Kenya is on the verge of recognising Somaliland

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Kenya is on the verge of recognising Somaliland:

 

 

Somalia’s peace could be found in unlikely place

By Juma Kwayera

Kenya is on the verge of recognising the breakaway region of Somaliland to get Somali warlords to silence their guns.

 

The breakaway region has enjoyed relative peace for the last 17 years eliciting view whether they should secede. The two are petitioning the United Nations and the African Union to be acknowledged as sovereign states; different from the other war-ravaged central region that includes the capital Mogadishu.

 

Kenya’s move is seen as one of the many efforts – spreading 20 years – to force the militia in Somalia to end fighting.

 

A delegation of Kenyan MPs that visited Hargeisa, Somaliland capital, on fact-finding mission after peaceful elections and change of power on June 26, have recommended that Kenya considers engaging diplomatically with the regions regarded as peace enclaves and semi-autonomous entities that have warded off insurgency, piracy, and terrorism.

 

Vital lessons

 

The leader of the delegation, House Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim, told The Standard On Sunday the group’s report is likely to be debated in Parliament as an urgent matter of national importance given its security and economic implications.

 

“In the interest of regional peace, let’s engage with Somaliland. Somaliland has had peace for 17 years and there is a lot the larger Somalia can learn from the relative stability. They combat terrorism and piracy that have been a major threat to international security,” says Maalim, MP for Lagdera, which borders volatile Somalia.

 

However, the views of the delegation are unlikely to find favour in Mogadishu. Somali ambassador to Kenya Mohammed Nur told The Standard On Sunday that despite the two-decade old conflict, a unitary state is still the ideal situation.

 

“The problem Somalia faces today is that we have spent too much time in conferences that do not resolve the crisis. What we want friendly countries to do is provide the military and material support to beef up government efforts to restore peace and stability in Somalia,” says Nur.

 

Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed Sharif kicked off an international campaign last week during his address to the United Nations General Assembly when he appealed for action to stamp out the violence in his country. Nur sees no sense in “more and more conferences”.

 

“It is the same message the president will be taking next week to another international conference in Madrid, Spain, that will address Somalia crisis. This is because we are aware the insurgents are threatening regional peace after the Kampala bombing,” says the Somali envoy.

 

Positive engagement

 

In its report, the delegation recommends that the Kenya Government should develop a framework for limited engagement with Somali land to promote trade and enhance security in the Horn of Africa. “For those who are able to access education, Kenya should provide assistance because there are many idle youth. The delegations said there should be an international reward for stability,” says Maalim.

 

According to the report, lack of international recognition has negatively affected Somaliland, which cannot do business with other governments and multilateral organisations.

 

Now, says Nur, such assistance is available through the non-functioning and fragile Transitional Federal Government led by President Sharif.

 

UN and other friendly states can only provide humanitarian assistance such as food, shelter and medicine, often intercepted by Al Shabab.

 

Maalim says positive engagement would result in peaceful region influencing Somalia.

 

There should be a premium good governance, peace and political stability in the form of funding the operations of police, judiciary and the civil service, which are rather weak for lack of necessary skills,” he says. the Somaliland regime, despite limited resources, has arrested and charged 48 hardcore terrorists and pirates.

 

If the Kenyan Parliament approves the report, it will send a signal to the Government to engage and lead the campaign for the recognition of the Republic of Somaliland, as a full member of Inter- Governmental Authority on Development, the African Union, and the United Nations.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

If the Kenyan Parliament approves the report, it will send a signal to the Government to engage and lead the campaign for the recognition of the Republic of Somaliland, as a full member of Inter- Governmental Authority on Development, the African Union, and the United Nations.

[The Zack]

On the verge, huh? You know what they used to say on things like that in my hood? Almost doesn't count!

[Timur]

lol, What a joke.

 

Did anyone notice that reer Waqoyi didn't talk about ictiraaf for the entire past year? I think Xaji is just trying to save face for a failed mission.

[Thankful]

I guess we can group this with the report from a few months about about Israel being on the verge of recongizing you right? We all know where that went?

 

I like how every few months it's a new country that is on the verge...lol. But than there is never any evidence from their government to verify this info.

 

Where did you get this from Xaaji? Because until the Kenyan government release something, I think we know it's nonesense. I bet this report won't even go before parliament and probably doesn't even exist....

 

But I like your title!

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Timur What is reer woqoyi I haven’t heard that term in years , Timur you’re reer woqoyi not me

[AfricaOwn]

Today: Somaliland is still not internationally recognized and those other Somalis can not come to Somaliland, a region they think is part of their country to wave the blue flag.

[Fiqikhayre]

I wonder why xaaji has omitted one crucial word from the reporting and why he didn't give its source?

