Saturday, November 27, 2010

The skeleton gov't of Sheikh Sharif

Somalia’s current president Sheikh Sharif first emerged as a hero and saviour for the Somalis, both at home and in the Diaspora. But nothing comes tangibly improving for the ravaged nation.


And much to my amazement and that of many other analyst, since his authority’s inception, there was no effective government to protect its citizen from violence or even to marshall a bold peace campaign.

And today in Somalia the presidency comes up with an attitude of laissez-faire but that cannot prevail even for his own desireable results.

Sharif has got an evident catalogoue of unperformance that seems to prove wrong his leadership ability.

And Somalis cannot expect much from a lame duck, as analyst like Dr. Yahya puts into focus(click the title of this story to read Dr. Yahay's analysis)

For now it is a matter of helplessness for Somalis who are still hoping to get much from the government of president Sharif.

His term will expire soon, and another grandmaster of bad-politics, probably worse than Sharif might come to power only to waste the precious time for Somalia to enjoy peace and stability. Allah forbids.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Roads: Kenya's deathbed

The state of Kenyan roads are very dangerous indeed, reckless driving, ineptitude governance and relaxing pedestrians are all that results the fatal and numerous accidents in Kenyan roads.
Have you known how your child crosses the road everyday as he goes to school, listen to this BBC Monday Documentary about the country's ill-fated roads. Road kill.

About the author of Sobbing Somali

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Wajir, Northeastern, Kenya
Abdullahi Jamaa is a Kenyan freelance journalist with reporting experience especially from the devastated Horn of Africa region. You can contact him by emailing: abdullahijamac@yahoo.co.uk