Following rampant insecurity in the
country over the last two weeks and elections nearing in, the president
of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has crafted new way of winning the war
on terror.
Analyst and political commentators all agree that the decision the president took Saturday was long overdue.
Speaking in Mogadishu, president Hassan Sheikh agreed that the security situation in the country was getting out of hand and that a new way of fighting the militant group Al Shabab was highly needed.
After a marathon meeting with his security advisor over the last six days since Mogadishu and Baidoa came under, the president said that there was a need to have public participation in security matters.
He also suggested that a good pay package for the police force will likely uplift their morale. Mr Hassan also admitted that the pay the police officer receive as a monthly salary was not enough, adding that more would be done.
“We have received reports of delayed salary. It goes without saying that Somalia today does not have the financial power to meet all it needs and obligation.
” We will soon roll out a backdated payment schedule in a bid to pay up all due salaries, ” Hassan said.
In the past two weeks, at least five major insecurity incidents happened in the country with two of them involving direct Al Shabab attacks on the civilian population. Last week also saw the aborted take over of Dhusamareeb town where at least six people were killed, among them town residents.
Cabinet members led by the prime minister, Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke and head of the country’s security organs appeared before the parliament to answer to questions related to the state of security in the country as the elections in August near.
Analyst and political commentators all agree that the decision the president took Saturday was long overdue.
Speaking in Mogadishu, president Hassan Sheikh agreed that the security situation in the country was getting out of hand and that a new way of fighting the militant group Al Shabab was highly needed.
After a marathon meeting with his security advisor over the last six days since Mogadishu and Baidoa came under, the president said that there was a need to have public participation in security matters.
He also suggested that a good pay package for the police force will likely uplift their morale. Mr Hassan also admitted that the pay the police officer receive as a monthly salary was not enough, adding that more would be done.
“We have received reports of delayed salary. It goes without saying that Somalia today does not have the financial power to meet all it needs and obligation.
” We will soon roll out a backdated payment schedule in a bid to pay up all due salaries, ” Hassan said.
In the past two weeks, at least five major insecurity incidents happened in the country with two of them involving direct Al Shabab attacks on the civilian population. Last week also saw the aborted take over of Dhusamareeb town where at least six people were killed, among them town residents.
Cabinet members led by the prime minister, Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke and head of the country’s security organs appeared before the parliament to answer to questions related to the state of security in the country as the elections in August near.
by Hibaq Osman Founder, Karama
The
dramatic fall in the price of oil has had some unusual effects on the
petro-economies of the Persian Gulf. Countries like Saudi Arabia have
grown dependent on importing cheap foreign workers to do the jobs its
citizens won’t. Now, traditional sources of domestic labor like South
Asia have become uneconomical in straightened times. Saudis have had to
look for cheaper alternatives, and no one can be bought more cheaply
than the government of Somalia.
