A memory related to a Somali president By-: Khaled Hassan Yousef

A memory related to a Somali president

By: Khaled Hassan Yousef

Somali President "Mohamed Siad Barre" has been the strongest man in Somalia, specifically since the removal of his deputy in the so-called Supreme Council of the Revolution, "Jama Ali Qurshil" in 1970

However, three figures who were colleagues of the Somali president in the council formed him as a source of threat and disturbance. They were Maj. Gen. Muhammad Haji Gulid Ananashi (Habar Younis), Lt. Col. Salad Jabiri Kadiya (Abgal), Lt. Col. Mohammad Ali Shiri (Dhulbahante) ), And the leaders "Ainanchi and Jubairy" of the boldness, where plans to carry out a coup attempt within the military coup system, which were a major part of it, resulting in their execution in 1971

Lt. Col. Muhammad Ali Shiri was a thorn in the head of President Siad because of his public opposition to the president's decision and his rejection of the regime's policies during his first years. The man was placed under house arrest for years under house arrest

And in the country was "Mohamed Siad Barre" is the strongest man in which there are many stories related to him and scattered here and there, and come the following thoughts in this context, especially since the meaning of the narrative and restore is to display some pages of Somali history and know some of the events and even if not Some of the interest of some, from the definition of the reader some features about the relationship between the Somali political leadership and their subjects, and the form of governance in Somalia in that period of time

In this regard comes a work trip, which is similar to that of many Somalis weaving some of the events and facts on the pages of Somali history every day, but they do not write or record, and the trip referred to occurred in 1984 and spread between the cities of Mogadishu and Kismayo, On October 14, five social figures, the Crown Prince of Warsangeli, the late "Mahmoud Sultan Abdul Salam Mahmood Ali Chery", who served as the director of the Training Department at the Ministry of Education, Hakim Hassan Yusuf Jami (Hilali) , Engineer Mohammed Ali Kulen, Mr. Dheere, a businessman and tribal elder, "Kedia" later became the Reer Yaasif - Warsangeli tribe in Lower Juba province, and the latter two are residents of Kismayo

The purpose of the trip was social and official together and was the work of tribal sheikhs of the clan of Awramli Cawramale-Wernsgli and located in the province of Lower Juba, it is known that at that time, such a step related to such a social issue was repeated under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior of Somalia, which was granted In view of the participation of the group participating in the trip and the approval of the social rules of interest in Lower Juba province to install the Sheikh, the group was launched on the date of the mentioned and accompanied by young teenager, "Khaled" is the son of "Hakim"

The group was launched in a four-wheel drive vehicle belonging to Hakim, who was accompanied by the late Crown Prince Mahmoud Abdel Salam. In the second row, each of the three others mentioned above, while Khalid sat in the background. But a tragic accident occurred as the group passed off buildings built by the state of Ubaaxa Kacaanka flowers, a group of children and adolescents built by the Somali regime. It has happened that part of the large three-story building collapsed over the heads of construction workers men and women, The state of jaundice was observed Panic that hit passers-by on the road and people scramble around the site for the relief of the injured and the occurrence of injuries and deaths of a number of workers

However, the travel group entered in a heated debate and it was pointed out that the collapsed building above the heads of its workers is in the stage of its delivery, was designed by the architect Colonel "Musleh Mohammed Siad Barre," head of the construction of the construction of the Ministry of Defense Somali, Some of the passengers of the car of the trip at the time, if this disaster occurred in the matter supervised by the son of the President, a senior official, how is the case of the rest of the country and his leadership? Curiously, Engineer Musleh, who caused the horrific incident and was widely sold for the USC militia, was elected as a presidential candidate at the 2007 Islamic-Somali power-sharing conference in Djibouti. The second level is in terms of number The votes after the candidate, "Sheikh Sharif Ahmed" and the winner of the presidential seat, and this is a sign of the strangeness of Somali political awareness, which does not learn from his experiences 

After the refueling, the car drove south through Afgooye to the government restrooms where the group took a short break. The group met Brigadier Abdul Wahab Haji Hussain, commander of the militia forces Ciidank Guulwadayaasha and the husband of one of Siad's daughters, Marka, and after the peace between him and the group, which seemed to have knowledge with some of the characters, the latter went to the cafeteria food for food, and it happened that the manager came to the rest and was named Mr. "Yassin," a family of Al-Yasif referred to in the past, and after greeting And eat food I am honored to be mentioned on the group with a short hospitality that did not exceed the hour for relaxation and prayer in one of the rest buildings

