Abaq
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With Jubbaland's arch nemesis Farmaajo gone and HSM back in office, it seems the relationship between J/land and the Federal Government will normalise somewhat and cooperation will return once again. However, the elephant in the room is, for how long? Ever since the tenants of Waamo mobilised themselves and liberated their land from the terrorists, they have received nothing but open contempt from the Xamar administration, and armed conflict. Although, some of you might be celebrating the change in administration in Xamar, I for one am not. I know sooner or later, the Federal government will start the conflict with Jubbaland once again. It seems all Somalis are united in denying reer Waamo the right to self-rule and self-determination.
The question then is, what should Jubbaland's next step be? I believe Jubbaland should use the coming lull period to liberate the remaining territory using international assistance. Thereafter, Jubbaland should focus on furthering its economic self-sufficiency from Xamar and the rest of Somalia by extension. For a big chunk of the Sharif administration, the first 3 years of HSM's first term, and nearly all of Farmajo's term, Jubbaland was completely cut off from Federal funding. Not an iota was received. If it wasn't for Kismayo Port's revenues, the Jubbaland administration would have collapsed. This is simply an untenable situation. If I was Axmed Madoobe, I would put effort into increasing the productivity of Jubbaland's livestock, fisheries, and farming sectors. The recent mini-dams project for towns along the river is a good start but more is needed. We need more canals and support with irrigation and well digging for use during the dry season. We need more commercial ranches to rear and breed more livestock for the export market. We need to enter an agreement with the UAE to establish a modern international standard abbatoir in Kismayo to start exporting frozen meat, rather than livestock. We need to support the fishermen with modern boats, freezers, etc. We need to encourage fishing cooperatives to pool resources and achieve economies of scale. We need to expand the current limited fishing export market to markets other than Kenya (Asian countries are a massive untapped market).
Most importantly, we need to ensure Jubbaland's economy is in indigenous hands. As things stand, a large chunk of the local economy is in the hands of foreign monopolies such as Hormuud. It is vital Axmed Madoobe severes his links with Ictisaam and denies these foreign monopolies access to Jubbaland's economy or reduces their share if total eradication is not possible. We need an indigenous telecoms company, utility supplier etc.
We need to implement the Kismayo Urban Master Plan (this has been on hold since Farmajo came to power). We need to implement what I call the Ummul-Qura system for all other towns and districts (where main government services are centralized in certain towns within commutable distance of nerby villages, thereby using limited resources efficiently rather than duplicating services that will be poorly maintained if at all). We need to implement holistic planned grazing all over Jubbaland to tackle desertification and drought, and increase productivity of the livestock sector.
All these steps won't take millions and millions (except replacing Hormuus which local businessmen can invest in). It just takes smart planning and efficient use of Jubbaland's limited budget. If economic self sufficiency from Xamar is realised, then Jubbaland will be in a much more secure position geopolitically, enabling it to act in its interests rather than be beholden to the whims of whoever resides in Villa Somalia.
The question then is, what should Jubbaland's next step be? I believe Jubbaland should use the coming lull period to liberate the remaining territory using international assistance. Thereafter, Jubbaland should focus on furthering its economic self-sufficiency from Xamar and the rest of Somalia by extension. For a big chunk of the Sharif administration, the first 3 years of HSM's first term, and nearly all of Farmajo's term, Jubbaland was completely cut off from Federal funding. Not an iota was received. If it wasn't for Kismayo Port's revenues, the Jubbaland administration would have collapsed. This is simply an untenable situation. If I was Axmed Madoobe, I would put effort into increasing the productivity of Jubbaland's livestock, fisheries, and farming sectors. The recent mini-dams project for towns along the river is a good start but more is needed. We need more canals and support with irrigation and well digging for use during the dry season. We need more commercial ranches to rear and breed more livestock for the export market. We need to enter an agreement with the UAE to establish a modern international standard abbatoir in Kismayo to start exporting frozen meat, rather than livestock. We need to support the fishermen with modern boats, freezers, etc. We need to encourage fishing cooperatives to pool resources and achieve economies of scale. We need to expand the current limited fishing export market to markets other than Kenya (Asian countries are a massive untapped market).
Most importantly, we need to ensure Jubbaland's economy is in indigenous hands. As things stand, a large chunk of the local economy is in the hands of foreign monopolies such as Hormuud. It is vital Axmed Madoobe severes his links with Ictisaam and denies these foreign monopolies access to Jubbaland's economy or reduces their share if total eradication is not possible. We need an indigenous telecoms company, utility supplier etc.
We need to implement the Kismayo Urban Master Plan (this has been on hold since Farmajo came to power). We need to implement what I call the Ummul-Qura system for all other towns and districts (where main government services are centralized in certain towns within commutable distance of nerby villages, thereby using limited resources efficiently rather than duplicating services that will be poorly maintained if at all). We need to implement holistic planned grazing all over Jubbaland to tackle desertification and drought, and increase productivity of the livestock sector.
All these steps won't take millions and millions (except replacing Hormuus which local businessmen can invest in). It just takes smart planning and efficient use of Jubbaland's limited budget. If economic self sufficiency from Xamar is realised, then Jubbaland will be in a much more secure position geopolitically, enabling it to act in its interests rather than be beholden to the whims of whoever resides in Villa Somalia.
