-well equipped
-well fed
- Paid $1000-1500 a month
- receive ongoing training, logistics, and other support
- Less than 500 died in the last 7 years
- Recruited mostly from neighboring countries with vested interests, land disputes, enemies, etc
-No weapons
-No equipment and adequate training
-Paid $100 a month
-Always the first to respond and engage the enemy. Always suffer the first casualties,, serve with pride and courage
-More than 2000 died within the last 3 years
The average AMISOM trooper is paid $1,700 per month and this money is not imaginary nor UN generosity. It is debt accumulated in Somalia's name thus they will remain poor and in debt for generations and generations to come.
The biggest winner in all this is Ethiopia.
After doing her mission and dirt in Mogadishu, it figured there was more lucrative way not only to make millions but control Somalia at the same time.
First it convinced the UN that it would arm all AU troops including AMISOM and secondly it will join AMISOM not to conduct missions for AMISOM but to operate solo and go after its own interest while in UN outfit and getting higher salaries.
Now every tank, armoured vehicle, helmet and equipment you can think of is been rolled out from an Ethiopian factory outside Addis Ababa.
Not only are her troops on the $1,700 salary but millions in equipment are being bought by UN for the Ugandans, Burundis, Djiboutians. Thus is the clear winner.
Somalia is greatly humiliated. Not only are AMISOM paid far more but they reign superior to the Somalia militia. They not only conduct all policing but they can get all the women in Mogadishu before the locals (money to flash). Greatest humiliation.
what use are tanks in Ethiopia?? The entire country is one big mountain range.
You would be lucky if you were able to operate tanks in Addis let alone the rest of the country. The only region in Ethiopia this tank can be used effectivly is the Somali lowlands.
thegoodshepherd wrote:what use are tanks in Ethiopia?? The entire country is one big mountain range.
You would be lucky if you were able to operate tanks in Addis let alone the rest of the country. The only region in Ethiopia this tank can be used effectivly is the Somali lowlands.
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I knew you had low IQ but not this low. The tanks are not only for export within Africa including UN/AU missions but to defend Ethiopia not to use it to explore Ethiopia's terrain.
These tanks are designed to fend off foreign aggression especially from Somalia and your ONLF brothers who have very few still hiding in Kismayu.
I knew you had low IQ but not this low. The tanks are not only for export within Africa including UN/AU missions but to defend Ethiopia not to use it to explore Ethiopia's terrain.
These tanks are designed to fend off foreign aggression especially from Somalia and your ONLF brothers who have very few still hiding in Kismayu.
The Finance Minister of the Government of Somalia Mr. Mohamed Adan Ibarhim (Farkeeti) stated before parliament last week that all public servants have been without salary for four months. This extraordinary confession was public knowledge for months and public servants in all sectors including the civil service, security forces and the police had been complaining loudly to get the issue dealt with urgently.
In a Mogadishu restaurant six police officers told HOL that many of them are facing homelessness and the prospect of not been able to provide food for their families.
“We have not had salaries since January and yesterday the shop I borrowed food from for my family stopped lending to me,” said one of the policemen who did not want to be named.
Another Policeman had already been evicted from his home and he and his young family had moved back in with his mother.
“It is very sad that we are working so hard to help our people and we are becoming homeless,” said the policeman who again did not want to be named. “The fact is that my mother and five brothers depend on me too.”
All the Policemen understood that no public servant had not been paid since January and all blamed the Government and the donors who promised to contribute to rebuilding Somalia when the current Government was formed in 2012.
“I am sure both the Government of Somalia and the international community are equally to blame but since we don’t work for the international community we can only hold our government responsible,” said another policeman.
Employees working in Government Ministries have not had better luck and most have not been paid since January too.
“Life is hard definitely and I am struggling everyday but I still go to work because all of the public servants are suffering like me,” said Ahmed Mohamed who is employed as a secretary in one of Somalia’s many Ministries.
“I used to live in a room with colleagues from my Ministry and we are now all facing eviction if we don’t pay our rent this month,” said another public servant who did not want to be named. “If it happens, we have to return to live with family and my problem is that I am the only one living in Mogadishu from mine.”
While public servants had been assured by the Ministry of Finance that some salaries will be paid within the month of Ramadan most are not expecting much.
“Even if we are paid it will be for just one month and not the full period,” said Ahmed Omar, an adviser to the Government. “What will this do for me? Which debt should I pay first?”
“There is no point in just getting one month pay because all your debtors crowd around and you don’t know who to pay and if you don’t pay one but you pay the other you lose an essential service and friends,” added Ahmed’s colleague in frustration. “If we don’t get all the salary we are owed it will not be a good Ramadan or Eid for us and our families who depend on us.”
The Minister for Finance stated before Parliament that, while the revenue collection was going well, the country was not making enough to service its needs quickly enough. He also blamed the international community which pledged to pay 51% of the cost of running the Government for not acting quickly enough in fulfilling their promises.
Most public servants interviewed by HOL felt that the Minister of Finance was not been totally honest and that much had left the system through corruption.
“When the Minister was asked how much money the President and the Prime Minister took on their travels abroad he refused to say,” stated a policeman who did not want to be named. “That is why I think the international community is making things hard: there is little honesty from our government.”
