Postby SahanGalbeed » Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:26 am
About the bantus the 1st time I saw any somali bantus was in Hargeysa back in 1996 or 97 .
A business man in Hargeysa { we won't name him} friend with some Hawiye wealthy guys in Xamar { read warlord we won't name either} recruited a whole group of Bantus to work in the construction industry in Hargeysa . Back in those days , the city was booming and houses were being built all over the place at a record pace. Now keep in mind most of the SNM veterans as well as the former militia men after being demobilized had found a job and were making a living in that sector of the economy , wastaad..etc..etc.
This reer Hargeysa business man recruited the bantus for he was paying them lesser wages , and they were less of a headache from his perspective than " kuwii kaadidooda u soo cabay dalka " LOL.
Anyway, I used to chew with a lot of these guys ,as there were my friends and relatives. Markaa war waan ka hayay xaaladan , they have sent a formal complaint about the Bantus { illegal} workers to the appropriate authorities and wasaaradda shaqaalaha , ect..etc..
Nothing has been done about it !! I knew they were pissed .
One early morning as I just stepped out of the masjiid { I was a faithful muslim back then} I see a mob of angry mujaahids with their bakoorad , trotting towards me remeniscent of the Zulus on their way to battle.
-"Waar maxaa dhacay ina hebel?" I asked a familiar face
" Aar gudhuudi baynu aakhriyo u diraynaa ee inaga baydh" he replied
I decide to joing the rioting crowd towards Jijiga Yar as I was gathering intelligence along the way .
Xaafad walba oo la dhisayo oo bantu ka shaqaynayeen , dhagax iyo bud , iyo dhirbaaxo ayay qabadsiiyeen wixii meesha joogay . Dhowr jeer baan kala dhex istaagay oo way igu dhacday anigaba , but they would stop after a lil while because of me , then they would move to another house .
Waan ka daba oordaa anna , same thing shacabka gurihii laga dhisayay , State House-ka dabadiisa , same thing , then back to Jijiga Yar .
We then came up on this house where a lot of them were working . The bantus looked scared and were rounded up , I stepped in the middle , " Aar inaga daaya Ilaahina haddaad ka baqaysaan waa beriyo Ramadaan ee " baan ku idhi . Nothing !! they started hitting me and all the bantus .LOL.
I then had to do something !! I pulled out my makarov and shot twice in the air .One of my cousin bluntly took it out of my hands and pushed me aside as his buddies were working their bakoorad on the bantus. LOL.
Luckily the police alerted by the shots , came running towards us and their firing in the air above us calmed down the mob . They took the bantus and placed them in protective custody . True story wallah .