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Three Hargeesan Artist are Hiding in Mogadishu ..lol
Xaaji Xunjuf replied to malistar2012's topic in Politics
Where is the source Somaliland Xidigta geeska do not sing for Somalia ur own report says that, -
Wa Hagaaag
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Three Hargeesan Artist are Hiding in Mogadishu ..lol
Xaaji Xunjuf replied to malistar2012's topic in Politics
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Safferz Read tallaabo sentence again it was also the home of Somali nationalism its true Hargeisa is where the first Somali flag was raised where the famous poets and song writers that promoted pan Somalism i wished they never did that but they did. it is true theatre Hargeisa is known as Hoyga fanka iyo sugaanta.. Today its not the home of Somali nationalism thank god is not, its the home of Somaliland nationalism. Sahra ilaays ilaahay ku naxariiso hal abuurki wuxu yidhi Hoy hoy hargeisa ma nabad ah No one does Gabay like Cabdi Siyaaro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ettiSgFYbxo Who is the best leading song writer and poet of the 21 century No one other than Abwaan ilkajiir From Hargeisa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spuOC1suB8w Or Abwaaan Boobe song writer Afsomaliga la kala odhan og , ilaah na la kala baryi og It is true that Hargeysa was the trend setter in the 1950s in terms of Culture songs poetry pan Somalism. Its still the same half a century later , but the pan Somalism has been thrown in the dust bin.
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Thats the truth Professor samatar tuition was paid by his uncle Xoogsade both the samatar brothers , so he has nothing in Mogadishu , professor samatar owns koonfurians nothing he just wanted to help them out of Somalinimo, but the warlords the likes of Yalaxow said he belongs in SL and should leave the koonfurians alone. Now he left they are still crying.
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Indeed H town was the seat of the Sultanate for hundred of years,they will be so proud of their Grandchildren.
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Culusow Spending The Night In Ethiopian Military Base LOL
Xaaji Xunjuf replied to Dr_Osman's topic in Politics
Detoore what is the difference Your hero cabdilahi slept in an Ethiopian tank his entire term. -
Doctor Macow from Somalia arrested in Somaliland
Xaaji Xunjuf replied to Xaaji Xunjuf's topic in Politics
^^ Press from Somalia was never appreciated in SL . Somaliland want nothing to do with a country that guns down every journalist. -
Fawziya Yusuf xaaji Adan is back Jawaari in big trouble
Xaaji Xunjuf replied to Xaaji Xunjuf's topic in Politics
She is a hero in Somalia though i like Fawwziaa, she is the best of all the SL sell outs who went to Mogadishu she is a rich lady and enriched her self and bought her self an MP seat , wa libaaxad she knows how to deal with the Koonfurians. -
This is very important the AIRSPACE of Somalia and Somaliland will be controlled from hargeisa a joint airspace management control in hargeisa. Somaliland said it clearly over and over again that SL airspace will never be controlled from Mogadishu, this is the most practical solution for both sides and to share the revenues. Since the UN in kenya no longer controls it. Somalia rising what is more important is that Somalia and Somaliland will never be united, with or with out recognition, Reconogtion is a political acknowledgement it doesn't change the situation on the ground. And ur pirate enclave will be between a rock and a hard place Mogadishu will reject your federalism and Somaliland will breath on your neck.
