All SNA services is covered by 1 man and 5 different companies he setup to loot his own agency
Concerns regarding financial misappropriation raised by the Monitoring Group in correspondence sent on 11 July 2018, however, were not addressed by the Federal Government.
all Members of Parliament had received a non-salary payment of $5,000 from the Federal Government in late May, following the appointment of the new Speaker of Parliament, Mohamed Mursal Abdirahman.
Accountability of the Somali National Army
Evidence gathered by the Monitoring Group indicates that, despite several changes of leadership, misappropriation among Somali National Army senior officers remains entrenched. Following the dismissal of Abdullahi Moalim Nur in May 2017, Mohamed Mohamud Hussein “Garabey”, the former Somali National Army Head of Transport, was appointed as the new Somali National Army Chief of Logistics.117 Under Garabey, financial documentation purporting to account for Somali National Army expenditure has increased. The documentation presented to the Group was, however, of doubtful veracity. For example, documentation purporting to demonstrate the receipt of Somali National Army salaries by individual soldiers displayed an identical fingerprint alongside the names of thousands of individuals.
SNA rations and fuel contracts
The appointment of Mohamed Mohamud Hussein “Garabey” as Chief of Logistics also represented a transfer of the control of SNA resources from the Abgal/Weyesle clan of former SNA Chief of Logistics and FGS president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, to that of his own Abgal/Harti clan. Lucrative contracts for the provision of rations and fuel were subsequently transferred to Harti-owned businesses.
While the SEMG was presented with extensive documentation purportedly demonstrating SNA expenditure on and distribution of rations, evidence collected by the SEMG indicated that most SNA troops did not receive regular ration support — in cash or kind — from the FGS.4 The SNA rations contract was transferred to Kasram Group Limited in May 2017.5 As of September 2018 the SNA contract with Kasram — worth approximately $8,500,000 per annum — remained in place despite recommendations from the Financial Governance Committee to cancel and retender the bid.6 Invoices issued by Kasram for the sale of large quantities of dry foodstuff to the SNA — amounting to between $400,000 to $500,000 each month — were rudimentary (see figure 7 below). The SEMG also received multiple testimonies indicating that funds transferred to regional commanders for the purchasing of rations were still routinely largely misappropriated.
The SEMG also considers it likely that a significant proportion of funds allocated to fuel and oil for SNA vehicles is misappropriated. Expenditure on fuel and oil for SNA vehicles from Daljir Trading and General Services allegedly amounted to approximately $96,000 each month in the first 6 months of 2018, regardless of SNA activity and operations. Daljir Trading and General Services, owned by Yusuf Sheikh Mohamed was previously contracted by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to provide food rations to its security forces (see S/2912/544, paras. 50-51). The SEMG reported Mohamed’s close financial ties and clan relations to then president, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (Abgal/Harti).
SNA general service expensesDelivery/receipt notes indicate that the SNA purchases 321 200-litre barrels of fuel (petrol and diesel) each month. Tables prepared by Colonel Salad Hassan Jama of the Logistics Department, detailing the monthly distribution of fuel provided to the SEMG indicate that the SNA distributes approximately 64,000 litres of fuel each month. The reports indicate, for example, that 2,000 liters are delivered to the Baledogle training facility managed by United States military personnel. The SEMG confirmed, however, that Baledogle is not supplied with fuel from the SNA or FGS
Receipts purporting to demonstrate SNA “general service” expenses — covering medical expenses, travel, stationery, more fuel, and vehicle maintenance — amounted to exactly $248,000 each month between January and June 2018:
(a) Expenditure on medical expenses — from Iftin Pharmacy in Mogadishu — amounted to approximately $24,000 each month over the first six months of 2018. Receipts indicated expenditure on basic medicines such as paracetamol.
(b) Expenditure on travel — from the Rixla Travel Agency in Mogadishu — amounted to between $12,300 and $17,500 each month over the first six months of 2018. The receipts listed all international tickets as costing $3,400 and all internal flights costing $100.10
(c) Expenditure on stationery — from Hilaac Stationery in Mogadishu — ranged from $5,920 to $15,422 in the first six months of 2018. Receipts for both June and July 2018 both indicated $2,800 in expenditure on pens.
(d) According to the expense table, expenditure on more fuel — from National Petrol, Oil Change and Car Wash in Mogadishu — ranged from $53,550 to $56,878 between January and June 2018. However, a receipt issued by National Petrol, Oil Change and Car Wash in Mogadishu for February 2018 matched the total figure spent on fuel via Daljir Trading and General Services, $95,800.11
(e) According to the expense table, maintenance of SNA vehicles — provided by Farayare Spare Parts in Mogadishu — ranged from $141,400 and $146,450 between January and June 2018.12
The receipts presented to the SEMG covering such expenditures from the five different companies all appeared to have been written by the same hand.