 

Here is the full article:

 

 

Somalia's peace could be found in unlikely place

 

 

By Juma Kwayera

 

 

Kenya is on the verge of recognising the breakaway region of Somaliland and Puntland to get Somali warlords to silence their guns.

 

The two are breakaway regions and have enjoyed relative peace for the last 17 years eliciting view whether they should secede. The two are petitioning the United Nations and the African Union to be acknowledged as sovereign states; different from the other war-ravaged central region that includes the capital Mogadishu.

 

Kenya’s move is seen as one of the many efforts – spreading 20 years – to force the militia in Somalia to end fighting.

 

Ethiopian President Meles Zenawi has been accused of fuelling the conflict in Somalia.

 

 

A delegation of Kenyan MPs that visited Hargeisa, Somaliland capital, on fact-finding mission after peaceful elections and change of power on June 26, have recommended that Kenya considers engaging diplomatically with the regions regarded as peace enclaves and semi-autonomous entities that have warded off insurgency, piracy, and terrorism.

 

Vital lessons

 

The leader of the delegation, House Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim, told The Standard On Sunday the group’s report is likely to be debated in Parliament as an urgent matter of national importance given its security and economic implications.

 

"In the interest of regional peace, let’s engage with Somaliland. Somaliland has had peace for 17 years and there is a lot the larger Somalia can learn from the relative stability. They combat terrorism and piracy that have been a major threat to international security," says Maalim, MP for Lagdera, which borders volatile Somalia.

 

However, the views of the delegation are unlikely to find favour in Mogadishu. Somali ambassador to Kenya Mohammed Nur told The Standard On Sunday that despite the two-decade old conflict, a unitary state is still the ideal situation.

 

"The problem Somalia faces today is that we have spent too much time in conferences that do not resolve the crisis. What we want friendly countries to do is provide the military and material support to beef up government efforts to restore peace and stability in Somalia," says Nur.

 

Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed Sharif kicked off an international campaign last week during his address to the United Nations General Assembly when he appealed for action to stamp out the violence in his country. Nur sees no sense in "more and more conferences".

 

"It is the same message the president will be taking next week to another international conference in Madrid, Spain, that will address Somalia crisis. This is because we are aware the insurgents are threatening regional peace after the Kampala bombing," says the Somali envoy.

 

Positive engagement

 

In its report, the delegation recommends that the Kenya Government should develop a framework for limited engagement with Somali land to promote trade and enhance security in the Horn of Africa. "For those who are able to access education, Kenya should provide assistance because there are many idle youth. The delegations said there should be an international reward for stability," says Maalim.

 

According to the report, lack of international recognition has negatively affected Somaliland, which cannot do business with other governments and multilateral organisations.

 

Now, says Nur, such assistance is available through the non-functioning and fragile Transitional Federal Government led by President Sharif.

 

UN and other friendly states can only provide humanitarian assistance such as food, shelter and medicine, often intercepted by Al Shabab.

 

Maalim says positive engagement would result in peaceful region influencing Somalia.

 

There should be a premium good governance, peace and political stability in the form of funding the operations of police, judiciary and the civil service, which are rather weak for lack of necessary skills," he says. the Somaliland regime, despite limited resources, has arrested and charged 48 hardcore terrorists and pirates.

 

If the Kenyan Parliament approves the report, it will send a signal to the Government to engage and lead the campaign for the recognition of the Republic of Somaliland, as a full member of Inter- Governmental Authority on Development, the African Union, and the United Nations.

[Fiqikhayre]

Source of the article standardmedia.co.ke

[Thankful]

Originally posted by Xaji_Xunjuf:

Kenya is on the verge of recognising Somaliland:

 

Somalia’s peace could be found in unlikely place

By Juma Kwayera

 

Kenya is on the verge of recognising the breakaway region of Somaliland to get Somali warlords to silence their guns.

 

The breakaway region has enjoyed relative peace for the last 17 years eliciting view whether they should secede. The two are petitioning the United Nations and the African Union to be acknowledged as sovereign states; different from the other war-ravaged central region that includes the capital Mogadishu.

 

Good job August 1st....again Xaaji has been dishonest!!! The real article mentions Puntland as well..... THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I ALWAYS ASK FOR THE SOURCE! Xaaji (or the place he got his) purposely left out the parts that included Puntland.

 

Xaaji's real article

 

Somalia's peace could be found in unlikely place

 

By Juma Kwayera

 

Kenya is on the verge of recognising the breakaway region of Somaliland and Puntland to get Somali warlords to silence their guns.

 

The two are breakaway regions and have enjoyed relative peace for the last 17 years eliciting view whether they should secede. The two are petitioning the United Nations and the African Union to be acknowledged as sovereign states; different from the other war-ravaged central region that includes the capital Mogadishu.

