Somalia may pay 90% of oil revenue to explorer under draft deal

[jamal9]

this is good news for us somalilanders. a bigger and nasty Darood vs Hawiye war will break out. al-shabab will switch back into their initial position as clan warlords.

[Buraanbur]

10 % is a good deal. And why ? Somali ma qodan karaan ceel batrol . Jawaabtu waa naya. Marka dadkan noo qodaya haddii ay 10 % na siiyaan waa better than nothing.

people like you are @ the negotiating table rep somalia. U rather them not digging shit than accepting that deal 60-40 is atleast maquul

Don't be surprised if this Voodoo doctor is an advisor to the Mogadishu government.

[26June1960]

Well-to-do countries that had strong functioning governments were robbed in bright daylight, what makes you guys think that Somalia, a country that has not had any form of governance for over 25 years will not and cannot be robbed?

[metamorphosis]

It is only robbery when the 10% cut is an amount that would be used to invest in the country because it would not be enough. However...what we have is a 10% cut being shared by a handful of corrupt people. Does that sound like a robbery to you?

[DR-YALAXOOW]

how much procent you will get for nothing ?? 0% .....Somalia have no oil... first if there is any oil in somalia let those oil companies find it first.. then we can make gorgortan intii aan heli laheeyn ilaahoow 5 % ha noqotee..

[RoobleAlWaliid]

how much procent you will get for nothing ?? 0% .....Somalia have no oil... first if there is any oil in somalia let those oil companies find it first.. then we can make gorgortan intii aan heli laheeyn ilaahoow 5 % ha noqotee..

[Cunaaye25]

Sharing with you guys what abdulqadir had to say about this! Who works for

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
The Federal Government of Somalia

[BlackVelvet]

Sharing with you guys what abdulqadir had to say about this! Who works for

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
The Federal Government of Somalia

Oh thank you God

[Advo]

Sharing with you guys what abdulqadir had to say about this! Who works for

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
The Federal Government of Somalia

Oh thank you God

I knew it

I can't get mad at somali paranoia, it keeps us all in check

[RoobleAlWaliid]

Sharing with you guys what abdulqadir had to say about this! Who works for

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
The Federal Government of Somalia

Oh thank you God

I knew it

I can't get mad at somali paranoia, it keeps us all in check

[Jabuutawi]

90%?!!! Just keep it buried underground. At least that way you still have your dignity.

[saacJabshee]

10% for ten years I think is a fair deal if, within ten years we can pump lets say 1million barrels every week. We'll have the latest pipeline technology and the most safest ones. Oil can be pumped to all corners of somalia. SNA gets enough weapons and training to fend off Ethiopia, Amison, and Alshabab. Before the deal is sign, we will have a clause that says when the current %10 deal expires, next deal will start from %30 and above. I doubt cadan european men will have somali talking to them like this.

I agree with with Jabutawi. Lets keep it underneath our feet whilst we are in this position.

[original dervish]

As some folk have already said.....without addressing the endemic corruption and lack of institutions, you may as well give the money to a Somali piss head.

[waryaa]

With due all respect, this gentleman is part of the government and his argument is no more than a PR.

Since the government is not a dictatorial regime and claims to represent its people it must be transparent and forth coming about how it awards large contracts. How come if is the western media that always sheds light on them?

They don't have to publish all the details but the public needs to know things like why was entity x awarded a contract silently without a tender, etc?

[JamalAddow]

Jasmine on this page tried to argue that if Puntlanders can support their gov and MPs why can't we. Well you know what is wrong with that argument, two wrongs don't make a right, but most of us aren't any different.

The truth is simple, every man(and woman) will defend their qabiil leaders' biddings, whether its selling our country, saying no to poor refugees, raping and even killing.

Somalia will never see a penny from this, neither will it ever get back to its feet until we deal with qabiilism.

Didn't mean to pick on you BV, but it shows you that even those that aren't qabilist, have these lenses, where we can't see through to our mistakes.