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By Goth Mohamed Goth Press Release 29/03/2014. Somaliland Minister of Civil Aviation and Air Transport Hon Mahmoud Hashi Abdi accompanied two ministerial legal experts flew out of the country today headed to Ankara, Turkey to discuss the issue Air Traffic Control management with SFG officials. In a Press Statement released today by the Director General in the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Air Transport Mr. Omer Abdillahi Aden stated as Follows The Minister of Civil Aviation Air Transport Hon Mahmoud Hashi Abdi and accompanied by Mr. Said Mahdi Ileeye(Saqirro) and Mr. Mahmoud Bihi Taarwale both who are part of the Ministry’s legal team by in accordance with article 8. The parties agreed to appoint an ad-hoc technical committee composed of 4 members, ( two from each party) to prepare the terms of reference of the Air Traffic Control Board. The Technical Committee work will be supervised by the respective two Ministers. The Minister of Civil Aviation and Air Transport Shall brief the nation of the outcomes of the proposed upcoming in the coming days. Signed By Mr. Omer Abdillahi Aden Director General Somaliland Ministry of Civil Aviation and Air Transport
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President hassan visits Baydhabo , some protests in the city
Xaaji Xunjuf replied to Xaaji Xunjuf's topic in Politics
Can president hassan sell the 3 region state supported by Ethiopia and Kenya and the Puntland and Jubbaland clans . The people of baydhabo want the six state initiative. Can President hassan enforce the 3 state formula on the people of baydhabo. What about the most disputed region Lower shabelle can Hassan compramise on lower shabelle in order to win over the Bay and bakool regions, to support his government. Sharif hassans brother the former Somali parliament speaker are pushing the 3 states lets see how this story develops. -
President hassan visits Baydhabo , some protests in the city
Xaaji Xunjuf replied to Xaaji Xunjuf's topic in Politics
Madaxweyne Xassan Sheikh oo Baydhabo u aadey si u taageero Maamulka Saddexda Gobol Madaxweunaha Dowlada Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Xasan Sheikh Maxamuud iyo Wafdi uu hogaaminayo ayaa maanta u dhoofey Magaalada Baydhabo. Warar aad ugu dhow Xafiiska Madaxweynaha ayaa Puntlandi u xaqiijiyey in Madaxweynuhu uu Baydhabo u tagay si uu u taageero Maamulka Sadexda Gobol ee uu dabada ka riixayo Xildhibaan Shariif Xasan Sheikh Aaden. Dhinaca kalena Beesha caalamka ayaa ku cadaadinaya Villa Soomaaliya iney cadeeyaan mowqifkooda ku aadan xiisada Siyaasadeed Ee Baydhabo. Kala soco Puntlandi safarka Madaxweynaha. Puntlandi Muqdisho -
President hassan visits Baydhabo , some protests in the city
Xaaji Xunjuf posted a topic in Politics
Somali president in Baidoa to end political rift Hiiraan Online By Shafi’i Mohyaddin Sunday, March 30, 2014 Ads by Media ViewAd Options Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mahamoud is facing very tough challenges in his attempts to end the political repercussion in the south-western city of Baidoa where clan representatives recently elected two different regional presidents each claiming to be the legitimate president for the controversial regional state. Leading a large delegation of cabinet members and MPs, President Hassan arrived in Baidoa on Sunday in a bid to end the political rift that caused huge divisions amongst the city’s nearly 300,000 inhabitants each supporting a different administration. The main objective of the president’s trip to Baidoa is to prevent from bloody violence as each of the self-declared states was committed to implementing political views in the region. Analysts believe that President Hassan will have difficulties in persuading the leaders of the opposing regional states to withdraw from their claims and convene for another conference to elect a single regional state president. The region’s leading politicians, PMs and businessmen have been lobbying for the six-regions state, while the rest including Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden are lobbying for the federal government’s recognition of a different state comprising of 3 regions. -
Fawziya Yusuf xaaji Adan is back Jawaari in big trouble
Xaaji Xunjuf replied to Xaaji Xunjuf's topic in Politics
Former foreign minister sworn in as Parliament Member By Shafi’i Mohyaddin Sunday, March 30, 2014 Ads by Media ViewAd Options MOGADISHU (HOL) - Former Somali Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister, Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Adan , has attended her first parliament meeting after she was sworn in as a new parliament member on Saturday. “I swear in the name of Allah that I will accomplish my duties for the interest of the country and the people of Somalia. I will respect the national constitution and will serve in accordance with Islam,” the new lawmaker said holding her right hand on the Quran. Fowsiyo has replaced former Parliament Member Ismail Hassan Jama after he resigned and transferred his seat to her. Both individuals descend from the same sub clan. The newly-sworn in lawmaker had served as Somalia’s deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister before her government was ousted by parliamentary no-confidence vote on December 2nd 2013. In January, Fowzia played Somalia’s first international diplomatic role in more than two decades when she represented Somalia in IGAD’s diplomatic mission. -
The cost of Kenya's misguided & damaging adventure in Somalia
Xaaji Xunjuf replied to OdaySomali's topic in Politics
Kenyans should protect their country from shabaab and eat the fruits of their industry and Somalia should be at peace with it self. -
One simple question can u show us the training fields of shabaab in Somaliland in burco do you have any satellite images. Do you think the United states would not know this the Biggest US base is just next door in Djibouti. Marka u know that SL does not harbor terrorists but u and i know u just use that card to get back at SL because SL refuses to support the Puntland way of doing politics in Somalia. Runta iska sheeg Mooge.
