The New Realities And The Conscience Of The Sool Man
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By Mohamud Tani
Most of the Sool elite in the diasporra are only now understanding that the political structure of the Puntland society is a classical case of an Orwellian system where “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others”. The reality is only now sinking in, that Puntland was just the Animal Farm, where the BIGS and the BIGLETS were getting fatter and richer, while the sheep and the rest of the flock were bleating and singing” Two legs bad. Four legs good (Somaliland Bad, Puntland Good), and sometimes all the way to slaughter houses of Mogadishu.. The lost elite of Sool, has only now discovered that the Bigs were always walking on TWO LEGS, and were always trading with the HUMANS on the other side of the fence, behind their backs. It is a sober reality. It is a lesson learned. Sure, it takes time to get out of the shock, but unfortunately sometimes you learn the hard way. However, I believe that for the elites of Sool, this discovery is a blessing in disguise.
In Puntland the noble people of Sool were mercilessly humiliated.
- Presidents could come only from the first class citizens of Puntland. Soolers do not qualify for that.
- No development in Sool. It is a disputed area, therefore it is a high risk area for projects.
- No natives of Sool and Eastern Sanag can work for International Agencies in Majerteenia proper, for they do not qualify as indigenous people.
- All fighting south of the borders of Puntland will be manned by the Sool people, for they are the Shoulders and the Muscles of Puntland.
- Remember! Two legs bad, Four legs Good. Long live Puntland. Somaliland Down!
I always used to wonder why a policy based more or less along those lines would appeal to very intelligent people that are otherwise bestowed with a great power of reasoning and analysis. However the recent developments that happened in the area made the naked truth clear to a great number of people, and most particularly to the Sool elite in the diasporra. Since Somaliland has come to the rescue of its people in Sool, quite a dramatic situation is coming on the picture
- Law and order is maintained in LasAnod and area for the first time since late eighties.
- Government Services in Education and Health are improving dramatically since the Somaliland Administration took effect.
- Government buildings are all being renovated, refurnished and are in the process of all departments being fully functional.
- Popular grass root participation of the regional affaires is being introduced. Therefore, the elders, the business people, the women’s associations and the youth are all being engaged, in such a way that the people are taking their destiny into their hands.
- The Somaliland Government has put in place a 2% tax increase for the development of Sool only
- The amount of material and moral support that other people in other regions of Somaliland are extending to Sool is a story that can itself fill pages and pages, therefore I will not dwell much on that. We can only measure the material side which is by far exceeding millions now.
- Political parties are being registered in Sool and for the first time in many years most of the people in the region will exercise their right to vote in the coming Municipal and presidential elections
Finally I have to reassert that people and countries are not better than each other. What is better than one another are systems of Government’s. In Somaliland we are building a system where everybody can have his fair deal. That is what makes Soolers and Somalilanders one and the same people. Genealogical ties only proved to be hoax. Remember !Two legs were never Bad. Long Live Somaliland!
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