Who Cursed Hiran?

People of Hiran are suffering as other regions in the country, but they have an addition of poor leadership, lack of social service, floods and civil wars and many more. Lack of good leadership started when Somalia practised central government to appoint the governors and the mayors of the region by warlords, ignorant and self-interest practitioners who never work the common interest of the region. After the formation of Hirshabeelle State, the local residents of the region were expecting the newly formed administration to make a significant change in the areas of social service, security and the leadership of the region. According to villagers, nothing has changed, but the situation worsened.
The elites of the region think that the appointment of uneducated governors and mayors who cannot lead only increase the administrative corruption problem, which can result in displacing hundreds of families in the city every single year. Floods are damaging economic activities and raise humanitarian crises. All that problems are manageable and can be prevented before they occur.
the Somali shilling does not work in the city, and all economic activities depend on Electronic money(EVC). Anytime that Hormud telecommunication systems face problems, the business activities will be stuck in the region.
Corrupted administration results in lucking of any social service, including building Public schools, roads and hospitals. The arrogant and ignorant appointed governors by the president of Hirshabelle State Mohamed Abdi Ware excises looting public properties including taxation revenues collected and other different sources such as projects implemented by NGOs, subsidies from the central government and grants from international non-profit organisations.
In addition, president Ware appoints a new governor every six months and all his appointments used to be taxi drives from Europe, warlords and farmer school gatekeepers.
In this region, corruption is normalised, though it is a common disease that suffers all over the country, the case of Hiiran is the worst. Civil wars and security threat is very high in the region, and the roads linking to Mogadishu is closed because of security issues,
To shed light on the region and its capital to the people who have no idea: Beled weyn is the capital city of the Hiiran region. Hiiran is one of the eight regions that Somalia provinces consist of at the independence days in 1960. During British and Italian Somaliland’s protectorates unity. Hiran was also one of the eighteen regions Formed during Siyad Bare’s regime, and currently, the region is under the administration of Hirshabelle State.
Hirshabelle State was founded in October 2016; Somalia decided to turn from a centralised government to a federal government constitutionally.
Hiiran occurs geographically at the centre of Somalia. It has space approximately 90,000 kilometres square, which bordered with the flowing regions respectively: Somali region of Ethiopia to the northwest, Galgaduud to the northeast, Bakol to the west and Middle Shebelle to the South.
Beled-weyn has locally known the green city. The centre of the town Shebelle River passes in a snacking or zigzagging way which makes more attractive and beauty the look in the city. Outside of the city, there are eye couching sights because of chained mountains with many trees. You will wonder about the shape of the city’s neutrality as a tourist visitors place.
Inside and outside Beled-weyn city, vast farms plant different products, including fruits, vegetables, sorghum, and other different seeds. Still, there is no efficient production of the farms because of many obstacles surrounding the farmers.
The obstacles they are facing include floods, droughts, security, poor infrastructure, lack of knowledge, lack of government facilities and less technological progress, which does not help to produce massive production.
Although all the obstacles mentioned above are in place, the farmers are never disappointed to keep farming, producing and using all their attainable ability to satisfy the needs of the people. The products made from the farms of the city or villages around the city is distributed to neighbouring and other regions through trade which is a source of income for the residents and the local government. The taxation from the vehicles and private business is another source of payment of the cit because many lorries vehicles that carry goods use to pass in the city since it occurs the Centre of Somalia.
Another crucial point which is to be aware of is those parliament members who were elected from the Hiraan province do not perform their role and duties which have been selected. Their part of the representation to the interest of the society who have been elected is a zero or below. Almost all ran for their self-interest, and when the four-year term ended, they returned to the region to be elected back four more years, playing bribes.
I recommend to the elites, elders and business people, educated men and women of the region and the society in large to change the habit of standing back, the line of leadership and they should come front and lead and guide the organisation if they don’t do, the illiterate, ignorant, will lead them as usual and the city will sink every year.
The elders of the region eldersighly consider and give more attention to the person who will represent in Somali parliament and make sure if their representation meets the region's needs instead of considering the little bribe they are paying.
Businessmen/women should understand that in any politics business people are the stakeholders in the world historically and today’s world, they should influence the decision-making table of appointment and should try to put on the chairs a young educated and energetic who is trustful and guide him behind the scene until they make sure the tax they pay is probably managed and correctly spending.
The youth and young generation should understand the importance of agriculture and work directly and indirectly accordingly. If they follow such recommendations, the region will overcome and recover the years of destruction and mismanagement. Then, the road of development and prosperity will remain on track.
Dhaqane Roble Halane
dhaqaneeco@gmail.com
Economic research and blogger by profession