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The cost of Kenya's misguided & damaging adventure in Somalia
Xaaji Xunjuf replied to OdaySomali's topic in Politics
He is just worried about some segments of his industry nothing wrong with that Kenya had to intervene Alshabaab was kidnapping people inside Kenya. This damaged the tourism industry to, the full military incursion damaged Kenya's tourism industry to. -
Great news , Somaliland doesn't want doctors from Somalia, well done the security forces of Somaliland, arrest them and deport them.. The people of Somaliland are 100% behind you Long live Marba dakhtar bay no soo dirayan odhanayan dadka so baadha ambu dadka muda oo dila. these kind of doctors from Somalia are dodgy.
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What terrorists in Somaliland do you have any evidence , other than the false accusations done by Cabdi cawar, the world knows you harbor Pirates, and you shared revenue with the Pirates which makes you a pirate to. The piracy bases are all in Puntland Captain Philips is also our witnesses:D
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Puntland Is for Pirates. BY Jillian Keenan is a New York-based journalist -Foreign Policy Puntland Is for Pirates. BY Jillian Keenan is a New York-based journalist -Foreign Policy imagesCA4CJ74RPuntland Is for Pirates “Puntland is pirate land,”explains Michael Frodl, the founder of C-Level Maritime Risks, a Washington-based consultancy. “If I were a Somali pirate, I’d do everything I could to get sent to Garowe.” Why are convicted high-seas bandits being sent to the Somali region that profits from their crimes? HARGEISA, Somalia — Mowlid Ahmed Abidoon stands quietly in the small prison cell where he has lived for nearly two years. Slot windows on one wall let in only a little sunlight, leaving his face almost entirely obscured in darkness. Yet there are splashes of color all around: The room’s bunk beds are covered in sheets with bright floral and geometric patterns, over which hang canopies of blue mosquito nets — cells within the cell. Clad in a striped polo shirt and prison-uniform pants, Mowlid estimates that he is about 20 years old; the last traces of baby fat still cling to his cheeks. He insists that he shouldn’t be behind bars. “I’m a fisherman, not a pirate,” he says flatly, as though he has delivered this speech a hundred times before. Court documents from Seychelles say otherwise. On Dec. 6, 2009, Mowlid and a band of fellow Somali pirates used firearms and explosives to attack the Topaz, a Seychelles Coast Guard patrol vessel. (Seychelles, an island nation, is about 825 miles southeast of Mogadishu, Somalia’s coastal capital.) They were arrested, convicted, and sentenced to 24 years in prison. That’s how Mowlid ended up in Hargeisa Central Prison, home to 29 Somali pirates. The prison was born of necessity. Pirates are often tried in countries like Seychelles and Mauritius, in whose waters they are caught, but those states don’t want to keep the convicted in their jails. The Somali government can’t reasonably take them, given its extreme volatility. Yet one place has been eager to house pirates: Somaliland, a self-declared independent (but internationally unrecognized) republic in northern Somalia that wants to prove its state-like qualities and relative security in the tumultuous Horn of Africa. So the United Nations invested millions of dollars to build a prison in Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital. Opened in 2010 and run by local authorities, it was the first new prison in the region in 30 years. Today, outside the prison’s main entrance, a sign warns visitors what they cannot bring with them: hand grenades, knives, assault rifles. Inside, inmates compete against guards in basketball, while feral kittens roam the dusty grounds. In the prison’s open kitchen, a huge pot of stew bubbles over a fire. Aside from spirals of barbed wire and armed guards atop open towers, there isn’t much obvious security. Beneath the veneer of calm, however, the prison is nearing capacity. The facility can hold 506 prisoners, and it already has 480. (Pirates are housed alongside other criminals.) Mowlid, like many inmates, shares his cell with nine other men. Meanwhile, some 1,350 pirates currently incarcerated abroad await repatriation to Somalia. It’s clear that neither Hargeisa nor Somaliland generally will be able — or even willing — to take them all. The solution, according to the international community, lies in another autonomous region in Somalia: Puntland, which encompasses the country’s northeastern coastline. The U.N. provided funding to upgrade and expand a prison in the port city of Bosaso, and, as of press time, another U.N.