Puntland and 2012 With Dr.Osman

[Dr_Osman]

The Govt of Puntland has made great progress and failures under the farole administration

 

The Health Sector. New Health Facilities under construction or opening up around the region, Health Initiatives such as immunisation, rapid impact surgeries, and also setting up relations between Puntland Health and International health organisation around the world

 

The Education Sector. Scholarships of nearly 500 students last year alone. Puntland high-school certificates recognised by sudan, kenya and ethiopia. One curriculum for all primary and secondary students

 

Domestic and International Relations. The Puntland profile is domestically and internationally accepted. Dual-Track is the new way. Excellent conferences held in Garowe to re-cement that in People's mind

 

Sports Sector. Excellent football tournaments nationally and regionally, rehabilitations on sporting facilities inside puntland, Setting up sporting committees around the diaspora and connecting them inside the nation, Construction of the Olympic Village Multi-plex facility

 

Commerce Sector. Created New building for his ministry in Bosaso, Held the business fairs in Bosaso which was a great success, created powerful separate chambers for agriculture and businesses. He is looking to add other chambers like fishery, livestock, manufacturing. His brought excellent policies to to enhance investments while thousands of puntlanders have been trained in technical and entreprenuer skills.

 

Woman's Sector. This sector has improved alot, the minister of this sector is leading a huge fight to stop female genital mutiliation inside Puntland, The ministry today has 150 employees and in 2005 it only had 30. She has created a lobby group for puntland women. She has held successful nation-wide women's conference to bring somali women closer to each other. The ministry is building a Women's Center in Garowe.

 

Oil Sector. Excellent work so far as far the drilling rig being in-place at shabeel-1 well. But within this year we need to complete the drilling for all 4 wells in nugaal and bari. We should start also looking into drillings at the offshore oil which the seismic studies have been completed or at the very least begin seismic studies in the mudug basin

 

Those sectors above I have mentioned have worked excellent as far as the ministry is concerned, But there are failing ministries and of particular importance are two

 

The Diaspora has failed Puntland. 10% or less has invested in the state. The business community and intellectuals overseas have still not lifted up their weight in help rebuilding the state in all sectors. The only area that I can praise them on is how united they have become overseas, but at the ground-level in Puntland there participation is sorely lacking.

 

Infrastructure sector has failed in Puntland. The airports are still on-going projects. Galkayo should have had a terminal ages ago, bosaso airport should've of been paved. There is absolutely no excuse for this. The road sector was nothing beyond a few rehabilitations here and there and few new gravel roads. This year we expect 10km worth of roads to be paved inside bosaso!!! If this is not done this sector is total joke.

 

The final sector which has failed miserably also ministry of security. Since farole has been in power 500 people most of whom are have been killed under his watch. This ministry of security has implemented ID cards in IDP camps but that hasn't stopped this, They've tried implementing police hotline in all major cities this has failed also. Now their trying to implement neighborhood watch in Bosaso so we will see if that bears any fruits but knowing the history of this ministry i've lost all hope!!! Not to mention the country-side fighting that sporadically occurs!!! Not to mention the fact Puntland is being attacked on all fronts from external enemies on all fronts with no response from our armed forces!!!

 

For 2012 we have a fresh start, we need to make sure the security is 100% tight inside our region, our armed forces are not paid there to sit around and watch external enemies attack the state, they need to get up and defend the borders at baraxlay and las anod. We must wake up the sleeping diaspora who is in a state of comatose when it comes to rebuilding the nation and if they do participate its always for IDP humanitarian issues where-as the problem in Puntland is not a humanitarian issue but a development issue and the diaspora needs to wake up this now,

 

I wish the best for Puntland but please for goodness sakes this year lets focus on the following huge issues;

 

1. Streghtening the security internally and externally

2. Activate the de-active diaspora into investing into the state primarily in job creating sectors such as manufacturing

3. Puntland govt needs to finish at least Bosaso Airport run-way and Galkayo terminal to win back the hearts and minds of the locals, the local government in Bosaso needs to finish the 10km road paving project in Bosaso.

4. Holding fireworks at Puntland's 14th Anniversary

 

Wa billahi towfiq

Dr Osman

[kingofkings]

dr osman, as always, good job on the summary and updates on our homeland; Puntland. I nominate you for puntland president in 2016. :cool:

[Dr_Osman]

I gave a fair summary on Puntland achievements and failures and an outlook on what needs to be achieved for this year. The security in the state needs to be tightened. Its election year in Somalia at August and Its election year in Puntland In 2013 January.

 

The infrastructure mainly bosaso airport run-way, galkayo terminal have to be completed as well as coastal projects kick-started. I can't emphasise how important it is for farole if he wants re-election he will need to win hearts and minds back in Bosaso and Galkayo and the only way to do that is to finish the bosaso airport run-way and port along with the galkayo airport terminal.

 

Those two infrastructures are critical for Farole chance of re-election along with improving security conditions this year. The Local government in Bosaso needs to pave roads in the city also.

 

If we can achieve that on top of the diaspora investing in new commercial businesses, manufacturing plants and service based industries like hotels and banks and residential development farole has good chance of re-election.

 

The state will really being moving forward and I hope to god the OIL drilling will wake up the diaspora into returning back home and rebuilding

[Carafaat]

Dottore, the big question is how to shut down the multi million dollar criminal piracy industrie??

 

Pirates seem to have more income and more muscels then the State. Otherwise it wouldnt have been possible piracy too flourish in the first place.

