Mob runs riot as part of Hargeisa run out of water

[General Duke]

Mob runs riot as part of Hargeisa runs out of water

 

Hargeisa, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- Police used live ammunition against demonstrators as violence rocked the southern part of Hargeisa on Friday evening due to severe water shortages.

 

With the authorities showing lack of perspective planning and failure to deal with the incessant water problems letting parts of Hargeisa, the capital city, reel under severe water crisis, residents have resorted to staging agitations as the only ultimate weapon to get a solution.

 

The seething anger felt by residents of Ahmed Dhagah district in Hargeisa exploded yesterday as scores of angry people, mostly women and children, took to the streets. Witnesses said the violence erupted at around 7.00pm with angry demonstrators blocking the road between Edna Adan Hospital and Hargeisa Stadium with boulders and burning tyres.

 

The disturbance brought a swift and brutal response from the authorities who swamped the area with heavily armed police. Police used live ammunitions to disperse the demonstrators. However, there were no reported casulaties.

 

“It is a tragedy that the police used live ammunition against an unarmed demonstrators demanding their right to drinking water,” said Ahmed Mohammed Diriye, KULMIYE MP for Ahmed Dhagah district. “This lack of access to clean drinking water is one of the monumental failures of this government”.

 

Water riots occurred in Hargeisa for the fourth time this week because ordinary citizens feel helpless and hopeless as a result of finding no means to achieve their legitimate demands.

 

Hargeisa’s water infrastructure is outdated and crumbling, unable to cope with the city’s swelling population. Government officials siphon off all the money generated from the Water Agency.

 

Residents boisterously fighting for every drop of water have become a regular sight in this part of Hargeisa.

 

This latest public unrest coincided at a time president Rayale is visiting the eastern regions of the country as part of his election campaign, pledging voters that his government will dig more water wells to provide adequate supply of drinking water to villages.

 

Rayale’s government claimed before that the country has reached self-sufficiency in water supply.

 

The Somaliland Water Agency comes directly under the president.

[wacdaraha_aduunka]

Mugging 3.0 is in force

[osman_nz]

Damn..no water..no jobs...arms dropping off in awdal...sool and cayn instability...plus their population are tahrib to europe or locked up in sudan or libya..and not to mention dictatorship era beginning..

 

Sad situation in sland and they have the audacity to question other states..go fix your problems first..o

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Naceybka ku jiro dadka qaarkood against walaalahooda Soomaaliyeed. Acuudi bilaahi. Eebboow naga samatabixi naceybkaas.

[osman_nz]

miskiin maa neceb baa hada? runta hadi la sheego wa naceb miyaa? cajiib...news story bey tahay, wa wax meesha haysto..in la sheego waa muhim

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Maxaa run eh? Dhul walba Soomaaliya kamid ah run dhibaatooyin ah laga sheegi karaa, meel dhibaatada wada wadaagin iska yar, but no one salivates about some certain regions' misfortune only.

[Jacaylbaro]

Waar daa dee ha ka dhex geline .......

[wacdaraha_aduunka]

Miiskiin I've never heard of food riots in Puntland unlike the capital Muqdishu or water scarcity like Hageisa unlike Gaalkacyo or Bosaaso marka ma naceyb baa hadii dhibi ka jiro magaalo somaaliyeed la sheego. Yaab

[General Duke]

MMA: Has a point its sad that some Somali's have deep rooted hate. I would suggest he should cure his hate towards Puntland then give lectures to others.

[wacdaraha_aduunka]

Indeed

[RedSea]

So lame and boring are rer piratelanders. How is this even a news worthy of posting in political section.

[AfricaOwn]

How about them Priateboys...Mann we have true enemies next door I tell ya lol.

[Somali Pirate]

this thread and the replies in it demonstrate how low we somalis have sunk.

 

If after 18 years of war you guys are still mistrustful of each other then there is no hope yet on the horizon.

 

 

Truth be told people like you are the problem

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Originally posted by wacdaraha_aduunka:

Miiskiin I've never heard of food riots in Puntland unlike the capital Muqdishu or water scarcity like Hageisa unlike Gaalkacyo or Bosaaso marka ma naceyb baa hadii dhibi ka jiro magaalo somaaliyeed la sheego. Yaab

The way it is posted is gloating. One can even feel the glee from the thread and some of its posters.

 

And meel walba Soomaaliya ka tirsan banaanbaxyo qalalaase wato ka dhacaan, including your favourite region of Bari, however only sick-minded would feel delirious about some Soomaali region's misfortune again. It is the same what they are protesting, be it biyo la'aan or sicirbarar.

[osman_nz]

miskiin we can show u united nations research studies that proves puntland is the best region in regards to food and health...qabil lagama hadleyo wa baaritaan united nation sameysee

 

United nations dont give a crap about qabil...they just report the facts...puntland citizen is economically better of then his hargeisa and mogadishu counterpart and health wise alot better..

 

Why u think we even have welfare system in puntland...only state in east africa...free health and also education..

 

Sxb these things are not just by mere luck, but by good governance by our leader farole..now i dont like everything farole does, but when it comes to advancing puntland..he is setting the benchmark that will be needed for any future leader of puntland.

 

What sort of leader u see who gives 100 day report on his progress other then farole...and yes he did that the other month..to keep the ppl up to date on the progress he is achieving.

 

Wax la yirado puntland moving towards good governance soo baro. Sure we might have our problems, but we are dealing with it..but puntlander is not dying 100 a day like mogadishu..or doing tahrib like hargeisa person with no future prospects.

 

Infact the idp population work in puntland and make a living, go read the facts from relief agencies...and services are being provided for them to make their lives better..

 

Sxb runta haday timado wax ka fican reer puntland manta lama haayo ama bood ama coy..just dont let ur hate MAKE U IGNORE THE REALITY OF FACTS FROM UNITED NATIONS