All in all it was good speech, I have only listened to it one time, and I haven't seen any reports dissecting it yet, I think it was very damning to Kenya, and sobering to Somalia and diplomatic towards the IC.
1. the end to the extrajudicial Wajir landing targeting any flight from Somalia carrying Somali citizens
2. the illegal border fence between Somalia and Kenya has been halted
3. the EEZ claimed by Kenya has been legally thwarted at the highest level
4. Somalia has regained its airspace control from Kenya and improved it making it more advance than Kenyan airspace control
5. AMISOM transition to ATMIS their command going to SNA and their now have no indefinite leave to remain
6. Biometrics introduced into our armed forces
mention of the founder of General Daud aun its always wholesome when someone from clan X recognizes and gives credit to someone from clan Y for their contribution and achievements. No mention of MSB aun even though Farmaajo did touch on the air force and the general prowess of our military during his reign he credited it to Somalis but not the man leading the Somalis during that time. I can understand Farmaajo distancing himself from the Kacaan and the key figures due to politics, as opposed to him constantly mentioning SYL, I say its politics, but we all know when it comes to Kacaan no administration can even stand in their shadow even with all the horrid crimes they committed they still have a mountain of achievements not exclusive to but especially in the military history of Somalia. He ignored Hassan Sh, Abdullahi Yusuf and Sh Sharif contribution, but they were meaningless to be completely honest, and some of them are his political competitors right now, so I get that. I'm going to be putting my fragile ego being hurt when he ignored MSB aun to the side, so I don't even bring up these losers Hassan sh and Sh Sharif to me please before I puke my Suxur out.
Umm what else, I liked his anti-qabiil statement, it wasn't the standard BS "Qabiil bad, Nation good" no he actually respected the qabiliste and spoke to them earnestly, reminding them in the modern era we are competing not only with nation states but conglomerates of nation states and big business and that while it made sense for ancestors to pledge loyalty to clan we must pledge loyalty to the nation.
I think Farmaajo is at his weakest point in his career right now which is understandable we are in the midst of an election he has a paranoid unstable PM, but he exuded confidence, thats what people want and need, a confident leader, his remarks about mutineers and the neutrality stance in the Qatar-Saudi, he reaffirms alot of his stance, which means he is confident, but he always come back to the fact, a leader can only be as good as his citizens, he doesn't shy away compromising and working with his opponents be they opposition or the self destructive somali psyche.
I give it a 7/10, I want to see his victory speech when he is re-elected. As usual Farmaajo scores high when it comes to substance, he is centuries ahead of Madoobe, Deni. Hassan Sh etc etc when it comes to substance, which means you always want to listen to more of him as opposed to these guys ramblings, his execution leaves much to be desired in this speech, it is no longer endearing and redeeming to be honest, now I want more statement like delivery, he needs to reach MSB, Sayid Abdille Hassan level really embroiling the public with words, even though the military is a-political, a politician should always seize the opportunity and Farmaajo did not commit to the delivery, sounded like he was reading a book.
Thats my take anyway.
1. the end to the extrajudicial Wajir landing targeting any flight from Somalia carrying Somali citizens
2. the illegal border fence between Somalia and Kenya has been halted
3. the EEZ claimed by Kenya has been legally thwarted at the highest level
4. Somalia has regained its airspace control from Kenya and improved it making it more advance than Kenyan airspace control
5. AMISOM transition to ATMIS their command going to SNA and their now have no indefinite leave to remain
6. Biometrics introduced into our armed forces
mention of the founder of General Daud aun its always wholesome when someone from clan X recognizes and gives credit to someone from clan Y for their contribution and achievements. No mention of MSB aun even though Farmaajo did touch on the air force and the general prowess of our military during his reign he credited it to Somalis but not the man leading the Somalis during that time. I can understand Farmaajo distancing himself from the Kacaan and the key figures due to politics, as opposed to him constantly mentioning SYL, I say its politics, but we all know when it comes to Kacaan no administration can even stand in their shadow even with all the horrid crimes they committed they still have a mountain of achievements not exclusive to but especially in the military history of Somalia. He ignored Hassan Sh, Abdullahi Yusuf and Sh Sharif contribution, but they were meaningless to be completely honest, and some of them are his political competitors right now, so I get that. I'm going to be putting my fragile ego being hurt when he ignored MSB aun to the side, so I don't even bring up these losers Hassan sh and Sh Sharif to me please before I puke my Suxur out.
Umm what else, I liked his anti-qabiil statement, it wasn't the standard BS "Qabiil bad, Nation good" no he actually respected the qabiliste and spoke to them earnestly, reminding them in the modern era we are competing not only with nation states but conglomerates of nation states and big business and that while it made sense for ancestors to pledge loyalty to clan we must pledge loyalty to the nation.
I think Farmaajo is at his weakest point in his career right now which is understandable we are in the midst of an election he has a paranoid unstable PM, but he exuded confidence, thats what people want and need, a confident leader, his remarks about mutineers and the neutrality stance in the Qatar-Saudi, he reaffirms alot of his stance, which means he is confident, but he always come back to the fact, a leader can only be as good as his citizens, he doesn't shy away compromising and working with his opponents be they opposition or the self destructive somali psyche.
I give it a 7/10, I want to see his victory speech when he is re-elected. As usual Farmaajo scores high when it comes to substance, he is centuries ahead of Madoobe, Deni. Hassan Sh etc etc when it comes to substance, which means you always want to listen to more of him as opposed to these guys ramblings, his execution leaves much to be desired in this speech, it is no longer endearing and redeeming to be honest, now I want more statement like delivery, he needs to reach MSB, Sayid Abdille Hassan level really embroiling the public with words, even though the military is a-political, a politician should always seize the opportunity and Farmaajo did not commit to the delivery, sounded like he was reading a book.
Thats my take anyway.
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