Somalia’s president says entrenched elites are blocking the path toward universal suffrage and insisting on an indirect electoral system that maintains their power. Don’t Blame Me for Delaying Somalia’s Elections To avoid a power vacuum after my four-year mandate as Somalia’s president ended on Feb. 8, Somalia’s House of the People passed legislation in 2020 to ensure that the political transfer of power rightfully happens only through elections. This means that the current elected officials have to remain in office until they are reelected or replaced through the electoral process. Somalia’s elections have been delayed not because I wish to cling to power, as some have falsely argued, but because of a political impasse that has led to a division between Somalia’s federal government and some of its member states on the way forward. At the core of the disagreement is a conflict between my government’s goal of universal suffrage through direct elections and those who insist on an indirect election model that empowers elites and denies ordinary citizens a vote. It is time for the international community to ask: Why must a select few clan elders and leaders of the federal member states hold the Somali people hostage every four years? And why must the private interests of this small elite silence the voices of the millions of people they claim to represent? In Somalia since 2012, all presidents, including myself, have been elected to a four-year term. But given that it is essential that the country’s future leadership be determined through an inclusive democratic process, the 2021 elections were delayed to fulfill this requirement. In the last two elections, Somali clan elders played a major role in selecting the political representatives for entire communities under a strict clan power-sharing formula. These clan elders represented, and still do, the five major Somali clans that share governance powers within Somali society. Since all previous elections were indirect and concentrated enormous political power and influence in the hands of 135 clan elders, I was keen to prepare an improved model for elections rather than maintain the status quo. The fact that there were sequential peaceful transfers of power in Somalia in the past, despite the delays in all previous elections, is a testament to the increasing political maturity of our fragile state. At the core of the disagreement is a conflict between my government’s goal of universal suffrage through direct elections and those who insist on an indirect election model that empowers elites and denies ordinary citizens a vote. In Somalia, our federal model also necessitates a strong partnership between the federal government and the five federal member states, namely Puntland, Jubaland, South West, Galmudug, and Hirshabelle. These federal member states play a key role in the national electoral process. Given that Somalia is a representative democracy, the federal member states are vital constituencies for political representatives in both the House of the People and Senate, with the latter solely representing their interests at the federal government level. From the beginning of my tenure starting February 2017, my government opened the political space for dialogue in advance of any electoral process to all the federal member states, which are the main election stakeholders. In fact, it was always our clear ambition to transition Somalia from indirect elections to full universal suffrage within my four-year term, and it seemed possible after we reached an agreement with the federal member states in June 2018. This was not immediately possible, however, because all five federal member states reneged on the agreement. Instead, they opted for a renegotiated election model, because they opposed the multiparty system based on proportional representation that returned power to the people and excluded the established monopoly of clan elders. With much regret and dismay on the part of the main stakeholders, including federal lawmakers who wanted multiparty elections, an indirect election was negotiated and agreed to on Sept. 17, 2020, as the way to preserve and build on our national democratic traditions and aspirations. In all post-conflict and fragile recovering states, state-building processes are constantly negotiated and shaped by dialogue and compromise. Trust is also in short supply. Understanding this all too well, I accepted the September 2020 agreement, which was finalized by a panel of technical experts representing the federal government and its member states. It was a dramatic shift from the goal of universal suffrage to return to a clan-based model simply to accommodate the continuously shifting views and needs of the federal member states. This agreement and its implementation processes provided a clear road map and reasonable schedule to meet the election timeline. This process broke down as soon as Puntland and Jubaland leaders returned from their trip to the United Arab Emirates and Kenya—two countries which Somalia did not enjoy strong bilateral relations with—in late November 2020. Then, last month, the Somali House of the People, in line with its constitutional mandate, decided that the only way to remedy this paralyzing situation and to preserve Somalia’s nascent democracy was to return to the aspiration of universal suffrage within no more than two years. This period was necessary to effectively prepare the elections. Continue to read - Foreign Policy magazine

Atheist Kiikuuyo reject qashin lapdog, Soomaali aad isku dhajineysid ma tihid, Soomaali issues does not concern you.

