Federal MP, Idiris Taktar:
- Muktar Robow’s son, brother and others killed by Shebab
- left Shabab 8 years ago, his militias battling Shebab now
- in jail for two years without due process of law,
UK started stipends for soldiers after 8 months hiatus facebook.com/universalsomal…
- Close relative jailed in Mogadishu and was asked to pay for his release, hostage situation prevailing in Mogadishu.
- One major clan family, referring to Hawiye, has 65 of all SNA commanders, another, referring to Darod, has 35, and his group, Digil and Mirifle, has only 1.
The MP is right if his reported distribution of commanders is accurate; 4.5 formula is generally used to distribute federal government posts; the MP can get 10 MPs from his group and submit a motion and then call relevant entities for questioning. Let him use his powers. #Somalia
He reported federal government officials cannot go to Bakara market because of fear of their lives, the main market, located in southern part of the town, close to the presidential palace; he is suggesting pervasive failure of security institutions to stamp out Shebab
Wounded Militias of Roobow and SNA battling Shebab in South-west state has been transported to Mogadishu hospitals, the MP noted; their relatives are taking care of them, facing undue hardships alone, while advancing common good, meanwhile Fed government is busy with politicking
Liban willl continue to document focused sessions and during this period he will do everything within his power to ensure that he learns something and shares that with others.
The reinforcement, as stated yesterday, for this behavior is reflection and learning, that would have the potentiality to improve human conditions.
Libin was stressed about the requirement to report something that he has learned in the course of the session.
Then he remembered the moment that he worries about the particular result, the production of that particular result became difficult. So, he told himself to do his best and that suffices; and if he learn nothing report that he has learned nothing : that in and itself is an exercise of authenticity.
One of the great lessons that he exercised in this session is to record his tiredness, and the need to take a break to recharge, and once again enhance his capacity to do an effective work. 1340.
Despite Ramadan effect, Liban is feeling as if he ate something sweet. Cause for this unknown: possibly due to many things going well. He also feels this way whenever he works on a task that was waiting him for a while to be performed, and he make a significant progress towards the completion of this particular task
1400, desire also emerged to work. Loban no longer needs to take a break. It appears momentum has emerged to sustain focus on tasks. 1433, Liban now decided to take a break before he continues his effective work.
Liban started focusing sessions at 0830. The aim is to practice focusing for 52 minutes, and to building general disposition for greater focusing capacities. Also to report what is being learned since that reinforces this writer and possibly you, the reader.
This is something Liban enjoys doing, and he should that since he has the opportunity to do so, and the platform to use.
He also wants to benefit from observer effect, X impressions, to fuel his focusing skills, and to endure Ramadan effect, and to add meaning to the vicissitudes of life.
Liban finished the first focused session. One of the biggest challenges that he faces is that he easily gets distracted. However, whenever he is accountable to someone else, the benefit of observe effect, he gains braking power to limit the frequency of distractions, and increase the frequency of focusing to get some work done.
He understands that behavior increases in frequency if reinforced. So, when he focuses, he reinforces the focusing session by learning and teaching, to benefit from the reflection of experiences and thoughts, and therefore gain knowledge from reflection for process improvement, and by implication improvement of relevant human conditions
1024. One of the things that Liban noticed is that he wants to do everything at once, and failing to do so he present his anxiety. In applied behavior analysis, the presentation of anxiety is positive punishment, its impact is to decrease the future for probability of this behavior: getting worked done.
This happens automatically.
He must learn to do things one at a time, appreciate sequence as a mode of achieving goals.
Comment on this document pertaining to lifting arms embargo.
- Assessment mission was sent to Somalia by UN Security Council in summer and they reported back, after visiting Somalia and Kenya.
Somalia was judged on the basis of 10 standards. Let us see how Somalia did it:
1- Does Somalia has laws & procedures governing weapons and ammunitions, their procurement, importations and a way of controlling these weapons, ammunitions and other related materials?
Answer is yes. Presidential decree issued in 2018 and 11 standard operating procedures issued between 2021-2023, covering management of weapons are in place. Somalia is also signatory to various international control of arms, inclining Nairobi protocol for the prevention, control and reduction of small arms in Great Lakes region and Horn of Africa.
2- Did Somalia implement and update its weapons management strategies on the basis of baselines and targets both at the federal and state level? A simple way of saying this is: what actions did Somalia take to control its weapons & ammunition so that they were used as they were intended for ?
Yes. It did update its baseline data with regard to the weapons management strategy. See attached screenshot of the report linked above. This will tell whether Somalia is making progress or not with regard to the objective of controlling lethal weapons at its disposal. Baseline data include marked weapons, keeping records of weapons and so on.
Standard #4, Does Somalia has someone who coordinated weapons & ammunition management at both federal and regional level? The answer is yes. See screenshot attached. Somalia’s national security advisor coordinates weapons management at national level and he had focal points individuals at regional states. These people met multiple times and have had a workshop in Galmudug in march 2023.
After deputy speaker confronts finance minister, he admits:
- Financial statements ( Xisaab Xir) pertaining to the money budgeted to the Federal Gov was not returned to the federal Parliament to show use of the money for its intended purpose in 2018,19 & 20. #N&N corruption
This runs counter to the claim of Farmaajo supporters that they are not corrupt. They refused to submit financial statements to the federal parliament for accountability purposes. Instead Pro-Farmajo speaker signed documents representing the parliament.#Somalia
It is surprising that #Farmaajo supporters could not even trust parliament that generally supported them to review how money was used
- Among the entities that have refused to return statements indicating how allocated money was used included the presidential palace.
Much thanks to @PuntlandPirates work, notes & reflections
- Iranian Gillnetters (indiscriminate way of capturing marine animals-illegal) licensed by officials-Evidence
- Forced labor
- NEFCO tried to sell #Somalia fish privately, facilitates IUU fishing globalinitiative.net/wp-content/upl…
Global Fishing Watch & #Somalia Gov both reported more than 100 Iranian vessels in Somali waters in 2019-2020
#Puntland issued, lacks legal powers, 52 licenses in less than 60 days to trawlers, illegal in Puntland & Somalia, per doc obtained by @GI-TOC $10k-15k each license
Assuming continuity of the licence fees per year, #Puntland would get $3M-$5M per year.
This money is collected by agents, there are few of them, 5.
One of them is Saddam Ismail, an agent for 8/52 vessels.
He is linked to arms smuggling: delivering arms & picking up fish
Sahan co-founded by Bryden, was third-party monitor of donor funded police.
Flagging police brutality led to de-funding Baidoa Police.
Fahad constructed parallel security under Farmajo command: Haramcad ( Police) & Gorgor ( army) 7k recruits to Eritrea ( Duufaan from this)
My comment:
It appears #Ethiopia government, consistent with tripartite agreement, to establish centralized powers in Horn, helped arrest Robow in Baidoa & attempted to arrest Madoobe in Kismayo, the latter failed, risking confrontation between #Kenya & Ethiopia in #Somalia