-backed facility was scheduled to open in Garowe, Puntland’s capital, in February 2014. But Puntland isn’t Somaliland. It is a less stable and more corrupt place. Perhaps most worrying, however, is that it’s also considered the heart of Somalia’s pirate culture. “Puntland is pirate land,”explains Michael Frodl, the founder of C-Level Maritime Risks, a Washington-based consultancy. “If I were a Somali pirate, I’d do everything I could to get sent to Garowe.” PIRACY BEGAN SPREADING rapidly in the waters off Somalia in the early 21st century because of civil war and poverty — offering a chance to make money amid an economic wasteland of opportunity. In a typical operation, pirates armed with guns and other weapons approach commercial ships in skiffs, hijack them, and demand a ransom, a chunk of which they often pay to wily financiers. But even if Somali pirates can be considered products of circumstance, some have also become torturers and murderers: Freed hostages have reported pirates hanging captives by their feet, submerging them at sea, staging mock executions, and locking them in freezers. Reports of appalling violence, along with hundreds of millions of dollars in losses to shipping companies, have prompted the international community to focus on repressing, arresting, and prosecuting Somali pirates. In 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution calling on countries with ships in the region to use military force against pirates. NATO and the European Union (among others) police the Indian Ocean, and private, foreign-funded security operations have also joined the fight. Meanwhile, shipping companies have fortified their vessels to repel attacks, using everything from armed guards to razor wire. Their efforts have worked. There were only 15 reported attacks in 2013, according to the International Chamber of Commerce, down sharply from a peak of 237 in 2011. Analysts around the world have touted the drop as a huge success. But while the most visible manifestations of piracy have diminished, the root causes of the phenomenon remain unaddressed back on dry land. Amid continuing political and economic instability, organized gangs of pirates still exist, looking for susceptible targets, and a new generation of young men like Mowlid could easily turn to a life of maritime crime. Indeed, according to a 2013 World Bank report, “Current and proposed onshore or offshore policies for curbing Somali piracy are either ineffective or unsustainable.” As a result, the report states, “whether they [pirate attacks] will continue to be suppressed is a major question.” Similarly, Jon Huggins of the nonprofit Oceans Beyond Piracy, has called the recent gains against pirates “fragile and reversible” and has warned against “emphasiz[ing] too much the declining numbers of attacks.” The prisons in Somaliland and Puntland, in other words, are part of a security solution to a problem that is, at its heart, economic and political — a worrying mismatch. The prisons in Somaliland and Puntland, in other words, are part of a security solution to a problem that is, at its heart, economic and political — a worrying mismatch. Ending piracy once and for all will require more than military might on the high seas and the threat of incarceration. According to the World Bank, it will require incentivizing — through both law enforcement and development initiatives — the local leaders enabling piracy to change their tune. Then there is the matter of jobs. “Ultimately, we need to get these Somali men, often youth, quality employment,” says Michael Shank, an adjunct professor and Somalia expert at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. The U.N. Development Program has pegged the unemployment rate for Somali youth between the ages of 14 and 29 at 67 percent — one of the world’s highest. Pirate prisons alone certainly cannot address this problem. Although inmates can complete training programs in trades like construction, metalworking, and plumbing in the Hargeisa and Bosaso facilities, it’s unlikely they will be able to use their newfound skills upon release. Even