Beyle is trying his best to bring back the country.

This guy is close to INa Biixi. His intension is to sideline the " New Shir" proclaimed by the G/X community. We are not naive, every single war in Somaliland among the clans was instigated by politicians. Elders are controlled remotely by politicians. Do you guys remember the Muuse Biixi Suldaan who went to Burco and proclaim, " Inant aJeegaantu dhasho abti baan u ahay", he was probably sent their by Muuse to congratulate them about their help. a year ago during the voter registration he raided a polling station and was arrested. Later he was released to campaign for Muuse. Have you seen the so called Grand Suldaan of Faysal Waraabe who called for the Shir of G/X community, and later scolded by Faysal and he changed his mind. Folks we have clear cases where people are killed by the order of politicians including the one that took place Dararweyne last week.

Don't get it, how was goverment involved in the first place? shouldn't this be traditional stuff and upto clan elders. Maybe they were guilty and used to be part of this for political reasons?