Trouble makers, punks and small time warlord are trying to smear Yusuf Garaad

[galbeedi]

There is an orchestrated campaign by warlords and young misfits from the diaspora to undermine and smear Somali foreign minister Yusuf Garaad Omar. In different occasions , Ambassador Yusuf Garaad accommodated the Somali community in the diaspora with consultations and discussions about his job in and the outlook of the country at the moment..

 

During question and answer sessions, planted trouble makers and young punks take to the microphone and ambush the minister with personal questions that does not relate to the topic or his ministerial portfolio. Few weeks ago, one of these misfits grabs the microphone and accuses him of incompetence during his term as the director of BBC Somali service. This punk asks, " How could you have been able to run for a president while you were unsuccessful with your former job as the BBC director?".

 

Fortunately , the minister did not get angry or ended up in the calculated trap. He calmly told that the BBC is not a family or Somali tribal enclave, but an old institution with labour laws and courts that arbitrate disagreements between employers and workers. It all started when a former lady who was a broadcaster at the BBC for many years , used warlord outlets to write grievances against Yusuf Garaad while he was the head of the BBC. These people came out of the woodwork when he was appointed foreign minister. As the minister stated, he was one of the longest serving BBC Somali Service director during the long Somali civil war of late nineties and early 2000.

 

In those yers , It was difficult to talk about Somali issues without being accused of tribalism or bias toward one tribe or another. Many old timers who used to run the BBC like the northern Somalis were not happy about the young cosmopolitan running their old shop. Also, the "D" block and others would cry foul and accuse him of condoning the crimes of the Mogadishu warlords.

 

During his term, many Somali tribes had registered complaints against him accusing him of bias. Yet, he survived and did his job. When the time came he moved on. The problem is some of his detractors did not moved on. I noticed this campaign when I saw video clips recorded at the Mogadishu airport . It was taken behind security parameter and recorded his interaction with his aides and accused him of taking money to take people with him overseas without proper visa. All I saw was a legitimate exchange of something with his aides. Some warlord websites started a campaign to smear him and discredit in order to saw disagreements and resentments between him and the prime minister.

 

I was amazed about how well orchestrated the campaign was. Yet, decent people can smell a mile the vulgar nature of those warlords that were trying to destroy him.

 

I this latest video, this punk is claiming that the Norwegian government has denied his asylum application and rejected his claim to be Somali. As a well connected warlord from Mogadishu , he has shown many letters from many different government agencies including the speaker of the parliament. He is presenting himself like a victim who want to go home back to Somalia , but the Norwegian government would not give him travel documents to go home. He even showed a letter from the Somali EU ambassador confirming his Somali citizenship.

 

 

His wish is to ride the plain of the minister in order to come home. Since the minister does not have all the the necessary information or time to study the case, he was amused by the contradictions by this actor.

 

If he want to go home as he claimed, he could get a Somali passport from the Somali embassy or since he seemed to be a connected warlord, he could ask his kin in Mogadishu to send him a passport to come home. The truth is he is not a victim but a calculating small time warlord, hell bent to embarrass minister Yusuf Graad.

 

As a former journalist ,and someone who employed Somalis in different capacities, minister Garaad understands that certain people will lie wilfully to undermine others or gain favor. It is one of the major reasons Somalia is a mess. Regardless of his time in the BBC, he is a reasonable and educated man who is is trying to fulfil his duties-

 

Aside from the smear campaign and the embarrassment , there is probably a hidden agenda to undermine Yusuf Garaad.

 

Can anyone guess the main reason?

[maakhiri1]

It is true, SOMALIS are very unfair, and have been very critical to Yusuf Garaad, who I would say he is one of the most qualified person in the government, don't understand what is all the fuzz, yes, he seems a bit arrogant, and straight shooter, give him a break.

 

The issue with Mahad Abib, is very complex, He is SOMALI, 100% but he is not asylum seeker, he was a Norwegian citizen, who lost his citizenship because he was found to be Djiboutian, and all his family live in Djibouti, how many SOMALIS from KENYA(Siju) , ETHIOPIA, and DJibouti, claim asylum, as SOMALI from SOMALIA and received Citizenship, claiming to be from SOMALI Republic? There are even Eritreans, and Amharas.

 

 

Absolutely, Yusuf garad could not solve the issue of this guy, he doesn't know about, he has to go through proper channels.

 

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