PDRC should release all archives of PL founding in 1998. I am sick of them releasing footage when a certain topic is happening to remind us of 1998 conference who dealt with the same issue back then. All this should be released. I will definitely be attending PDRC institute who keeps a-lot of this stuff.
You can see 'Xaabsade' sitting there at the 1:17 mark.
Garowe was clearly selected for one reason. The weather is semi decent, it's not seasonal like Bosaso. It's hard to work in Bosaso 12 month straight in a year, for 3 months the whole city empties out due to the seasonal heat-wave.
Plus Bosaso lack strong electricity infrastructure to power enough A.C at the same time in all buildings of Puntland, since A.C is energy intensive, it's not like fridge, oven, TV, smartphone, or laptop that requires little energy supply.
Most of PL electricity providers only can support residential requirements and not all residential requirements like they can't support AC 24/7 across 10,000 household at the same time, imagine the 'energy' backbone you would need for such endeavour. They need to upgrade they're energy backbone in PL. This is just residential, forget talking about FACTORIES who use even larger energy intensive machines. That's why they say no reliable electricity infrastructure in PL will stop investments in manufacturing.
But back to Garowe. It was selected due to it's temperate weather but most importantly, it's location. You can access it from Las anod, Galkacyo, Bosaso-Qardho. It's basically in the middle, the capital can be defended if ever attacked. It's lucky geographic positioning allowed for it to become capital and it's stable weather. Hawiyes need to pass Galkacyo. Isaaq need to Pass OOG in Sool and Yubbe is another front-line to ensure calmadow supply for galgala stops.
That's why we need Darwish security points there, a strong border presence in those three areas are critical to PL security over all, especially our internal security. Without it, this will mean, PL cities are in jepordy.
But I am not happy Garowe was selected as a capital city, for every decision you take, there is a cost to that decision. My land is now shared with all Hartis, I feel like I have more rights in garowe then someone who just arrived in the last 10 years, but by law, I am not allowed to do that, since it's nominated the capital.
But it sucks cause my family and general sub-clan lived here for over 150 years(documented), to say I have the same right as someone who just arrived in 98 and on-wards, it's a pretty 'big kick in the teeth' especially the one who arrived in 98, his homeland is free of anyone coming in and claiming it.