Saeed Ahmed Mohamoud
Hargeisa, Somaliland
This article, written in a time when Kenya is trying to show the world its commitment to install viable state in Somalia (just at the start of the Imbagati Conference), delves deep into the way Kenyan Authorities treat, or more accurately, mistreat the Somalis doing business or whatever in their country. As ‘the international safe’ for the aid to Somalia, Kenya hosts the regional office of almost all the INGOs and UN agencies doing humanitarian and relief work in Somalia. Saeed’s piece, first published in Somaliland Times, puts to the surface the grudges we share at the teashops.
It is believed that Kenya is hosting a conference of reconciliation for Somalis next month. Mediating neighbours is very noble deed but Kenya’s record of good neighborliness is bogus for so many good reasons. If Kenyan authorities are to be taken seriously, they need to mend their ways when it comes to how they treat their neighbours, the Somalis.