Senate committee recommends removal of Wajir governor A special committee of the Senate has recommended the removal of Governor Mohamed Abdi Mahamud for endangering the health of the people Wajir County. The committee chaired by Nyamira Senator Senior Counsel Okong’o Omogeni found Mr Mahamud guilty of gross violation of the Constitution, County Governments Act, Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act and the Public Finance Management Act. The Senators, however, dismissed claims of abuse of office and gross misconduct against Mr Mahamud saying the allegations were not substantiated. While impeaching Mr Mahamud, the MCAs accused the Governor of endangering the health of the people of Wajir because the health sector is in deplorable condition despite being allocated a total of Sh2.4 billion since 2018, an amount that is equivalent to 22 per cent of the budget. They said the county referral hospital laboratory, which also serves the region, cannot conduct coronavirus tests for lack of kits and lack of reagents. This, they said, is despite the fact that the county got an additional Sh194 million in the 2019/20 financial year to curb the spread of the virus. Xigasho

Guddoomiyihii gobolka Wajeer oo xil ka qaadis lagu sameeyay Aqalka Senetka dalka Kenya ayaa u coddeeyay in xilka laga qaado guddoomiyihii gobolka Wajeer Maxamed Cabdi Maxamuud kaddib markii ay u coddeeyeen xil ka qaadistiisa 25 xubnood oo ka tirsan Aqalka. Barasaabka ismaamulka Wajeer ayaa waxaa horey xil ka qaadis ugu sameeyay golaha wakiilka ee ismaamulka Wajeer. Aqalka Senetka ka hor waxaa xil ka qaadistiisa u codeeyay Golaha wakiilada oo markii danbe go'aanka ay gaareen u soo gudbiyay Aqalka Senetka oo ugu danbeyntii ku raacay Golaha Wakiilada Waxaa lagu eedeeyay guddoomiyaha in uu jabiyay sharciga dowladda ismaamulka Wajeer iyo in uu ku tuntay sharciga qandaraas bixinta. Waxaa uu barasaabkii ismamaulka Wajeer Maxamed Cabdi Maxamuud noqonayaa barasaabkii ugu horeeyay ee ka soo jeeda gobolka ay Soomaalida degto ee Waqooyi bari Kenya oo xil ka qaadis lagu sameeyo. Xigasho

How long now ee calaacalayaan kuwaan? More than a year? Haddee beeran lahaayeen dhir kale qudaar ah, xilligaan wax ayaaba u soo bixi lahaa. They also used to complain ceaselessly after Holland banned jaadka back in 2013. Then their complaints moved to Ingiriiska after it banned in 2014. I have been to Kenya many, many times since 1990s, what you would hardly see is anyone on the streets in Nayroobi who chews jaad. The few men who do is that the sellers of the jaad itself and late-night Kiikuuyo men who man the kiosks. Dad jaad caadi u qayilaayo kuma arkeysid, except Soomaalida wareersan in Islii.

What do you expect the Kiikuuyo servile mercenary writer? You will never see them use Kenyan tribal names when they discuss Kiikuuyo politics, but when it comes to Soomaaliya, it is all isku dirid. Nijaas iskudire ah waaye. Finally, qof ila fahmay eeygaan. They use KiikuuyOnline (GarooweOnline) and other sites like Sahal itself as well to criticize Soomaaliya horumarkeeda.

Wax la yiraahdo kulahaa. Saan maa kaa daacad ah? Anyway, aqoonyahanka Maxamed Xaaji Mukhtaar ma maqashay iyo buugaagtuu qoray? How about Cabdi Kuusoow? How about Virginia Luling and her book, Somali Sultanate: The **** City-State over 150 Years? This the first book written by a non-Soomaali solely about a Somali sub-clan's history.

