SOMALIA: Minister for Africa welcomes Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group report
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Press release- British Office for Somalia
Minister for Africa welcomes the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group report, and emphasises the need to make further progress in promoting transparency in Somalia and in ensuring the Transition is completed on time.
Speaking today, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Africa, Henry Bellingham said:
“I welcome the Somalia & Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) report. The evidence compiled by the group is thorough and well researched.
I am very concerned at some of the findings in the report and will of course endeavour to investigate further. In particular, the SEMG’s findings on the mismanagement of resources are deeply troubling – they are a sobering reminder of the problems that are caused by the lack of effective and transparent governance in Somalia. As we look to the next phase in Somalia’s political process, the international community must increase its efforts to tackle corruption and ensure that resources meant for the Somali people are used for the Somali people.
The UK Government has been concerned about the transparency of finances in Somalia for some time. That is why we have been working with Somali and international partners on a proposal for a Joint Financial Management Board. The Joint Financial Management Board would enable the Somali government and its partners to demonstrate that the money it is receiving from a variety of sources is being put to public use – transparently and accountably. This will increase trust between the Somali government, ordinary Somalis and the international community by increasing financial transparency and reducing the opportunities for corruption. The Monitoring Group report underlines the importance of implementing this Board as soon as possible – and I’m pleased to see the importance of this has been re-emphasised by the UN Security Council, which today unanimously adopted Resolution 2060 on Somalia and Eritrea.
I also want to take the opportunity to welcome the opening today of the National Constituent Assembly in Mogadishu. This is a very important step in the process of ending the Transition and building a better government for all of the people of Somalia. I urge all those with responsibility for the political process in Somalia to continue their efforts to ensure the Transition is completed by 20 August.
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Some of the blame for the chronic corruption in Somalia lies with the donors’ lack of oversight, followup, and their turning a blind eye to activities that don’t fit the mapping and model set up in the first place, as far back as 2003. The government (TFG) was a railroad job from day one, guided and ratified by the British High Commission in Nairobi, and the corrupt practices were known or should have been known since the beginning. Not all the blame can be put on the corrupt Somali leaders, though they are guilty as charged. They have been in cahoots with the donors from the commencement of the TFG. Thanks to the Monitoring Group for exposing, finally, what most observers have known for years.
This UN “report” is only the latest in a series of propaganda papers prepared by the notorious Matt Bryden. He is a well-documented supporter of the secessionist Somaliland region’s claim to independence, and a long-time opponent of any form of government or stability in the rest of Somalia — whether in the seat of the federal government in Mogadishu or in the autonomous Puntland region. The (correct) thinking here on his part is that a stable and unified Somalia all but destroys whatever off-chance at recognition the Somaliland region may have had since the separatists’ case for independence hitherto largely relied on arguing that Somaliland should be ‘rewarded’ for being the proverbial island of democracy in a sea of chaos.
True to form, Bryden’s latest politically-motivated diatribe has, by contrast, not so much as one negative thing to say about Somaliland. This despite 1) the massive food ration-theft under the watch of the region’s separatist authorities that was first reported by Bryden’s own predecessor at the United Nations Political Office, and 2) Somaliland’s very eventful past few years battling dissident groups in the unionist Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) and Awdal regions; insurgencies which culminated in the declarations of the autonomous Khatumo and Awdalland states, respectively.
If the UN imposes sanctions on any stakeholders within the Somali sphere, it should thus start first and foremost with the most disruptive, biased and perennial spoiler of them all — and one hiding within its own ranks, no less — Matt Bryden.
More on the fellow and his shenanigans:
http://dissidentnation.com/the-united-nations-bogus-monitoring-report-on-somalia/
http://dissidentnation.com/who-is-matt-bryden/
http://horn.so/kenyan-minister-slams-un-official-on-jubbaland-crisis/
“Well researched”, what in the world is going on in the UN? When a report is presented to UNSC, do they just accept everything that is reported to them without questioning the credibility of it and concrete evidence? For example the report by Matt Bryden (which the whole world mostly Africans well aware of his misconduct and falls report to please Ethiopia and Somali land), he reported that “No evidence were found that Eritrea is supporting Al-Shebab” and yet he continued to report “Eritrea might support Al-shebab without getting detected” what a conflicting report “without getting detected”!! we are talking about Somalia here which is circled by state of the art military staff and technology across the Red Sea and the Indian ocean… how is Eritrea doing all this, through what line or channel, is Eritrea capable of doing all that… can Eritrea afford to do all that,,, this is all needed to be addressed by the so called UNSC as many calling it this days the “US field”. Another report is he reported that he questioned many Eritreans abroad and reported that if they don’t pay 2% tax, their family back in Eritrea faces imprisonment, what a lie, and this is easy to verify to get to the bottom of it. Eritreans sacrificed for 30 years to get their Independence, many young ones shade their blood to their country, and the once who are fortunate to live have a duty to pay the 2% tax to make their county better than others. No one should tell anyone how they run their internal business. In-regards to Eritrea helping Al-shebab, what can I say it is all a lie. The saddest thing is though the people who fall for the lies, they should at least try to investigate to find out a little about any issues if it is credible, specially the “diplomats”, that way they protect themselves from being ashamed later, because the truth will come out one day, no question about it.