Arab response to somaliland drought

[SahanGalbeed]

UAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TjxPp3tF-s

Saudi Arabia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfrBC7WXZk

May Allah reward these muslim brothers in our name insha Allah

[JSL3000]

Mansha Allah

[Togdeer]

Who cares all the aid money is going to Awdal and Gabiley.

[TheFuturist]

UAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TjxPp3tF-s

Those so called ministers are shameless leeches. Do they have no shame? Do they even know what it means to be a minister? They are running around the aid paid for and delivered by another country (UAE) as if this is some great big achievement of theirs, when it is in fact a perfect example of the extent of their government's failure. They have failed to protect the country's population against recurring drought. They have failed to deliver tangible economic growth. They have failed to create jobs. But they have the nerve to run around when a little aid is delivered from abroad. It makes my bloid boil walahi

[mahoka]

I sent some money, where is my TV interview and Minister running around me.

[burcaawi14]

Why are some of yall always so negative
El Nino caused weather patterns to change internationally, a drought like this hasn't occurred for sometime.

[TheFuturist]

Why are some of yall always so negative
El Nino caused weather patterns to change internationally, a drought like this hasn't occurred for sometime.

This is a recurring issue that the 'government' should have done something about. Asking the ministers to do their job is not being negative, it is being rational. These droughts are recurring and happen almost every year. Solving the country's problems is what they get paid for

October 2015

http://www.qaranimo.com/news/2015/10/26 ... -dayacday/

March 2015

https://qarannews.com/somaliland-abaar- ... saamaysay/

May 2014

http://somalia-chat.com/gobolka-sool-oo ... 1-05-2014/

[TheFuturist]

For starters, we need to better utilise the "rivers of the north" that stretch from the Gacan Libaax & Sheekh mountains to beyond Daallo & Las Surad... every year millions of litres of water run off into the Gulf of Berbera. We can capture that water, store it and utilise. This is the Togdheer river in full flow. If this water was captured, stored and utilised, the farming of land in the region could be vastly expanded and maintained year-round.



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[TheFuturist]

All we need is several reservoirs along the Togdheer river, and several more in the Guban range, which could supply those whole regions for several months.

[LeJusticier]

Sahan

These days you lick the Arabs too much. Blody abid mentality. Arab rich gulf refused to welcome there Syrian brethren and Syrians who want an ‘honorable life’ say that’s something they can hope for in western Europe, not the Gulf states.

Adna in yaroo mucaawina ah oo ay la socoto wahaabinimo ayaad lasoo cararaysaa.

[TheFuturist]

But of course job creation has to be the government's priority in the long term. Which can be done by investing in projects that create sustainable jobs and provide a perpetual return on investment, the proceeds from which can then be reinvested. Resources are scarce and projects have to be prioritised to projects that create sustainable jobs, improve people's quality of life.

There is no strategy, no vision, no plan and no prioritising. We are talking about a place that has almost no industry to speak of, that produces no goods of its own and that exports very little, that has no formal economy or jobs to speak of, that has no tax base. We need to invest in projects and initiatives that will result in currency inflows, job creation, taxation income and other forms of return on investment, in perpetuity, which could then be utilised to invest in either in infrastructure projects or more revenue-generating investments. Government can't invest in infrastructure if it has no way of generating revenue because there is no tax base, because there are no formal jobs, because there is very little in the way of formal economic activity. Solution? invest in revenue generating job creating projects.

Here are just some of things they can and should be doing. Somaliland's 'government' supposedly has an annual budget of
$250 million, if it used even 10% ($25m) a year on job-creating investments in the following industries, the country could be transformed in the space of 5 or 10 years and THOUSANDS of jobs could be created:

- Invest in a fishing fleet transportation; storage, freezing, processing and transportation facilities. Create jobs. Earn hard currency though exporting the catch. The government can tax the operations of the entity. Revenues can be re-investing in either enlarging the operations of the entity, improving the technologies and operational methods, branding & marketing, entering new markets or in new industries altogether. We have easy access to the Saudi/UAE/Asian markets and the daily catch can be on restaurant plates in Dubai, Riyadh, Mumbai within 4 hours.



- Invest in mechanised abattoirs & tannaries on the outskirts of the major cities, storage, freezing, processing and transportation facilities. Create jobs. Earn hard currency though exporting the products. The government can tax the operations of the entity. Revenues can be re-investing in either enlarging the operations of the entity, improving the technologies and operational methods, branding & marketing, entering new markets or in new industries altogether.







- Invest in light manufacturing of imported consumer goods that can be produced or assembled within the county even if we have to import the required raw materials e.g. shoes, clothes, furniture, construction materials, foodstuffs, flour mills, edible oils etc.