Dunida Muslimka dhanaa saan ah. Waa astaamaha ka mid ah in aakhiro samaanka soo dhowyahay. My father joined SYL, too, in late 1940s in Jubbada Sare (Alta Jubba). His own first cousins joined ururkii ku dhisnaa qabiilka (HDM) in 1950s after he refused to join. They also challenged him in each election and kept losing. Soomaalidii dooran jirtay xalaal ayee ahaayeen oo maankooda saafi ah and not influenced by qabiil. Heck, they even voted next to my old man's district in Xuddur a Buraashadleey xildhibaan asalkiisa 'geegii mariidi' ahaa, kana soo jeeday Nugaal. His name was Aaden Diiriye, father of Nuuradiin Aaden Diiriye.

It is just weird when every faarax and jimcaale from their non-informed fadhi-ku-dirir chairs like to speak for Reer Koonfur Galbeed. Since Reer Koonfur Galbeed are too busy for fadhi-ku-dirir and don't waste their times, whether the live one or the online, hence the online jimcaales assumption for the position of speaking for Reer Koonfur Galbeed by pretending to be an expert they have no reason to be. One such one is this post, which has madfac-sized flaw holes in it. First of all and the wrong, usual assumption of reer faradheer/maryooleey, is that Reer Koonfur Galbeed as a whole are mono-culture of beeraleey community. They are not; some are nomads, some are beeraleey and others are malaay ayee dabtaan. Bakool has one of the largest geel population in Soomaaliya. Reer Jubbooyinka are lo'leey. Istunka is not played by only Reer Koonfur Galbeed proper. Istunka is more like Banaadiri culture than anything else and is played by communities that settled the original Banaadir region - from Shabeellaha Dhexe, Banaadir to Shabeellaha Hoose. Xoolo dhaqato, beeraleey iyo malaaydabto ayaa wada dheelo ciyaar dhaqameedkaan. One thing that is the correct fact is that beeraleyda and malaaydabtada, who are always settled communities, are far more civilized than the nomadic-based communities. War is their last resort since it leads into inevitable destruction of their environment. It is a universal fact. Nomadism does not know the value of keeping the land in peace since they are constantly on the move. Just ask the old miyiga Carabta and Mongooliya. Now maryooleey wrongly again assume this reticence of war is some-kind of political naivete. It is not. Just ask Moorgan, Cumar Jees and Caydiid Junior who felt the full wrath of Reer Koonfur Galbeed after they run out of patience.

Ciid wanaagsan.

It is one of these probably banned person who only likes to resuscitate old threads of his with virus-ridden and spam posts with multiple registered accounts.

Caasimada is not a credible site, though. Do we even have credible Soomaali news sites? It is only Hiiraan Online, but it is stuck in 1990s JavaScript.

Xamaas finally forced to close Telabiib airport. It seems they acquired during the lull times more advanced rockets. I am sure Xisbu-allaah, too, did.

Dalmar, don't insult brother Dhagaxtuur. Also don't blame him considering what transpired in Xamar in the recent few weeks. Even me, a diehard defender of Muqdisho being the undisputed capital city for us Soomaalis for almost two decades here on SOL - what happened recently in Xamar certainly gave me a pause. We thought we moved away from mooryåånimo mentality since 2006. I still support Xamar as a capital of Soomaaliya, but what happened a few weeks ago should and must not be repeated.

What is wrong with this tweet?

