Nice try.
Is there a single Marehan that can vouch for this guy? And please Saddam, please don't start with I know him through Somalispot. I long ago observed Nomand to be part of the Ashlee/Paidmonk crew who kept an interlocutor nick among us here.
Dude LITERALLY is the dictionary example of a 5th column. Never presents something positive. Never has been a participant of our comraderie here (its very hard if you really aren't tol---you will be called out in two seconds if you are trying to fake knowledge of Sade, families, people). Never partakes in Sade only discussions (again you will be caled out in two seconds). Never is part of uplifting Sade
Nomand literally has a single function.
Come in as a flame thrower to start or excescerbate cyber warfare and when Marehan is insulted---dude literally does nothing to actually defend Sade. His counter responses would be labeled weak if he was actually Marehan, but they aren't weak because he never meant to try. Every single post I have observed of this guy is 5th column. Keeping thr flame war going and misusing the Sade name is his only intention.
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.
Finally, about Baardheere.
1. The government isn't even paying a cent into Hobyo Port whereas it coughed up hundreds of thousands of dollars to give a permanent fix to Baardheere bridge for the first time since the Siad Barre government. So the idea behind this post which is Marehan hasn't seen investment is ridiculous.
2. In terms of money, Baardheere Dam would be one of the most expensive projects in African history, let alone Somalia or comparison to one of these small ports for $170 million like Hobyo Port. The low estimate for Baardheere Dam was $438 Million in 1981. In today's money, that is almost $1.2 BILLION dollars.
3. Even if Somalia had the money to build it, it would have to undertake a massive environmental impact assessment, spend tons of money on new water resource infrastructure downstream, and have to find and cultivate the technology and brains to keep the dam working and in good shape.
4. Even if Somalia had the money and all that other infrastructure, the Jubba River would have to be the right candidate for putting a dam. The Jubba may be a little better than the Shabelle which becomes dry before even hitting the Indian Ocean most of the year, but the Jubba is still a SLEEPING, MEANDERING slow moving river. People don't understand but this was a prime reason for not going a head with the dam in the first place. Do not read small unimportant references to how good the Dam would be, read the World Bank, US Army Corps of Engineers, etc who all said it was bad investment back in the 80's.
5. Even if all the both were perfect with money, infrastructure, brains, and great, rushing water source, THE JUBBA RIVER CROSSES INTERNATIONAL LINES. A dam at Baardheere would not only have tremendous consequences downstream to the Indian Ocean but also tremendous consequences upstream to Ethiopia and the Ganale and Dawa Rivers that supply 1/3 of Ethiopia's agricultural land. This is not a unilateral decision for even Somalia alone an issue for a CLAN. There would have to be strong bilateral negotiations about water resource management and sharing between Somalia and Ethiopia.
6. In my opinion, if it is ENERGY that Somalia wanted as electricity from the Dam, invest in solar panels and green technology. Somalia literally is all blazing sunshine which can now be harnessed as energy. We literally can cut our energy coasts in half in two seconds through emphasis on green/solar saving methods. For example even every village should be ablaze with lights at night through cheap solar streer lights that charge all day when the sun is out and on all night
7. If it is FLOOD CONTROL it wanted, both the Shabelle and Jubba become more dry usually than flood. For flood control smaller and much cheaper mechanisms like REFORESTATION, hard levees that go up and then open small channels to diver the overflowing river are small scale technologies Somalia should ALREADY be applying
8. If it is for IRRIGATION it wanted, again digging small channels to divert river water to farms and then holding them in canals and resorviors are small scale and cheaper technologies.
Finally, Baardheere Dam is not feasible. Never was. That's why it was abandoned in the 80's. Even if it was feasible, if Marehan want it, they should go and ask for it on its own merit NOT as some zero-sum-game petty tribal competition to other genuinely positive investments for Somalia.
