SWS citizen joins Bosaso’s local council.
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Somalis view political appointments not as individual jobs, but as collective rewards. Therefore, they perceive appointments as fair or unfair based on clan.
What should be at the forefront, is her capacity to fulfill her role as a councillor. Neither she nor her community is receiving a boon through her appointment; rather, the total community as a whole benefits when the most qualified and capable person is chosen to serve and improve it.
The counterpoint about supposed underrepresentation in SWS amounts to whataboutism.
More importantly, I would argue that SWS harms the collective interests of SWS by potentially excluding highly qualified individuals who could make meaningful contributions to the state’s bureaucracy and governance by merit of clan.
In the end, resorting to collective punishment or holding someone accountable for the actions of a clansman hundreds of miles away is foolish, shortsighted, and only invites further reprisals.
Imagine a black person not allowed to hold office in the west because of what Mugabe did to white farmers.
What should be at the forefront, is her capacity to fulfill her role as a councillor. Neither she nor her community is receiving a boon through her appointment; rather, the total community as a whole benefits when the most qualified and capable person is chosen to serve and improve it.
The counterpoint about supposed underrepresentation in SWS amounts to whataboutism.
More importantly, I would argue that SWS harms the collective interests of SWS by potentially excluding highly qualified individuals who could make meaningful contributions to the state’s bureaucracy and governance by merit of clan.
In the end, resorting to collective punishment or holding someone accountable for the actions of a clansman hundreds of miles away is foolish, shortsighted, and only invites further reprisals.
Imagine a black person not allowed to hold office in the west because of what Mugabe did to white farmers.
