Discussion on Somali Nationalism and Governance

One day, sooner or later, it will emerge.

A new Somali group, that is nationalist and carries guns.

Are they coming from Berbera? Are they coming from Garowe?

Are they coming from Gaalkacyo? Are they coming from Baydhabo?

Are they coming from Kismaayo? Are they coming from Cadale?

Are they coming from Isku Wacaase? They’re coming from all sorts of places, mashallah.

A Somali group has to emerge and defeat the other groups, and disarm the people, and form a government, an armed population.

Isn’t this already underway? It isn’t. It isn’t.

Because for it to happen, the first condition for statehood is a monopoly on violence.

The government must have the power to use legitimate force.

Every tree in Mogadishu, at the very least, has a pistol at its base.

Some have men hiding behind them, Some are just lying there, some are hereditary and hereditary rulers.

Does a government work like that? They make people work in the middle.

Can we really just choose someone like that and have them work in an institution? No.

We need to fight again, and Somaliland has to fight.

A Somali group has to fight. A Somali group has to emerge.

Then where should it come from? That group has to spread across Somalia, from one end of the country to the other, like the groups in Syria now.

Did the others lay down their arms? Have any groups laid down their arms?

Could the Taliban in Afghanistan not lay down their arms?

That's what we're waiting for. When Tigray took over Ethiopia, did they lay down their arms?

When Museveni took over, when he took over Uganda, did they lay down their arms?

When the RUF took over Burundi, did they lay down their arms?

Are you there alone? There's no one else.

We have to fight— Did Faroo come to fight?

No, we have to fight again. Until statehood is achieved, until a Somali government is established.

We need a Somali group. Will they come through religion?

Will they come through their region? But they must be nationalist.

The government itself, even if it's secure, should use that force— A group…

It can't. It can't. A nationalist group, a nationalist group whose only job is foreign affairs, and that is united.

The people have to come and be disarmed, an armed populace, a government must be built.

So the government has to leave there? The government has to leave, then. It's not a government.

This system must be the one that came from Djibouti, and passed through, and passed through, uh, uh, They've been through a lot, and emerged from Garowe, Garowe.

A government must be built, taking twenty-five years.

He must leave, and a new administration and a new unity and new strength and new blood and new ideas must be brought in.