Postby Somaliweyn » Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:51 am
Luq and co,
Mogadishu was built by the Somali governments between 1960-1991, so were cities like Berbera, Hargeisa, Bosaso, Kismanyo.
Hargeisa and Mogadishu have been levelled to the ground. Only key infrastructures like airport, seaport and other things remained. But as for electricty, water, and other crucial infrastructure..they were either destroyed or looted in the case of Mogadishu. In Hargeisa some have been destroyed by the war but not as much as Mogadishu.
Still despite this, Mogadishu's key infrastructure have been restored, key infrastructure like electricty in the city, running and clean water, telephone/internet infrastructure etc. Even despite the closure of main port and airport, the city has been served by a dozen of airports and seaports, all making more profits then in any other Somali city. Because of this, clinics, schools, playgrounds, hotels etc have been built all taking advantage of the prospering economy of the city.
So post-1991 Mogadishu, although still bearing the scars of the civil war, has been doing better than cities that did not witness any conlfict, cities like Bosaso, Kismanyo (urban fighting) etc. Every development in post-1991 Mogadishu is the work of the shrewd business groups not of a ''government''.
So I fail to understand the logic of mitigating every development in Mogadishu by silly arguments like ''it was built by the state'' while infrastructures like ports and aiports etc in Hargeisa, Bosaso, Kismanyo are supposedly built by the people after 1991.
The only thing Mogadishu needed was peace, stability and good governance. When it gets those three in check, there will be no East-African city doing better than Mogadishu economically.
The future is indeed bright.
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Somaliweyn on Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:58 am, edited 1 time in total.
