BY RAMADHAN RAJAB
A section of Somali MPs are petitioning Britain through its Nairobi Embassy to come clean on the upcoming London conference and its latest interests in the country. Talking to the Star yesterday in Nairobi ahead of February 23 planned UK meeting on Somalia, the MPs said they were suspicious of the meeting as Somali representatives were left out of the formulating the agenda and details on the where the meeting should be convened and those to attend.
The MPs accused UK authorities for bypassing the Somalia government, parliament and its leaders and having a ‘hidden’ agenda for the country. “They failed to consult government which was to seek Parliament's approval on the agenda of the forum and therefore the process used was unprocedural and the whole forum lacks ownership of those who should be beneficiaries of the resolutions,” Awad Ahmed Ashareh a Somali MP and a chairperson of the Information, Culture, Public awareness and Heritage for Somalia Parliament said.
Though international assistance is welcome in bringing a solution to Somalia, an MP Hassan Warsame said those coming to help should clearly state their mission which should be aimed at finding long term solution of stability to Somalia and not only offer short-term solutions that opens up chances of relapse to anarchy.
“UK’s main interest as a far as we know now is to eliminate piracy which is affecting their trade, but this will only be trying to fight a consequence but not the course, the main problem with Somalia is instability inland and if an organised stable government can be established then the rest of the problem can be fought to their conclusive end, and this is what we want and at this moment therefore we want Britain to explain in detail why their interest has heightened at this moment,” Warsame said.
UK has explained that the conference that will be attended by over 40 senior government representatives and multi-lateral organizations to deliver a new international approach to Somalia after efforts of the African Union, the United Nations and the international community, international policy towards Somalia seemed not yielding fruits after 20 years of intervention.
Meanwhile the leaders dismissed a document which has been circulating in the media titled “People’s Roadmap.” “On behalf of the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia, we officially disown that fake People’s Roadmap and therefore categorically deny the existence of the document or in other words consider it null and void,” Ashareh said in a signed letter copied to all their stakeholders and international community.
Source: The Star (http://www.the-star.co.ke)
British Foreign Secretary William Hague (2nd L) with Somali officials at Mogadishu International Airport on February 2. Photo/REUTERS
A section of Somali MPs are petitioning Britain through its Nairobi Embassy to come clean on the upcoming London conference and its latest interests in the country. Talking to the Star yesterday in Nairobi ahead of February 23 planned UK meeting on Somalia, the MPs said they were suspicious of the meeting as Somali representatives were left out of the formulating the agenda and details on the where the meeting should be convened and those to attend.
The MPs accused UK authorities for bypassing the Somalia government, parliament and its leaders and having a ‘hidden’ agenda for the country. “They failed to consult government which was to seek Parliament's approval on the agenda of the forum and therefore the process used was unprocedural and the whole forum lacks ownership of those who should be beneficiaries of the resolutions,” Awad Ahmed Ashareh a Somali MP and a chairperson of the Information, Culture, Public awareness and Heritage for Somalia Parliament said.
Though international assistance is welcome in bringing a solution to Somalia, an MP Hassan Warsame said those coming to help should clearly state their mission which should be aimed at finding long term solution of stability to Somalia and not only offer short-term solutions that opens up chances of relapse to anarchy.
“UK’s main interest as a far as we know now is to eliminate piracy which is affecting their trade, but this will only be trying to fight a consequence but not the course, the main problem with Somalia is instability inland and if an organised stable government can be established then the rest of the problem can be fought to their conclusive end, and this is what we want and at this moment therefore we want Britain to explain in detail why their interest has heightened at this moment,” Warsame said.
UK has explained that the conference that will be attended by over 40 senior government representatives and multi-lateral organizations to deliver a new international approach to Somalia after efforts of the African Union, the United Nations and the international community, international policy towards Somalia seemed not yielding fruits after 20 years of intervention.
Meanwhile the leaders dismissed a document which has been circulating in the media titled “People’s Roadmap.” “On behalf of the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia, we officially disown that fake People’s Roadmap and therefore categorically deny the existence of the document or in other words consider it null and void,” Ashareh said in a signed letter copied to all their stakeholders and international community.
Source: The Star (http://www.the-star.co.ke)
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