Somaliland faces many major issues
as an unrecognized independent republic. Something that made Somaliland identifiable
for the last decade is that it’s last two elections was done very peacefully
and serenely. People weren’t expecting that to happen. But it did. It was all
over the news. Although that didn’t fully
help Somaliland gain its recognition, it helped it move one step towards it. To
matters, out of millions, that Somaliland is facing as an unrecognized
independent republic is ethnicity and poor infrastructures.
In Somaliland, everything is about
clans. Everyone, especially in the government, is always on about clans. Having
a clan system is very useful and beneficial. It brings different people but
with the same clan together; it units them. However, it has its drawbacks.
During last year’s elections, I witnessed that most of the people care more
about having a president who is from their clan than having a
president who is actually skilled to be a president. Almost everyone I saw
voted for the party of the same clan. Not because they thought that that
president will change this and fix that, only because he is from the same clan
as them, he gets many votes. The government is not functioning as well as it
was supposed to because of many clan problems. That is not very helpful and
useful to a developing country.
For a country to be and look
developing, its infrastructure has to be great. Somaliland’s infrastructure is
not that great, but not that bad either. The thing that bothers me the most is its
roads. Some of them are ok but most of the roads are rough, broken, and fill
with huge holes. This is not bad only for the cars to et sabotaged, but also
for people. My mom had kidney stones and couldn’t drive her car until she was
cured. She couldn’t drive because whenever she drove into a hole the car would
jump up and down and that would hurt her kidneys. The government tried to fix this problem by
starting off with the road between Berbara and Hargeisa. Although it’s a very
useful idea, they should not disregard the inner roads in Hargeisa and other cities
in Somaliland. Roads were not built and nobody cared about for so long. “Since the liberation of
Somaliland, our cities and territories have deteriorated and there is no
evidence of a plan or vision to improve the infrastructure, which has been
neglected for so long.”[i]
If the racial ethinicity is eradicated
and the roads are fixed, I believe, with all my heart, that Somaliland will be
recognized, and will be equal and have the same opportunities as other
recognized countries, inshaAllah!
[i] Farah M. Abdirazaq. “Somaliland’s Neglected Infrastructure”.
The
Somaliland Times. N.p, n.d. http://somalilandtimes.net. 11/25/12
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