fishing jobs are largely out of reach. Shank explains that, in addition to “ransom pirates,” there are “resource pirates.” The latter, however, aren’t Somalis. They are foreign fleets that threaten East Africa’s waters with overfishing and toxic-waste dumping, making it impossible for many Somali men to make money the way their fathers and grandfathers did. “To put the problem of piracy in perspective, ransom pirates made $60 million in their most lucrative year, while commercial-resource pirates illegally harvest up to $450 million in fish annually,” says Shank. “Any sustainable solution for this problem, then, must address this exploitation.” Ironically, pirate prisons may also be generating new security risks. Pirates in Hargeisa and Bosaso are held in the same facilities as members of al-Shabab, the Somali terrorist group with ties to al Qaeda, and juveniles are housed alongside adults. That means there’s a very real risk that impressionable, disillusioned young men could be radicalized — young men like Mowlid, who, if his estimated age is correct, was only about 16 when he and his friends attacked the Topaz. “I don’t see any future,” Mowlid says of his life. John Wilcox, a prison advisor for Somaliland with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), says roughly 12 of the Hargeisa prison’s inmates are members of al-Shabab. There is a covert prison intelligence program in place to ward off radicalization, but Wilcox still worries that the facility could become a breeding ground for extremists. “A lot of these guys don’t have father figures,” he says, alluding to another socioeconomic problem in Somalia: the disintegration of clan and family structures because of conflict and hardship. “And with al-Shabab in here, we certainly don’t want this to be the place where they find one.” Radicalization might be less of a concern if prison inmates were certain to remain behind bars. But in November 2013, Bosaso’s prison was attacked by al-Shabab militants carrying at least one rocket-propelled grenade; they killed three people as they sought to liberate fellow extremists from their cells. The UNODC was quick to point out that, had it not been for its recent investments in Bosaso, the attack could have been worse. “However, we cannot close our eyes to possible attacks,” says Manuel de Almeida Pereira, a program coordinator with the UNODC in Garowe. “We remain, of course, worried.” It’s not just al-Shabab that threatens the prisons’ security: Puntland has a reputation for tolerating and even enabling piracy. Although Puntland’s former president, Abdirahman Farole — in office from 2009 until January 2014 — made repeated public pledges and some concrete efforts to undermine, arrest, and convict pirates, a 2012 report by the U.N. Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea called into question “[t]he authenticity of the Puntland authority’s commitment to fighting piracy.” Gangs have reportedly paid off local communities in order to dock hijacked ships in Puntland’s coastal cities during ransom negotiations, and Puntland government officials have been known to receive pirate money in exchange for protection agreements and information about the location of foreign ships. A 2012 Chatham House study also found that ransom money contributes heavily to the region’s economic development, particularly in provincial capitals. “Puntland’s political elites are therefore unlikely to move decisively against piracy,” the report concluded. The decision to invest in greater detention capacity in Puntland — like Somaliland before it — was due largely to a lack of alternatives. (It didn’t help that, due to an ongoing border dispute, Somaliland has refused to imprison pirates born in Puntland, saying it must deal with its own problems.) But the large-scale transfer of pirate prisoners from abroad hardly seems like a safe solution. Pirates have had success bribing their way out of custody throughout Somalia. The U.N. is working to ensure that prisoners are not unlawfully released from the facilities it funds, but some experts are worried that pirates may still slip through the cracks in Puntland. “Pirates are basically being sheltered by the regime in exchange for protection money,” Frodl, the maritime risk consultant, says. “Those jails might hold a few foot soldiers, but if you tried to incarcerate any high-level pirates in Puntland, they’d buy their way out in