Djibouti city flooded

[Suldaanka]

 

[Suldaanka]

After almost 50 years of indepedence, the city of Djibouti has yet to invest in proper drainage and flood control mechanism. 

[galbeedi]

Djibouti is a sad case of a despot surrounded by thieves and Khat addict ministers.

A ten minute rainstorm would even flood heavily the upper side of town. With the city surrounded by the sea, it is easy to build few kilometers long pipes to drain the water. THe Italians built in 1950 in Mogadishu downtown.A little storm exposes the false African states which  no one knows who they really serve.

IMagine for 30 years Djibouti state could not build a bridge between Djibouti city and Balbala. They used to pave the road passing the dry creek and when the rain comes it washed again and again. A whole country can not build 40 meter bridge.

Do not be fooled, Djibouti is a one city state with over two billion GDP. With hundreds of millions earned from foreign aid and rent from bases , they can easily afford hundreds of millions of capital infrastructure. The problem is the fat man Omar Ghelle doesn't believe investing in people and their infrastructure needs.

Folks, here is how you measure Djibouti. He is basically a mayor of one town. 90% of the population lives in Djibouti city. As a mayor of Djibouti city with close to a billion dollar budget,  he could create a modern city with wide streets, drainage, water for everyone and cheap city run electricity.

Djibouti state works for 200 families of oligarchs who loot everything. If you open a successful business, the ruling family will demand shares or you will close.

DO not be fooled about the port infrastructure which doesn't serve the people at all. Even 70%of the employees at the port were  foreigners when I visited the container port in 2010.

 

[Old_Observer]

8 hours ago, Suldaanka said:

After almost 50 years of indepedence, the city of Djibouti has yet to invest in proper drainage and flood control mechanism. 

Another one of your friends.

Flooding in a desert sea coast is good necessary once every decade or so.

That if course is defending the indefensible.

On the other hand its not completely out of place. Even if Ghelleh had built tunnels and routes for the excess water, it would have been plugged with garbage anyway.

 

 

 

[Old_Observer]

5 hours ago, galbeedi said:

Djibouti is a sad case of a despot surrounded by thieves and Khat addict ministers.

A ten minute rainstorm would even flood heavily the upper side of town. With the city surrounded by the sea, it is easy to build few kilometers long pipes to drain the water. THe Italians built in 1950 in Mogadishu downtown.A little storm exposes the false African states which  no one knows who they really serve.

IMagine for 30 years Djibouti state could not build a bridge between Djibouti city and Balbala. They used to pave the road passing the dry creek and when the rain comes it washed again and again. A whole country can not build 40 meter bridge.

Do not be fooled, Djibouti is a one city state with over two billion GDP. With hundreds of millions earned from foreign aid and rent from bases , they can easily afford hundreds of millions of capital infrastructure. The problem is the fat man Omar Ghelle doesn't believe investing in people and their infrastructure needs.

Folks, here is how you measure Djibouti. He is basically a mayor of one town. 90% of the population lives in Djibouti city. As a mayor of Djibouti city with close to a billion dollar budget,  he could create a modern city with wide streets, drainage, water for everyone and cheap city run electricity.

Djibouti state works for 200 families of oligarchs who loot everything. If you open a successful business, the ruling family will demand shares or you will close.

DO not be fooled about the port infrastructure which doesn't serve the people at all. Even 70%of the employees at the port were  foreigners when I visited the container port in 2010.

 

galbeedi,

Do you realize that you and I cannot be constructive. We are not fair.

If you were president of Djibouti, what would have been different and in what way. Ever considered that?

Anyone that I have seen oppose Ghelleh are:

1. Why you did not join Somalia

2. Why you allow Somaliland to do what they do

3. Why do you let tribal chiefs dictate about roads, city expansion, airports...What do they know?

4. Why were you friends with Tigray

5. Why didn't you force Puntland to join and or accept unconditionally Arta

6. Why didn't you let the Afar Oligarchy control everything of the port

7. Why do you let your wife dictate certain areas of your presidency or anything related to Somaliland good or bad?

 

All unfair accusations.