Maakhir, they are nothing called gaashaanbuur. Soomaalida maryooleey waxey isku qaldaayaan dadka Reer Koonfur Galbeed u yaqaanaan 'geegii mariidi' iyo qabaa'ilada Koonfur Galbeed. Qabaa'ilada Koonfur Galbeed wey jireen, xiriir dhalasho iyo deegaan ayaa ka dhaxeeyo sida xiriir dhalasho iyo deegaan ugu dhaxeeyo qabaa'ilada kale ee Soomaaliyeed. Reer Canjeex iyo Reer Xaayoow wax dhalasho ka dhaxeeyo iska yar laakiinse waxee ku bidooween ururka magaciisa Afmaay ah oo Waaberi lagu dhaho Afmaxaatiri. Inaa magaca qabiilka ee ku midoobeen sheego ma rabi. Qabiil walba saas ugu midoobeen, xataa kaa ka dhalatay ee ku midoobeen Reer Nugaal, Sool, Bari iyo Sanaag oo magaciisa asagana erey Afmaay ah oo Nin laga wado. Tusaale kale qabiilka Beledweyne dego iyo kan degmada Goldogob ee Mudug dego laba 'ood' ayee u kala xaroodaan yet waxaa la dhahay waa isku farac meel ka soo jeedo. Qabiilka Shariif Sh Axmed abtirsigiisa iyo kuwa Baran iyo deegaanada kale ee Sanaag dego abtirsigooda waa isku mid, again laba 'ood' ayee u kala xaroodaan. Aan u soo noqdo ereyada aan kor ku sheegay ee 'geegii mariidi.' Ereyadaan waa Afmaay, waxaana laga wadaa dadka aan asalkooda ahayn Koonfur Galbeed laakiin soo degay, qaatayna dhaqanka qabaa'ilada Koonfur Galbeed ee la degnaayeen. Qabiilo meesha deganaa ayaa 'sharci' dhalasho siiyey iyagoo og meeshee ka soo jeedaan. Sababta loo siiyeyna waxee ahayd waa inay ka magan galaan oo la dhibaateen, diyadana laga bixiyo, iyagana bixiyaan. Geegii mariidi waxaa laga wadaa waayadii hore oo loola jeedo meeshee waayadii hore ka soo jeedaan. Awoowgey hooyadey dhalay ayaaba ka mid ahaa dadkaan camal. Dagaaladii iyo colaadii Sayidka iyo Daraawiishta ayee ka soo carareen asaga iyo reerkiisa bilowgii qarnigii 20aad. Qabridahare, Soomaali Galbeed, ayee ka imaadeen, waxeena soo degeen Waajid, Bakool, uu ku wada dhalay ilmihiisa. Qabiilkiisa wuu heystay laakiin diyo iyo waxyaabahaas haddee imaatana qabiilka Waajid degan la qeybsan jiray.

Says a dude whose half of his own folks confusedly claim to be descendants from Xabashi habar and the other half in their inferiority complexity claiming to be the rejected sons of Qureysh. The rest soo hartayna habro la baxay. Have you no shame? At least Reer Koonfur Galbeed know meeshee ka soo jeedaan iyo dadkee u dhasheen and will never claim none other than Soomaalinimo. By the way, Afmaxaatirigaan aad ku hadashid adigoo shisheeyo aan ku rabin sheeganaayo Afmaay ayaa dhalay Afmaxaagaan.

This is debunked news wali wadaan miyaa? Wiilasheena waa nagala dilay ku heyn jireen. And now this. Maxee rabaan marka la soo celiyo in isbaaroleyda Xamar joogto ku biiraan? Iyagaa ka raali ahaa markii la qaadaaye, marka ha sugaan inta u soo dhamaaneyso tababarka.

Neither Shariif Sh. Axmed nor Xasan Sheekh will be back. If any newcomer has a chance, it is Jibriil Ibraahin Cabdulle. Does he have enough funds to pay the known corrupt xildhibaanno is the question.

As a secessoinist qabyaalad an ka xoroobin, mentally enslaved by qabyaalad and its small-midnessness, you will never see the point of shaqsinimo and aragti gaar without referring to qabiil qurunkiisa. What do YOU to yourself to achieve than inaad ku gambatid someone's achievement under the guise of qabiil? That is what doonfaarada marfishka daaqo do. I don't even claim the achievement of my own late father, who attained the highest office in the land in Soomaaliya. Why? Because I like my own achievement and I am my own man. But ignorant fools marfishyada jaadka ku daaqo like to claim what others achieved in their miserable lives, iyagoo kaadi ku dhex jiro.

True. Doonfaar walba qashin ku daaqo marfishyada looma jawaabo. Waala doonfaareysaa haddaa qashinqubka la gishid.

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Maamulka deegaanka Wajeer mooshin ayuu u codeeyey oo xilka looga qaadaayo guddoomiyaha deegaanka Wajeer. Mooshinka Reer NFD xataa waa gaaray.