Do people get offered minister positions that easily or is your father in the fold? Also what’s the point in being a minister (other than defense/finance and the like)? It’s not like the pay is good or you have the power to do anything
They say who controls the money is the biggest ministry. Finance Ministry lays down the plan and budget on where the funds of the nation will go and what ministry is important in the development plan. Right now security sectors receive the most money and hence any ministry position within there would be good. Defence lays the plans and policies how the security structure will be organized and the work each carries out plus it plays a role in external security not just our internal security. Then the Intelligence agency is massive funding because the war is on terror, who-ever has this position is doing well. Police and Military are next in importance, military more so as they are needed in the war against shabab and the development policy is really geared towards building a new somali military so their eating well. Police would be last spot you want because the court system is dead, a cop need to arrest and pass the criminal onto the justice system and then prison system.
Right now the prison system and justice system are not really functioning that well, I wouldn't put my hand up for any role in police-justice-prison leadership or cabinet positions that directly control them. The religious ministry is a joke should be scraped and has no regulatory powers on mosques as the imams do whatever they want irrespective of the law of the land.
Foreign Ministry is ok it's a traditionally desired role but it all depends on where Somalia is in terms of it's development, this role would be good if you were a functioning nation, but right now most of our development policy is geared towards internal sectors, so I wouldn't put my hand up for this untill Somalia is at peace and functioning for 50 years.
This is a powerful role though when the nation is operating internally well, then you focus your development policy on operating through excellence in your external world. I would put my hand up for the chief of cabinet the one fahad yasin is sitting on, he gets to review all ministries decisions and funnels the president what 'he' basically deems acceptable, it's a role where it's one position but your in control of all the ministers who have to go through you before the president.
The other role that is critical is the advisor roles either for PM and President regardless if it's security advisor, political advisor, economic advisor, just sitting with the president before he makes a final decision as he consults you for your views is massive. I'd put my hand up for this role, depending on the actual role obviously and the country development plan policy.
I wouldn't seek any embassy roles personally as our foreign profile is so weak and funding towards it is minimal, it may become important in 50 years time and when our nation internally is stable, till then, it's just a title basically no real power or influence other then helping somalis in the host nation with visas, translation services, trying your best to win the government in the host nation for aid to somalia because that's all our policy is right now, seek aid. It's not about business or security ties, it's please give us your allocated foreign aid, were fighting for foreign aid pie of a nation, the money they set aside for the bum nations like us. You know after they eat in the western world, the left overs they put in a bag and say who should we give this to in the world? that's where we are right now in terms of foreign policy guidance fighting for that remaining left over of productive people like beggers.
Anyways President-PM-Advisors-Chief Of Cabinet-Finance-Defence-Security Portfolio are the most important positions in the Somalia government. Then the Institutions are critical and have their pecking order. Intelligence agency is no 1 right now due to Terrorism, Followed by Military(due to the development plan to create an army). Forget Police-Justice-Prison positions their non-functioning and nothing is intended for them in real terms.
The projects office and aid office would be pretty influential also, I may put my hand up for that because that's our foriegn policy right now to go around with a begging bowl to the world and seek aid and projects.