[Dr_Osman]

Carafat piracy is a major issue but internal security is a much bigger issue. If the internal security was good then I would be focussing on the Piracy. The piracy is going to be defeated with projects injected into the coastal communities. One such project has begun for EYL a road connecting it to garowe. Others are to follow for bayla-bargaal-las-qoray. Infact gara'cad is on a huge mission to eradicate piracy from its towns also cause they want a slice of the development projects.

 

So Piracy is alot easier issue to deal with since the foundations have been laid on building infrastructure for them, internal/external security is a different story all-together. Those road infrastructures will help also the marines go down to the coastal areas and base a division of the marines in each of those key coastal towns while having locall support.

 

One of the huge reason why piracy has flourished in coastal areas is the lack of puntland government forces there and also the lack of infrastructures like roads and so forth to get there when things do happen. The infrastructure needs to be built so Puntland Govt can go there in the first place. For example look at how they reach qandala via ferry what do u think of bargaal-bayla-eyl?

 

The mission should be to connect feeder roads from coastal cities to their regional capitals. Jariban to Galkayo. Garacad to Galkacyo. Eyl to Garowe. Bayla to Qardho. Bargaal To Bosaso. Qandala To Bosaso.

 

Once the roads are in-place this will open up business activity for those regions and the Puntland government can start building hospitals, schools, water and so forth that is needed.

[Carafaat]

Dottore,

 

The construction of coastal roads to Eyl was started years ago and many projects have been developed since te Tsunami. For sure those coastal community projects seem to have only helped pirates and piracy only increased with better acces and coastal facilities.

 

So again, how will you combat piracy rather then promote?

[Dr_Osman]

The only base of Pirates in Puntland is gara'ad and that is minimal to say the least and the locals are working with law-enforcement agencies in eradicating it. There is no other base of pirates in Puntland.

 

The tsunami in the coastal areas only homes in some sections of the towns were rebuilt not even the whole towns let alone roads. I dont know where u get that idea other then lafa-goray road in bargaal and one in hafun, I cannot remember any road project other then those two in all of puntland coastal towns Since 1991. Unless you care to remind me!!!

 

The idea of defeating piracy is to give the coastal communities opportunities those opportunities can not happen if they can't be reached or gaari-waa. We must first establish how we can reach there before we talk about anything else. Thats when the Off-The-Road projects come in. This project will re-connect those communities at the coast-line with the rest of puntland. This will bring trade to the city, this will enhance more nomads to settle down, the Puntland govt can then begin low-level projects such water generation, electricity, schools and hospitals. Once those are done the people will do the rest and slowly the city will flourish with business towers here and hotels there to follow, the fishery sector will rejuvenate and the locals will be able to sell it in the market place of their respective regional capitals

[Dr_Osman]

Carafaat as far as the piracy is concerned, you think they are more powerful then puntland govt why dont they just go into garowe and topple farole or cadde or any president to come. The reality is they are not and even if they were sxb they are locals and their govt is puntland. U think they couldnt get together with the harardheere guys or hobyo guys and say lets invade puntland, stop being immature and childish!!!

 

The reality is the reasons pirates flourish is. 1. Locals dis-enfranchised and their only known source of income being jeopardised by illegal fishing and toxic waste dumping. 2. The pirates come in and pay of the locals to use their town as base and in-return generate low level economic activities for the locals like restaurants providing food for hostages, fishermen given jobs as guides, and so forth.3. There is no-way to get to them since the coastal cities are off the road and by the time Puntland govt even does an operation they will have 5 hr head start to leave due to lack of road infrastructure to provide a rapid response!!!

 

The only way to defeat it is to. 1. Stregthen Puntland marine forces so they can get to the pirates on-shore. 2. Build the required infrastructures namely roads so those towns are not un-reachable some of whom the only way in is through ferry and if there is land option its a very bumpy ride and will take quadruple the time to reach there.

3. Provide the coastal communities better alternative initiatives such as investment into the fishery sector to create employment, and also job opportunities will come up via basing a marine force in coastal areas, the construction of roads will open up other trade traffic related opportunities such as opportunities to become truck drivers, commercial businesses. Finally Puntland Govt investing further in low-level infrastructure such as water, schools and hospitals 4. Protect Somalia waters from illegal fishing and toxic dumping.

 

Thats all they need to do in order to defeat piracy. Its not very difficult to comprehend

[Carafaat]

Piracy doesnt need more then one base to flourish. Remember it all started only with Eyl and now Gar'adag. You still have not answered the questioin. Why cant the security forces solve it on land. Cause others parts of Somalia dont have marine forces, still dont have piracy.

 

You want to solve piracy wth more mashruuc. Like you solve criminality with subsidy.

[Dr_Osman]

Carafat, I responded to you and your trying to create a situation whenever possible. Puntland straddles on a 1600km coastline no other region in Somalia does. It has both the redsea and indian ocean trade traffic no other region does. Its strategically sitting on the most busiest sea-trade traffic in Somalia no other region does. Its not suprising to see why piracy doesn't start there because the opportunity is not there to begin with

[Carafaat]

Dotorre, I thought you were a sensible man not similar to the Duke's of this wolrd who think you can get away with some word spinning.

 

We both agree that piracy is a criminal activity, and with all criminal activities you need to take some preventive measures. But when criminality occurs, you always take repressive actions. Thats why you all those security forces. So the question is why have some security forces if they dont take on the pirates and their Gará'dag piracy nest, arrest all of them?

 

even you admit they are on one location? Unless Puntland and you both condone piracy as a legal activity?