The setting up of local public administration in the regions of Gedo, Lower Jubba and Middle Jubba yet to be entirely liberated from the Al Qaeda affiliated Al Shabab has generated passionate debate for four reasons.
First, as result of clan based federalism, it stirred the majority and minority struggle between communities in those regions at village, district and regional levels.
Second, it brought to the front the divergent interests and goals of the multiple foreign, national and local actors claiming stakes in the process; Third, it represented a special significance for the federal government.
Since it defines the values and meaning of the post-transition political dispensation and concretizes implementation of the Provisional Constitution (PC) on territorial jurisdiction and citizenship supremacy.
Fourth, the ban of the UN Security Council on the export of the charcoal piled up in the area hit hard the local economy.
Concomitantly, the debate has reignited clan grievances and repudiation of past reconciliation. Lies, clan scapegoating and foreign praise over fellow citizens filled in the avalanche of opinion.
Articles published by certain respected Somali websites like Wardheernews (WDN) or said in some gatherings of the Somali Diaspora, call for clarification and appeal for reality check. See Goobaale delegation, Somalia’s constitutional decomposition.
The claims that General Mohamed Roble Jim’ale Gobale and General Yusuf Mohamed Siad Indha’adde were members or leaders of the delegation sent by the federal Government to Kismaio are deliberately fabricated lies with sinister objectives.
The attack against them, their sub clan, the defunct Jubba Valley Alliance (JVA) at this juncture will not rectify any abuse suffered by certain individuals or groups. The infinite narration of grievances from all Somali groups constitutes the misfortune of Somalia.
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