The group continued its journey through the cities and villages on the road towards the city of Kismayo, and there was a stop in the city of Gamaame, characterized by greenery and tranquility in the rhythm of the rhythm of the work of the population, and the group was keen to buy a number of fruit baskets are Coconut Quunbe and Manga Babai Babaay With personal money and another as a gift for residents of Kismayo. Shortly after 20 minutes, the group continued to walk to the village of Goobweyn and, with access to it, a green, African-style farm village, houses ranging from stones, mud and straw, Hakim and the other sons of Kismayo were known to some of its inhabitants, namely a man and his very broad family, a Somali of Yemeni origin, who served as the mayor of the village, hosted the group in his home and invited many of his sons, who were between the 1930s and the children. Some solution Light and some fruits as a gift for travel and farewell after a period lasted less than an hour. After the departure of the village of Goobweyn, it was moved again in the late afternoon. Before the arrival of Morocco, it was the arrival of the city of Kismaayo. The group was taken to the tourist retreat of Waamo at the entrance to the city. After booking the first three rooms of Crown Prince Mahmoud Abdel Salam "And" Hakim Hassan Hilali ", the second was for each of Messrs." Hussein Dheere "Dheere and" Khedia ", and the third room was the facilities of Khaled !, and when the group to eat dinner in the cafeteria beautiful rest and attractive tourist design and taken from nature The region, it happened that the hint of "wise" one of the characters as he leaves The man went to the group table and greeted Hakim, who apparently had previous knowledge. The man then shook hands with the rest of the group, led by the crown prince, "Mahmoud Abdel Salam." When he left, Belongs to the tribe of Dhulbahante, a security guard accompanying the head of "Mohamed Siad Barre", and Batali as long as it is with us in Kismayo, it means that the president is in the city or a maximum tomorrow morning !. The group slept the night and by morning the breakfast was in the cafeteria again, and then the car drove towards the center of the city and 50-70 meters from the break, the President's convoy, coming from the center of the city and heading towards the official town of Kismayo, known as Madaxtooyada, The group car overtook the President's convoy in the opposite direction without stopping. One of them did not stop when they passed, as was the case with the security custom, and the last of our car and the one in the flag of the supervisors said: Do not ask Vim Will not be submitted or delayed. The group went to the Fargano neighborhood specifically to deliver the engineer Mohamed Hassan Colin to his home and then visit the headquarters of the city's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jibril Ali Salad, who has a tribal association with the group. After welcoming and informing him of the destination of the trip, And in a passing way did not take much time and then return with Morocco near to rest again. The next morning, the group went back to an open-air lounge in the front of the cafeteria for breakfast. During the group's meeting, they met with Professor Abdulkarim Ashour Abdullah, who was administratively in the USAID program in Somalia. The breakfast was continued, but it arrived in the absence of a group of escorts of the President to the same location of the group, and while trying to sit there was an indirect quarrel Hakim understood by Professor "Abdul Karim," There were a number of ostriches Gorayo, which was wandering on the entrance to the opposite of If signed, "Hakim" throwing a number of pieces of food in the direction of the ostrich, it began to run at random, and the message was "wise" in the sense that the members of the Presidential Guard is moving to sit in a remote location and another group. It happened that the movement of ostriches disturbed the president's guard, and did not understand why they ran indiscriminately, especially that it was lightly unnoticed by the "wise" and the purpose of the guard group to move to another site, which was actually done to some extent, Abdulkareem "several times, (God is on you, Hassan I leave it)" Ilgahay ayaan kugu dharshay xasanow nagada ", and the fear of Professor" Abdul Karim "was taking into account that the guard does not guard the head lead unconsciously, especially since the man had a history of unpleasant and disturbing for what has a link President Mohamed Siad Barre, "the man was a teacher in the decade of the twentieth century at the National University in Mogadishu, and got it To study one of the daughters of President "Siad", and it happened that the student dropped the daughter of the president in his article, and then was summoned by the University administration to settle the subject and amend the signs, it ended, but Mr. "Abdul Karim" rejected the offer before him, was the decision to dismiss him from the University As a punitive action, and closed the doors of work in front of him until he gets work with the American program. During the two-day period, the president visited several government facilities, including the Kismayo Hospital, and saw the absence of patients and some of them to shower. The hospital supervisors sold patients' beds. The president also visited the army camp in the city. The absence of large military vehicles, which are ground artillery and anti-aircraft, because of the use of military commanders of these carriers in business! The president was said to have been disturbed by what he saw on his inspection tour, but it is known that nothing happened as a punitive measures for those responsible! Especially that the city was represented by the status of a military contingent was to protect the borders of Somalia with Kenya. By the second half of the second day of President Siad's visit to the city, the President had left on a small plane waiting for him at the city's airport while much of his escort

The escorts had come across the road from Mogadishu and returned through it again. The president, during his two-day stay at the Presidential Guest House and opposite to the rest of Amo, did not invite the group and those coming from Mogadishu, especially since he knew them personally and happened to meet them when necessary. He also knew of their presence and the significance of their visit to Kismayo , But it was a message from him not feeling affection towards them, the president returned to what was repeated in his private courts these Worsngli are not of little benefit and opponents of the revolution, as they called the group today 31 of the month as a metaphor for the absence of their role in the service of the regime, , Especially as they have been connected to the system After the events of 1970, which arrested and prosecuted many members of the tribe without any reason after the arrest of Major General "Jameel Ali Qorshil"! Ruled the demand to leave them alone, and the regime was seeking to polarize the tribe to contribute to his military and armed efforts to serve as militias The opposition was confronted by both the Megrainti and Ishaqi poles, which was rejected. In 1981-85, al-Hakim was seized by President Mohamed Siad Barre and team leader Mohamed Ali Sumter, who was then the Defense Ministry and second-in-command. Pyramid of the system. The group's journey from Mogadishu continued for two weeks in a row and received official and popular welcome. The city's tribes held a continuous week of hospitality at the rest of Mr. Ali Galati, who settled in Kismayo after coming from Sanag province or other halls of the city. Governor of the city belonging to the tribe Marexaan held a luncheon in honor of the group, and culminated in the efforts of the group to participate in the inauguration of the clan leader Awramli Najaj, and then leave the city after a state of welcome extended residents of the city and did not receive from the President of the country, which was a stone's throw from the site Stay They and Batali exchanged unfriendly messages, including Haash al-Anam on the guard of the president, and in return he ignored them. While the latter returned to Mogadishu on 16 October 1984 by air, the return of the group on October 28 was by road.

By: Khaled Hassan Yousef

Article translated from Facebook page for Somalia