Diaspora's role in Somali "Politics"

[Innovative]

Hello everyone,

I feel like i am stepping out into unknown territory here, so please do be kind and respectful and i promise to do the same. If i am wrong about something, it is because i am uninformed on the subject, so i ask that you educate me instead of attacking me.

I am Somali (i think that's a given) who has been raised in the U.S but Ive always had a huge interest in the development of Somalia. Most of the young Somali people in my social circle also share this interest with me. The thing is, as educated and passionate as we are, we're still very confused about Somali politics and how they operate. I am extremely ignorant of anything tribal (and i am very happy for that) and i don't understand how they play into our politics. It seems to me that a president is elected and then this president proceeds to elect Prime minister who has as much power (if not more) as he does. I don't know if there's more than one party and i don't know if there's any actual voting that's done by the people to elect the president of the country. It also doesn't seem like there's any checks and balances. It seems like nothing is accounted for and nothing ever changes. I doubt the legitimacy of these "Politicians" even though countries like the U.S recognize them. I doubt their education and i am not seeing anything by way of their accomplishments.

In an ideal Somalia,
We would firstly have a strong security system the shabaab would completely be out of the country. Our security system would be so great that it would be difficult for them to even re-enter the country. When we have established peace, we would be able to develop our economy by creating jobs using our natural resources. When we generate enough revenue through that and build our economy, we could create even more jobs and start developing roads and put more focus on our infrastructure. If there's safety and security, we can really work on our constitution and we can work on creating law and order. By law, every working citizen will have to pay taxes--income, property, sales. If you don't pay your taxes, you go jail. Prison can work as an economic asset and a security and judicial asset, but we need to establish better courts as well. If the working class is paying taxes, we can use those taxes for education and healthcare. These will be public services and because there will be enough revenue generated through the work force, they will be top shelf services. Teachers and doctors will actually be paid the way they should be and children will be educated in many different fields by qualified people. This education will start from head start and continue all the way through out college.

These are all do-able things if people from the diaspora put their heads together and start having forums on creating change. We're educated and we've seen models of government work outside of Somali first hand. It's time for the corruption to end. It's time for us to have competent people leading our country. It's been too long and the longer we wait, the more advanced the rest of the world gets. We're getting excited about getting new stop signs in Mogadishu while our other human counterparts are planning on how to colonize the rest of the Universe. It's time for us to stop begging the rest of the world to help us. There's enough of us overseas with more than enough money and expertise. Why can't we go back to the country, pool together our resources, start creating change, and organize a party? If we help the people, the people will choose us. It belongs to us just as much as it belongs to those in "power"...doesn't it?