I think its important to note to Puntites in this forum that our present state founded in 1998 by an extraordinary class of people has achieved alot considering the region was one of the most neglected by the civilian and military govt(which was systemic and intentional and even continues with every successive govt in Mogadishu misusing its federal powers to block or interfere in the region development goals).
This isn't only historical but down right intentional with the purpose of seeing discontent arise locally and subsequently instability or the condition for conflict so centralism or their plan b(irirism north and south federal model) can be seen through by the Mogadishu govt.
Now let's first celebrate the success of our region which to be quite honest started from ground zero, it has achieved putting somalia back on the map with the federal govt sitting in the federal capital and no longer are we considered no man's land like the native Aborigines here were which opens up alot of existential risks for the whole nation.
We achieved our second goal of ensuring this 3rd Somali republic not those failed experiments of (centralism, military) is based on Federation principles(even tho many try to interpret it to suit their clan agenda but interpretation of the constitution is only vested with the judicial organ not the executive or parliament but legal experts. We also played a founding role in setting up a constitution for the republic so there is rules to work within and not personalities of the day.
As for our shortcomings which is our slow development record and yes their are valid reasons for it(political instability between the feds and regions, corruption risks, poor governance of projects, etc) makes it undesirable by development partners and we seem to be stuck in this rely on ourselves principle(iskins wax uu gabsada) model. This isn't a bad thing don't get me wrong and I do encourage it because it does make the region look serious about it's future and not just sitting there and expecting others to build your home for you.
Puntland has already identified it's goals and has shown it's focused on developing human capital by establishing and scaling schools to reach universal level, it also has lofty goals of a robust health footprint across the region to ensure the residents are not ill or unwell and lack the ability to even study or be employed. It also has shown it does have a firm policy on infrastructure development to ensure the future market has all the required backbone to engage in wealth generating activity.
One thing I have noticed tho is we need a robust policy about productivity. Productivity is how we use our locals time vs their output per person X our population pool. Investors are attracted by high productivity markets so their investment grows. Investing a dollar into any local in PL would be suicidal in this competitive global markets. Puntite local is technically poor so where would you put this person in any given investment? What skills do they provide to investors to make them attractive for a job? Forget scaling this into mass employment because this productivity problem is universal.
Our locals need to know if you want to be wealthy and you want wealth to be at mass scale(not micro scale like Mogadishu) and have a real GDP and not just few business class and if you want no puntite is left behind, you need to bring something to the table, investment isnt charity and you need to provide something as well called a marketable skill plus demonstrate your quality of work is globally competitive to other potential Labor markets.
I leave this with my fellow Puntites take what I'm saying damn serious and it's time we discuss how we make our people have in demand market skills, high quality, and strong performance in business outputs per day, week, month, quarter, yearly so investors are attracted. What we need to begin is looking at the timetable of working hours as 9 to 5 don't work in that type of region environmental or culturally.
We need to set work hours to be 8 to 12 morning and 3 to 6 PM. We need to get 8 hours out of them should be the goal without over stressing them with long hours as it shows in the work quality leading to business vulnerability later. What's next in my opinion is how the work is done(machinery, manual, automated, AI) or a mix of modes and each one should be piloted and tested to see the one with the strongedt outputs vs work hours and Labor supply. Finally we need to look at the work culture, management çalibre, administrative, leadership, business structure, regulations, etc.
Once we can do this we have the blue print and then it's a matter of time and leadership and management capital only not the fundamental vision is flawed.
This isn't only historical but down right intentional with the purpose of seeing discontent arise locally and subsequently instability or the condition for conflict so centralism or their plan b(irirism north and south federal model) can be seen through by the Mogadishu govt.
Now let's first celebrate the success of our region which to be quite honest started from ground zero, it has achieved putting somalia back on the map with the federal govt sitting in the federal capital and no longer are we considered no man's land like the native Aborigines here were which opens up alot of existential risks for the whole nation.
We achieved our second goal of ensuring this 3rd Somali republic not those failed experiments of (centralism, military) is based on Federation principles(even tho many try to interpret it to suit their clan agenda but interpretation of the constitution is only vested with the judicial organ not the executive or parliament but legal experts. We also played a founding role in setting up a constitution for the republic so there is rules to work within and not personalities of the day.
As for our shortcomings which is our slow development record and yes their are valid reasons for it(political instability between the feds and regions, corruption risks, poor governance of projects, etc) makes it undesirable by development partners and we seem to be stuck in this rely on ourselves principle(iskins wax uu gabsada) model. This isn't a bad thing don't get me wrong and I do encourage it because it does make the region look serious about it's future and not just sitting there and expecting others to build your home for you.
Puntland has already identified it's goals and has shown it's focused on developing human capital by establishing and scaling schools to reach universal level, it also has lofty goals of a robust health footprint across the region to ensure the residents are not ill or unwell and lack the ability to even study or be employed. It also has shown it does have a firm policy on infrastructure development to ensure the future market has all the required backbone to engage in wealth generating activity.
One thing I have noticed tho is we need a robust policy about productivity. Productivity is how we use our locals time vs their output per person X our population pool. Investors are attracted by high productivity markets so their investment grows. Investing a dollar into any local in PL would be suicidal in this competitive global markets. Puntite local is technically poor so where would you put this person in any given investment? What skills do they provide to investors to make them attractive for a job? Forget scaling this into mass employment because this productivity problem is universal.
Our locals need to know if you want to be wealthy and you want wealth to be at mass scale(not micro scale like Mogadishu) and have a real GDP and not just few business class and if you want no puntite is left behind, you need to bring something to the table, investment isnt charity and you need to provide something as well called a marketable skill plus demonstrate your quality of work is globally competitive to other potential Labor markets.
I leave this with my fellow Puntites take what I'm saying damn serious and it's time we discuss how we make our people have in demand market skills, high quality, and strong performance in business outputs per day, week, month, quarter, yearly so investors are attracted. What we need to begin is looking at the timetable of working hours as 9 to 5 don't work in that type of region environmental or culturally.
We need to set work hours to be 8 to 12 morning and 3 to 6 PM. We need to get 8 hours out of them should be the goal without over stressing them with long hours as it shows in the work quality leading to business vulnerability later. What's next in my opinion is how the work is done(machinery, manual, automated, AI) or a mix of modes and each one should be piloted and tested to see the one with the strongedt outputs vs work hours and Labor supply. Finally we need to look at the work culture, management çalibre, administrative, leadership, business structure, regulations, etc.
Once we can do this we have the blue print and then it's a matter of time and leadership and management capital only not the fundamental vision is flawed.
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