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This 170$M installment is the first phase towards building Hobyo Port, this huge Port will be economic political support for Galmudug.

This 170$M installment is the first phase towards building Hobyo Port, this huge Port will be economic political support for Galmudug.

Is the Hobyo port gonna compete with Mogadishu port?

This 170$M installment is the first phase towards building Hobyo Port, this huge Port will be economic political support for Galmudug.

Is the Hobyo port gonna compete with Mogadishu port?

No brothe paperino, this Major Port is for Galmudugs betterment use and whichever clients wants to use it such as Ethiopia.

This Port will Strengthen Galmudug economically, socially and politically inshAllahi.



As for Django the slave from Kenya, waryaa don't worry the first cash of Hobyo port will be used to buy bullets to expel you foreigners in Kismaayo back to their countries in Kenya and Ethiopia,

SOMALIA Somali baa iska leh!

This 170$M installment is the first phase towards building Hobyo Port, this huge Port will be economic political support for Galmudug.

Is the Hobyo port gonna compete with Mogadishu port?

No brothe paperino, this Major Port is for Galmudugs betterment use and whichever clients wants to use it such as Ethiopia.

This Port will Strengthen Galmudug economically, socially and politically inshAllahi.



As for Django the slave from Kenya, waryaa don't worry the first cash of Hobyo port will be used to buy bullets to expel you foreigners in Kismaayo back to their countries in Kenya and Ethiopia,

SOMALIA Somali baa iska leh!

Look at this Hobyo thing. Classic Ashlee/Paidmonk/MJ crew shenanigans. I have literally never seen a single Marehan even talk or bring up or would ever think of using the building of Hobyo port as an argument. It's not even Marehan dhaqan/dabeecad to pull this development at the expense of others mindset. Yet I have literally seen tens of Majerteen laser focus on it in real life and onlinr. I don't know what is wrong with our MJ cousins, but they can't let anyone else have anything. You would think having Bosaaso port for MJ/Puntland with HG/Galmudug having none would placate them, but the standard response is why didn't Farmaajo build a port in Garacad?

First of all, the decision to build Hobyo Port wasn't made by Farmaajo. This isn't a dictatorship. Part of the country's development plan is for every Federal State to have a port. The Qataris literally volunteered to both upgrade Kismaayo Port (which has not gone through because of the Madoobe issue) and build the port at Hobyo for Galmudug. So this isn't money coming from the Somali gov or even money Qatar was like "hey we want to give you this money, what do you want to do with it." It was literally Qatar saying "hey we will come up with funds and plans to do these parts of your development goal."


1.It is absolutely the vital interest of Marehan that Hobyo Port is built. It will be the closest Port to Marehan which will save Marehan a fortune in transportation, food/lodging, security, and other expenses related to the long trek by central Marehans to Boosaaso Port. I can see why MJ would be mad, but Marehan literally save a fortune.
2. Hobyo Port is being built for Galmudug not HG. This isn't 1994 or even 2004 or even 2014 where a sub-clan puts a isbaaro and office and collects money for their tribe. The administration over Hobyo Port will be the Galmudug administration and the taxes collected will be going into the pile where all other Galmudug taxes go. Galmudug taxes have already contributed to Marehan through Galmudug State's part of the university being built in Caabudwaaq, the hospital that was established in Balanbale, and the current plans to link Caabudwaaq by paved road to the north /south Highway.
3. Hobyo Port is just the first stage. Garacad will be built by the Turks and Eyl baa the Chinese. Harardheere and Warsheekh further south are also being built. Basically this isn't zero sum game. We should support all projects.