The food aid packages including rice, cooking oil, clothes, dates and other items were designated to the impoverished people especially living Internal Displaced People camps in Mogadishu.
A team led by Abdullahi Baraxud, appointed by Somali government who is very close relative of President Hassan Sheikh of Somalia Federal Government and UAE employee for the supervision of food distributions utilize the food aid as they wish since they knew Arab countries humanitarian donations lacks any accountabilities measures said Mohamed Abdi, who is an administrator of one the IDP’s camps, citing that most of food aid goes to sales outlets in Bakara Market and elsewhere through brokers and close relative merchants.
A small amount of the aid were usually distributed as demonstration to show some pictures/videos for the donors (UAE) government officials who do not have follow up teams, despite the facts that most of the aid sold in the Market , as described by some government official who spoke on condition on anonymity. " What we almost witness is UAE food aid scattered and sold in the markets " said Asha Mohamed , a mother of four children who lives in a camp at the outskirts of Mogadishu.
This coincides when some of Somalia regions effected by droughts claiming the lives of the people and their domestic animals because of lack water , food and pasture.
UAE supports Somalia on what it called "development projects” including a project titled combat piracy in Puntland but meant to arm and equip Puntland administration clan militia in order to harm neighboring regions like Somaliland and Galmudug.
UAE donations never reach’s most of Somalia regions like Galmudug (Mudug and Galgadud), Hiiraan, Midle Shabelle, Bay, Bakool, Gedo and some other regions of Somalia.
UAE government involvement in Somalia mostly started after Turkey government started credible development projects in Somalia, Experts in geopolitics says that UAE government intention is to fight increasing trust that Turkey Government is receiving from Somalia living inside the country and Diasbora, UAE intention also include bribing Somalia MPs, Members of Business communities, politicians in order to stop Mogadishu Port development planned by Turkey. |
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