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Somalia Conference
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Excellencies Heads of State and Government;
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(ebijongoma) which we regard as snake; chicken (because it
is a bird that are always flying) and if you eat it you are
likely to be restless and unsettled; mutton; etc., etc.
Nevertheless, we used to rear chicken for use in divination
in the traditional religions. Moreover, our people would
happily donate chicken to our neighbouring communities
who relish the consuming of those creatures. The same
applied to fish, mutton, etc. In other-words, our philosophy
was: live and let live enjoy your rights but do not
interfere with the rights of others. Our communities
specialize in skills and products and exchange goods and
services. That is how we were able to build a strong
civilization that withstood the assaults we suffered from
the slave-trade, colonialism and the local tyranny of our
myopic and ego-centric chiefs.
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1. The Troops Contributing Countries have increased to
five. These are: Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia
and Djibouti.
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8. The menace of piracy at Sea has been tamed.
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(iv) The multiplicity of trainers (from different countries) of
the Somali Army needs to be coordinated by the
Somali Command around a Somali forces military
doctrine so that it becomes a cohesive force with a
clear historical mission.
(vi) The Somali Army and the soldiers from the TCCs could
be further equipped to do more road projects in the
areas of their responsibility along with the local
authorities so that the country is opened up. They
can also build schools and health centres for the
benefit of the people. The liberation has to resonate
with the people in the countryside.
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(vii) In the meantime, the TCCs should be supported
sufficiently, their small numbers notwithstanding, to
use force multipliers (gun-ships, attack planes, air-lift
means) to further weaken Al-Shabaab, in their remote
hide-outs. Our concept of counter-insurgency is to
have mobile forces to hit the enemy and zonal forces to
ensure that the enemy does not re-infest the area. It
should be the Somali Army to provide these zonal
forces. If they cannot do it yet, what should we do?
That is why we propose long jump operations to
eliminate them by surprise attacks. It is better than
giving them extended holidays without any
punishment for their mistakes and allowing them to
create liberated areas by default.
I thank you.
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