From Mogadishu to Buffalo is quite a long trip, but Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, the new Prime Minister of Somalia went from Mogadishu to Buffalo and back again, having held positions in the local government of Buffalo, New York before his latest appointment.
As Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Somali government, Mohamed will replace Omar Sharmaarke, who resigned last month following disputes with President Ahmed. He will be responsible for assembling a cabinet to oversee a small portion of the city of Mogadishu, which includes a presidential palace, the bombed out airport, and a small amount of coastline.
Mohamed promised that he will form a “competent” government, which would be a first in the nation, which has spent the last 20 years expelling numerous self-styled governments. The only period of comparative calm they enjoyed was at the beginning of the current “government’s” attempt, when they remained in Kenya in a hotel and didn’t attempt to do anything inside Somalia itself. During that period, the nation’s economy was actually growing at an impressive clip, though that came to a grinding halt when they were kicked out of the hotel for non-payment and tried to move to Mogadishu.
Mohamed’s role will likely be extremely limited, however, as most of the power in the system rests with the President, not the Prime Minister. They retain control over their portion of Mogadishu primarily because of thousands of Ugandan troops deployed by the African Union to prop them up.
His last job:
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Seems, Quislings come dime a dozen these days.
He will steal a few million dollars like the previous fellow and upgrade to a UN job.
How would American feel if a Somali became say, vice-president of the United States while retaining his Somali citizenship? Oh, stupid me, there are some who think the current President is Kenyan without American citizenship.
So it's OK for some Somalis to go back to Somalia – if they're 'on side' or 'good' guys. And it's not OK for some Somalis to go back to Somalia to defend their clan or oppose a kangaroo government.
The former can maintain their ties to America, a place to run should anything go 'sour'. The others can maintain their ties to America as well, inside a federal prison.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed got his MA with me and he is very intelligent guy. He had a good job here in NY — he is not motivated by money but by trying to calm the strife in his country. He became an American Citizen because he was basically a refuge in the early 1990s. Untio 4 months ago he intended to get his Ph.D. in American Studies here at SUNY, Buffalo. He and I had long discussion about governmental structures that might pull Somalia back together again and eliminate the strife. I was surprised he went back — at least he can get out if he fails.
The government of Somalia is a fictional entity, in the name of which a lot of trouble is caused.
Leave these people alone already! The only reason there is conflict there is because we keep trying to establish a puppet government that they don’t want! Contrary to popular belief, people DON’T need to be governed by a state in order to have law, order and prosperity!
i am please asking all Somalis inside or outside to help this new prime minister for Somalia . The reason i said is because we need to see Somalia government back , so we can see schildren going in School as a peace .