Somalia and EAC reach agreement in negotiations, final outcome report to be delivered to Heads of States and then put to vote in November summit

[bidenkulaha]

Done deal! Major milestone, many more to come by year’s end

 

[bidenkulaha]

EAC special envoy appointed by the President

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

Unbelivable! What does EAC see in Somalia? Why are they so desperate to have Somalia join?

 

[bidenkulaha]

Unbelivable! What does EAC see in Somalia? Why are they so desperate to have Somalia join?

Kenya absorbs us into their sphere. They are pushing for this hard.

Must’ve got a fright from the previous ‘Kenya waa cadow’ era. No khat exports must’ve hurt bad.

Anyway aren’t you supportive of this? What’s the issue now

 

[Diaspora ambassador]

mashallah beesha Darood will be connected once again.

all of the business communities on those countries will be connected with their motherland kkkk.

all jokes aside, we will make it rain in their capital cities, they are the ones who are making a mistake.

the berlin conference halted somali expension in that region, now we are invited kkkk

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

Kenya absorbs us into their sphere. They are pushing for this hard.

Must’ve got a fright from the previous ‘Kenya waa cadow’ era. No khat exports must’ve hurt bad.

Anyway aren’t you supportive of this? What’s the issue now

I fully support this, and believe that if this happens, Culusow will have succeeded in winning us back NFD without firing a shot. It is such a massive win, I literally cannot believe that Kenya is allowing this!

 

[bidenkulaha]

I fully support this, and believe that if this happens, Culusow will have succeeded in winning us back NFD without firing a shot. It is such a massive win, I literally cannot believe that Kenya is allowing this!

I made this exact point a while back. NFD will be connected to Somalia, no border, freedom of movement of capital, goods, people, services and hopefully in the future a single currency.

 

[GemState]

I fully support this, and believe that if this happens, Culusow will have succeeded in winning us back NFD without firing a shot. It is such a massive win, I literally cannot believe that Kenya is allowing this!

I think the people running the EAC are just generic Pan-Africanists tbh, I don't think they thought this through entirely or they just think EAC will become another ECOWAS.

They spew stuff like "Longest coastline in Africa, Somalis are very entrepreneurial people, etc".

 

[GemState]

The Pan-Bantu nationalists on Twitter are on suicide watch as we speak.

 

[GaradShabeel]

I think the people running the EAC are just generic Pan-Africanists tbh, I don't think they thought this through entirely or they just think EAC will become another ECOWAS.

They spew stuff like "Longest coastline in Africa, Somalis are very entrepreneurial people, etc".

Yup, that's the objective. It's too controversial to claim EAC as a pan-African movement now, so instead they're are aiming at slowly incorporating African countries, one-by-by and subsequently integrating further more over time, until they achieve their pan-African goal of one African nation/union, which is why this union kind of puts me off.

This is from the EAC president a couple of months ago:

My vision is to see the EAC become the most integrated regional economic bloc in the world, because it is already the most integrated on the African continent.

Second is to push the agenda of borderless Africa.

I'd be more okay if the union was limited to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania alone, and Rwanda and Burundi are two micro-nations and will become less 'relevant' over time, maybe not Rwanda kkk. I don't see the point in letting in DRC, a much troubled country who's not even an east African country lol. I'd much prefer Mozambique. In any case, as long as Ethiopia is left out, Somalia/Somalis may be able to navigate through EAC.

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/te...ter-somalia-we-want-addis-to-join-eac-4181390

 

[bidenkulaha]

Yup, that's the objective. It's too controversial to claim EAC as a pan-African movement now, so instead they're are aiming at slowly incorporating African countries, one-by-by and subsequently integrating further more over time, until they achieve their pan-African goal of one African nation/union, which is why this union kind of puts me off.

This is from the EAC president a couple of months ago:



I'd be more okay if the union was limited to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania alone, and Rwanda and Burundi are two micro-nations and will become less 'relevant' over time, maybe not Rwanda kkk. I don't see the point in letting in DRC, a much troubled country who's not even an east African country lol. I'd much prefer Mozambique. In any case, as long as Ethiopia is left out, Somalia/Somalis may be able to navigate through EAC.

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/te...ter-somalia-we-want-addis-to-join-eac-4181390

EAC wants Ethiopia to join too. But Ethiopia is a powerful country on its own and won’t want to give up its ability to make trade deals and also their own currency.

For us though it’s perfect. Rather than focus on reviving Somali shilling, we can piggy back off Kenya+Tanzania’s economies

 

[GaradShabeel]

EAC wants Ethiopia to join too. But Ethiopia is a powerful country on its own and won’t want to give up its ability to make trade deals and also their own currency.

I think that Ethiopia may form a bloc, albeit without a union, with Djibouti, Eritrea and Sudan to 'counter' EAC. But they seem to also being focused right now on improving ties with Kenya and Somalia separately.

If Ethiopia plays its cards right with regards to internal affairs, they can be a super-power on its own. As problematic as Meles was, he took Ethiopia on a path of increased geo-political dominance and high economic growth. Too bad it came crashing down after his death.

For us though it’s perfect. Rather than focus on reviving Somali shilling, we can piggy back off Kenya+Tanzania’s economies

It doesn't seem like the EAC currency will come into fruition in the coming years. Too much bureaucracy and time needed to combine the economies of several countries. Somalia may have to revive the shilling, unless they want to continue with the dollarized economy in the meanwhile. But a common currency could give Somalia a head start.

'piggy back' on Kenya and Tanzania means that their cheap goods will flood our markets and compete out locals made goods as they tend to be cheaper, lol. We don't have an industry of any sorts, which is a massive disadvantage for us. Hopefully, the free trade may accelerate growth of our economy.