My information says that the amisom multi-program for kismayo has been through but could take 4 months.
Kenya denies the allegations againist it and though using the security card and saying its their national matter and not going anywhere...will lose their control over the port and the airport. Kenya is there for the port and to export the charcoal so they will lose their interest in that region...
Kenya wont be able to establish their loyal administration in kismayo as they were planning, this is the somali govts business.
They can deny, they can work underground, they can stay in that region for one reason that there is somali security forces but politically they don't own shyt, that is a fact.
The govt is planning to take the responsibility with the new shabeel military operation is getting to start at baraawe and then jilib so this is one of the plans...
Let us not kid ourselves, kenya can't even recognize madoobe administration who is losing now more his world relations because the govt owns the political process and even kenya has to align with its policy officially though they are not doing it practically
Shaykh madoobe wants now to go on his own lol first news are saying he lost it internationally he has to deal with the govt otherwise the govt will oppoint its administration.
Our Special Representative in Mogadishu is also helping to manage the evolving relationships between Mogadishu and its neighbors, whose support remains essential to Somalia’s success.
Today, the country has, for the first time in decades, a leadership that is committed to building the state. The archetypal failed state has before it the best chance in a generation to build a stable government and bring a measure of peace and prosperity to its people.
Let me turn now to Somalia, where we have reached a potential turning point. I was in Mogadishu just two weeks ago, my second trip there in 2013. For the UN, Somalia represents the challenge of how, in the face of so many crises demanding attention, the UN can help to sustain regional and international focus on a process that has the promise of real success but that still needs to be nurtured.
And so the task ending anarchy and building security and a stable government in Somalia took on great strategic as well as humanitarian significance. The UN has invested heavily along with partners including the African Union and key governments such as the United States to try to turn the tide in that country.
Today, the country has, for the first time in decades, a leadership that is committed to building the state. The archetypal failed state has before it the best chance in a generation to build a stable government and bring a measure of peace and prosperity to its people.
Of course diplomacy is only one side of this story. It was a major security intervention by the African Union that fundamentally turned the tide against Al Shabab. The United States helped get that AU mission, AMISOM, off the ground and secure UN support for it. Part of our task today is making sure AMISOM continues to receive financial and political support, for the Somali security services are not yet able to extend authority across the entire state. Somalia still needs AMISOM, and AMISOM still needs financial and logistics support from the international community.
The very real security gains provided already by AMISOM have helped pry open space for serious political work. For the first time since the 1990s, the UN’s political mission for Somalia operates in Mogadishu, Our Special Representative in Mogadishu is also helping to manage the evolving relationships between Mogadishu and its neighbors, whose support remains essential to Somalia’s success.