 

Kenya’s move is seen as one of the many efforts – spreading 20 years – to force the militia in Somalia to end fighting.

Ethiopian President Meles Zenawi has been accused of fuelling the conflict in Somalia.

 

 

A delegation of Kenyan MPs that visited Hargeisa, Somaliland capital, on fact-finding mission after peaceful elections and change of power on June 26, have recommended that Kenya considers engaging diplomatically with the regions regarded as peace enclaves and semi-autonomous entities that have warded off insurgency, piracy, and terrorism.

 

Vital lessons

 

The leader of the delegation, House Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim, told The Standard On Sunday the group’s report is likely to be debated in Parliament as an urgent matter of national importance given its security and economic implications.

 

"In the interest of regional peace, let’s engage with Somaliland. Somaliland has had peace for 17 years and there is a lot the larger Somalia can learn from the relative stability. They combat terrorism and piracy that have been a major threat to international security," says Maalim, MP for Lagdera, which borders volatile Somalia.

 

However, the views of the delegation are unlikely to find favour in Mogadishu. Somali ambassador to Kenya Mohammed Nur told The Standard On Sunday that despite the two-decade old conflict, a unitary state is still the ideal situation.

 

"The problem Somalia faces today is that we have spent too much time in conferences that do not resolve the crisis. What we want friendly countries to do is provide the military and material support to beef up government efforts to restore peace and stability in Somalia," says Nur.

 

Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed Sharif kicked off an international campaign last week during his address to the United Nations General Assembly when he appealed for action to stamp out the violence in his country. Nur sees no sense in "more and more conferences".

 

"It is the same message the president will be taking next week to another international conference in Madrid, Spain, that will address Somalia crisis. This is because we are aware the insurgents are threatening regional peace after the Kampala bombing," says the Somali envoy.

 

Positive engagement

 

In its report, the delegation recommends that the Kenya Government should develop a framework for limited engagement with Somali land to promote trade and enhance security in the Horn of Africa. "For those who are able to access education, Kenya should provide assistance because there are many idle youth. The delegations said there should be an international reward for stability," says Maalim.

 

According to the report, lack of international recognition has negatively affected Somaliland, which cannot do business with other governments and multilateral organisations.

 

Now, says Nur, such assistance is available through the non-functioning and fragile Transitional Federal Government led by President Sharif.

 

UN and other friendly states can only provide humanitarian assistance such as food, shelter and medicine, often intercepted by Al Shabab.

 

Maalim says positive engagement would result in peaceful region influencing Somalia.

 

There should be a premium good governance, peace and political stability in the form of funding the operations of police, judiciary and the civil service, which are rather weak for lack of necessary skills," he says. the Somaliland regime, despite limited resources, has arrested and charged 48 hardcore terrorists and pirates.

 

If the Kenyan Parliament approves the report, it will send a signal to the Government to engage and lead the campaign for the recognition of the Republic of Somaliland, as a full member of Inter- Governmental Authority on Development, the African Union, and the United Nations.

[Fiqikhayre]

Thanksful this part failed xaajiga:

The two are petitioning the United Nations and the African Union to be acknowledged as sovereign states;

 

The Standard Kenya article mimics what has been posted in this forum the past couple of days namely that the US government will help Puntland and Somaliland in security and development terms so as to not lose the stability there and to keep them out of Alshabaab's reach.

[AfricaOwn]

^^Puntland was not even mentioned in that article. No need to put it in the title.

[AfricaOwn]

Originally posted by Thankful:

Kenya is on the verge of recognising the breakaway region of Somaliland and Puntland to get Somali warlords to silence their guns.

 

The two are petitioning the United Nations and the African Union to be acknowledged as sovereign states

Dukey, is this another error by the journalist? This error is very consistent I would say. You are now a secessionist .

 

 

Enough said.

[Thankful]

Xaaji, Xaaji, Xaaji...tsk tsk tsk!

 

Anyways enough with that,

 

August 1st, I am starting to think the international community is becoming fed up with the whole TFG in Mogadishu thing and are taking some drastic measures. I wonder what Puntland’s involvement is in all this is; maybe there will be a shift in our governments long standing policies. I mean if other countries are willing to provide us with desperately needed aid, I see no reason why we shouldn’t reconsider things. Don’t get me wrong, we will always be part of Somalia and never call for independence, but maybe we can find an alternative to the current situation until Al Shabaab is defeated in the south and peace prevails in that area.

 

Faroole is looking more and more impressive, hopefully he handles this well.

[Fiqikhayre]

Indeed Thanksful Puntland needs to seize this policy shift and welcome it.