Igad to meet over instability in Somalia as Yusuf’s term ends...+..VIDEO

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Igad to meet over instability in Somalia as Yusuf’s term ends

Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf (left) with Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula at Panari Hotel, Nairobi on Monday.

 

GAD heads of states and governments converge in Nairobi on Wednesday to consult with Somalia MPs over the country’s stability.

 

Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula said there was concern over the future of Somalia, with only six months to the expiry of the term for the Transitional Federal Government headed by President Abdullahi Yusuf.

 

Moments after holding talks with Yusuf, Wetangula told The Standard at Panari Hotel, Nairobi, the Transitional government had failed to execute its mandate four years and six months down the line.

 

The minister said the Intergovernmental Authority on Development summit would discuss how to streamline governance in Somalia.

The Transitional Government, Wetangula said, should have put in place a new constitution, legislations to create internal boundaries in Somalia and conduct national census were it not for instability.

 

"The IGAD heads of states will be here for two days to conduct an audit on the performance of the Somali Government and what can be done to stabilise the country," he said.

 

Yesterday, MPs from Somalia jetted into the country in readiness for the meeting, which Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Ethiopian premier will grace.

 

Burundi and Djibouti are among countries expected to be represented at the meeting, which Sudan has said it will give a wide berth.

 

Sudan boycotts

 

President Omar al Bashir is said to be planning to boycott the meeting.

 

Sudan Tribune wrote: "Top Sudanese government officials have said they will not attend an Inter-Government Authority on Development meeting slated for Kenya, which is seen as an escalation of the controversy on the hijacked Ukrainian ship.

 

Sudan will be represented at the IGAD summit at the level of state minister for foreign affairs... no any high raking official will attend the summit..."

 

Wetangula said IGAD would also discuss security in Somali waters.

 

Meanwhile, Kenya will go ahead with its plans to train Somali police and immigration officials despite threats by insurgents to attack.

 

Wetangula said: "We are not going to shy away just because of threats, this is a serious issue".

 

Wetangula said the training of the officers would be funded by the American and South African governments while Kenya would offer training facilities.

 

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VIDEO

[Allamagan]

Nothin but deeping the pessimism over any outcome of any IGAD meeting chaired (spearheading) by ethiopians.

[AYOUB]

Strange goings even by some standards.

 

Yesterday, MPs from Somalia jetted into the country in readiness for the meeting, which Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Ethiopian premier will grace

Grace or Disgrace?