- Invest in a small power plant (solar, wind, coal) dramatically bring down the price of electricity and encourage light manufacturing. Build power lines to the major cities, with the support of donors/friendly nations.





- Invest in in farming in fetile parts of Awdal/Waqooyi galbeed/the South, significantly increase the land under cultivation, drill wells to irrigate those farms, get the universities & professionals with the requisite technical knowledge to improve agricultural methods; bring in drip irrigation, bring in fertilizers and encourage import substitution of whatever produce can be produced domestically. Improve food security, reduce food prices, improve peoples quality of lives, create jobs. Earn hard currency though exporting the products. The government can tax the operations of the entity. Revenues can be re-investing in either enlarging the operations of the entity, improving the technologies and operational methods, branding & marketing, entering new markets or in new industries altogether





- Nationalise all universities (ban all non-government owned universities) and create a government funded independent univeristy. Invest in a proper university/research institute that has a modern campuses, is fully equipped and that employs the most qualified, experienced and talented members of the Somali diaspora. The university should have faculties for applied sciences/technology/engineering/medical sciences&technologies, medicine/nursing/midwifery, economics/business/sociology, religious studies/Somali history/Somali literature. This university/research institute should: provide excellent teaching, free of charge, to all qualified students. This university should also conduct cutting-edge problem-solving based research to address the technological/economic/social/health issues within the country and come up with practical solutions and authoritative recommendations. The university should have close links with and directly work with companies/industry/schools/hospitals/government departments.

BUT OF COURSE THE MINISTERS WILL NOT DO ANY OF THESE THINGS!!! INSTEAD THEY DO FUCK ALL 360 DAYS OF THE YEAR AND COME TO THE AIRPORT TO GREET VISITING FOREIGNERS 5 DAYS A YEAR. I'm done

[burcaawi14]

All we need is several reservoirs along the Togdheer river, and several more in the Guban range, which could supply those whole regions for several months

The Futurist

I get what you're on about, but all of that takes a lot of money the government doesn't have. The dry river beds in Somaliland have become dumping zones. It will take a major environmental impact assessment followed by rehabilitation of the land before water that passes through can be consumed. Then to build sophisticated systems that take into account flow rates, elevations etc... we're talking hundreds of millions of dollars, if not more.

Somaliland really needs to make a major economical gain through either the port or minerals and oil. The status quo really needs to change.

btw reer hebel will claim the tog and demand his tol to regulate the reservoirs

[AGENT447]

Masha allah, the Futurist, you have some brilliant ideas and raised some valid concerns. Hope people back home realise some of them one day insha allah I sometimes ask myself if any of those things you wrote and more, ever cross our people's minds!

[burcaawi14]

Somaliland needs people like us to lead it. These old guys need to get the fk out of office. It needs ppl who aren't gaajo, and that actually care about the common person. I know there are some who are sincere in office, but way to many caloolshaqeystayaal with no vision as The Future mentioned.

[TheFuturist]

All we need is several reservoirs along the Togdheer river, and several more in the Guban range, which could supply those whole regions for several months

The Futurist

I get what you're on about, but all of that takes a lot of money the government doesn't have. The dry river beds in Somaliland have become dumping zones. It will take a major environmental impact assessment followed by rehabilitation of the land before water that passes through can be consumed. Then to build sophisticated systems that take into account flow rates, elevations etc... we're talking hundreds of millions of dollars, if not more.

Somaliland really needs to make a major economical gain through either the port or minerals and oil. The status quo really needs to change.

btw reer hebel will claim the tog and demand his tol to regulate the reservoirs

That's nonsense. Somalis have been building berkads since time immemorial, without "sophisticated systems.. flow rates... elevations". Even if it won't function in an optimal way, building a few big berkads will surely be better than the current situation where people are being fed with foreign donations. Are you telling me the government can't build 10 big berkads?

As for money, SL government apparently had a budget of $251m in 2015. Unless they are lying, they could quite easily use 10% of that ($25m) each year for large scale development projects, it would significantly boost the country's development. When I say projects I'm not talking about useless roads to dried out villages in the middle of nowhere that contribute nothing the the country, but im talking about factories, solar plants, tanneries, abattoirs, fishing fleets, freezing facilities, flour mills etc. Even 2 or 3 projects a year would be massive progress. Im not asking for skyscrapers or 5 lane motorways here, im talking about slaughterhouses and a few solar panels.

Take for example the new mechanised Burao slaughterhouse with modern freezing facilities. It is effectively 4 walls and a roof, with a few machines and large freezers inside. It can't have cost more than $100,000. Are you telling me the government cant fund the construction of 10 or 20 of these slaughterhouses and freezer lorries?