a week.” MOWLID, WHO GREW UP IN THE TOWN OF Barawe, south of Mogadishu, perks up slightly when asked about the Puntland prisons. Puntland might be better, he agrees. In Somaliland, he has never been able to have a visitor, and he misses his family. Puntland would be closer to home. A few of his fellow inmates nod. A transfer might be nice. But that’s not what they really want to talk about. As the minutes pass, they shift in their seats, ignoring the bottles of fruit juice and water a prison guard has passed around. “How can you help us?” demands Ares Isse Karshe, a 40-year-old pirate who was captured with Mowlid. He has a thin, ragged beard with hints of gray. When I explain that I can’t help him, he leans back in his chair and says nothing. Across the room, Mowlid is willing to speak — but only a little. He claims once more that he is innocent and that his right to a fair trial was violated. “Please leave us alone,” Mowlid says finally, looking down. “We give up the sea. It belongs to you now.” His fingers have curled into fists. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/20/puntland_is_for_pirates_somalia
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delegation representing Somaliland for the Airspace talks with Somalia off to Turkey font size decrease font size increase font size Print Email Rate this item1 2 3 4 5 (0 votes) HARGEISA-Members of Somaliland Committee representing the country on the forthcoming airspace control and management talks with the Somali counterpart left for Turkey on Saturday after having departed from Egal airport. Turkey is hosting the meeting which is expected to form the committee that jointly manages the airspace. Somaliland and Somalia agreed in Turkey talks that the two countries will form committee intended to manage the airspace and share the wealth on equal basis. One of the agreements reached in Turkey stipulated that once the two sides reach an agreement that the UN will smoothly hand over the authorities. Two representatives from Somaliland and who will be part of technical committee that will formulate the agreement accompanied by Somaliland Minister of Aviation flew to Turkey as confirmed by spokesperson for the Ministry of Aviation. Details are sketchy over the delegation that left for Turkey and did not specify the date that the representative of Somaliland will meet with their Somali counterparts at the talks which Turkey is hosting.
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Doctor Macow from Somalia arrested in Somaliland
Xaaji Xunjuf replied to Xaaji Xunjuf's topic in Politics
Somaliland: Unlicensed Doctor Arrested in Hargeisa Saturday, 29 March 2014 01:52 Submit to Delicious Submit to Digg Submit to Facebook Submit to Google Bookmarks Submit to Stumbleupon Submit to Technorati Submit to Twitter Submit to LinkedIn L-R Deputy Health minister Nimo Qawdan, Dr Maow with Host Intisar M Ali holding alleged Drs permitL-R Deputy Health minister Nimo Qawdan, Dr Maow with Host Intisar M Ali holding alleged Drs permit By: Osman A.M. HARGEISA (Somalilandsun) - The Government of Somaliland has curtailed the professional services of a private medical practitioner after it has emerged that he was not issued with a professional license to operate locally by the relevant authorities mandated with that. Hargeisa Police arrested Dr. Ali Maow Aweys at a private clinic in Hargeisa on Thursday on suspicion of not possessing a professional license warranting the practice of medicine in the country after the Mogadishu born Doctor from Europe through his host parties decided to establish a clinic in Hargeisa which even before his entry to the country saw people book for advanced consultations. It is said that a consultation card booked in fulfillment of seeking medical advice from the doctor costs $40 a head exorbitantly higher when compared with fees charged by general physicians -$ 5 being the cheapest & the most expensive charging for & $ 20 for the same services. The Deputy Minister for Health Hon. Nimo Hussein Qowdan while commenting on the arrest of Dr. Maow Aweys concurred that the Government was not questioning his qualifications or as to his competency but on whether he obtained the license to provide healthcare services as a private doctor in the country. Ms Qowdan clarified that prior to the doctor's arrival people connected to him approached the Ministry to facilitate his entry into country as he is