I think there's Marehans basically at the doorstep of Negele, and there's also Karanles farther west than Qarsaduule. I believe I saw someone here mention that they're present all the way up to Delo Mena, up against Bale National Park.
Now, whether or not you guys are personally invested in the Somali region, I think it’s essential for our security as an ethnicity that the sources of the Jubba and Shabelle rivers lie within our territory.
If we’re smart, we’d embark on demographic engineering programs to resettle Somalis both from eastern Somali Galbeed and Somalia proper into these frontier regions. At the very least we should aim to reach a plurality with the Oromos there. Then someday if Somalia ever gets its act together, we can support the Somali region in annexing those lands from Oromia.
I promise you the Oromos are constantly plotting and strategizing about how they can further expand into Somali lands. I think it’s time we start thinking about how to go on the offensive instead of staying on the defensive.