not a Somalilander they feared that he would be denied access at the airport & after considering their argument we decided as a ministry to correspond with airport's authorities to allow the doctor enter the country. Furnishing the press further on the matter Ms Qowdan said, "As a ministry we do not issue visas to people coming to the country as that falls within the purview of immigration department but when his local hosts approached us seeking our help we decided to facilitate his smooth entry into our soil given the fact that the doctor originally hails from Somalia & the current stringent security screening at our airports, we decided to write a letter asking Dr. Aweys to be let in the country". The Deputy Minister when asked about whether a practicing licensed has been issued to the doctor, she said; "Though it is the ministry that issues the license to both locally & foreign trained doctors, that role is however vested with the National Health Professional Commission (NHPC) that among other functions is empowered with issuance of licenses to professional healthcare providers upon fulfilling the parameters set in the governing statute". According to the information provided by reliable sources the police found close to 2000 carbonated copies of official receipts at his premises at the time of effecting arrest which translates to 2000 patients seeing him in the couple of days that he was in the country & if it true that he charging $ 40 per head the arrested doctor pocketed a $ 80,000 in less than a week. Dr. Ali Maow Aweys was issued with a tourist visa upon setting his foot in the country & it is very naïve therefore for a person of his status to start medical practice in a foreign land without fulfilling the conditions legalizing his trade regardless of existence of emergency situations that were to be attended to. Somaliland is not 'No-Man's Land' that every Tom, Dick & Harry come and establishes business without following the right procedures. Independent & sovereign as it is, it enacts Laws to be dully respected & the Government need to generate revenue from taxes remitted by professional human resource labor obtained through the practice of varied professional trades which is envisaged in its investment plan. That Dr. Maow Aweys pocketed $ 80,000 for the few days that he was in the country with no taxation cannot be gainsaid. We at Somalilandsun appreciate the swiftness with which the police acted in apprehending the quack doctor who swindled hard earned of our poor folks & laying to his guests that he is a tourist yet he is trading in illegal trade coupled with evading taxes. Appropriate actions must be taken against him so as to deter such unscrupulous caliber of people ever setting foot in Somaliland. Meanwhile NHPC have issued notices to all locally & foreign trained healthcare providers to forward their academic & professional testimonials so as to formally register their businesses with the commission. NHPC as a national commission is tasked with enforcement & regulatory roles and as such ought not to inactively sit for the occurrence of sagas like this to undertake their duties. NHPC is deemed to have an updated data of healthcare providers operating in the country with each business furnishing the commission with its physical location & the branch of healthcare engaged in as it is an absurdity for a general physician with no specialization to charge poor citizens a whole $ 40 a head for just seeing him yet the Deputy Health Minister told the press that he is a general physician which means he is a general doctor with a first/bachelor degree in medicine & surgery as opposed to a specialized doctor narrowing to treatment of particular diseases. Elsewhere print media reported that a press conference was called on Tuesday 2 days before the doctor's arrest by a lady host named Intisar Mohamed Ali who said; "I want to tell the people of Somaliland that the ministry of Health facilitated the coming of our Dr. Aweys & a permit was issued to him by none other than Health Minister Hon. Suleiman Issa Haglatosie in person. Initially the doctor was to attend to few patients but due to raised demand brought about by advanced booking it seems he would go before returning for a second trip. I want to tell the people of Somaliland in general & patients in particular not to worry as everyone would be given remedy to cure the disease they are suffering from".