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NAIROBI – Somaliland government, through its Liaison office in Nairobi, will on Friday hold a major investment conference in the Kenyan capital to woo investors to the Horn of Africa nation.

Somaliland is targeting top Kenyan and East African investors to Hargeisa and Berbera, the two big cities in the country which the government says are ripe for foreign investment.

The conference is also aimed at pushing for the Somaliland agenda for international recognition.

Top leaders from the Kenyan and Somaliland governments will grace the day long investment forum which will be used to showcase the investment opportunities available in Somaliland.

The Somaliland Liaison office in Nairobi is also working closely with the Kenya Private Sector Alliance to woo Kenyan investors to Somaliland.

This will be the biggest investment forum to be staged by the Somaliland government in Africa. A similar forum has previously been held in London.

“We want to use the forum to open up Somaliland to Kenyan and East African investors,” Bashe Omar, the Somaliland envoy to Kenya said.

“There are so many areas we can work together with Kenya and East African countries. We are looking to have Kenya export its commodities to Somaliland and we also exports our livestock to Kenya,” he added.

“The cooperation between Kenya and Somaliland will see trade between the two countries grow. We will also work on improving security in the region and empower the hundreds of thousands of youth some of who are looking for opportunities to invest or further their education,” observed Bashe.



Direct flights between Nairobi and Hargeisa

Somaliland is also seeking to have direct flights between Nairobi and Hargeisa which according to Bashe will increase trade and interaction between citizens of the two countries. Kenya Airways has already shown its willingness to fly to the Somaliland capital.

Kenya and Somaliland are expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding that will open up trade between the Berbera Port (Somaliland) and the Port of Mombasa.

Over 18,000 Kenyans live and work in Somaliland with almost a similar number of Somalilanders living and doing business in Kenya.

Somaliland, which has claimed autonomy from the main Somalia government, is on a mission to initiate relationships with regional states as it pushes for recognition at the African Union and the United Nations.

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga who has led the push for Kenya to recognize Somaliland as an independent state is expected to grace the conference. Odinga is among many Kenyans who have called for the government to recognise Hargeisa arguing Somaliland would help stabilize the region.



Global investors

Somaliland is equally attracting leading international companies with the likes of Coca Cola and Western Union already establishing franchises. DP world in October launched a US$442 million campaign to revamp the Berbera Port.

International analysts say this sort of activities will promote investment interest and business confidence in the region. The Somaliland government also says a French bank in the neighbouring Djibouti will soon open an office in Hargeisa.

Like Kenya, Somaliland is a former British protectorate that gained independence June 1960. It later unified with the Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland) forming what became known as the Somali Republic.

However, the union collapsed in 1991 following two decades of internationally-hidden civil war that left more than 50,000 Somalilanders killed. In May 1991, Somaliland declared the restoration of its sovereignty however it has not yet managed to regain international recognition. Somaliland has already forged a range of commercial relationships and has been afforded observer status by the Commonwealth.

Other speakers during the investment forum will be Kenya trade minister Peter Munya and Mohammed Hassan Saad, the minister for Commerce and Industry of Somaliland.

Somaliland boasts of several international companies owned by indigenous Somalilanders among the Africa’s leading money transfer company Dahabshiil.

By Odindo Ayieko

https://www.busiweek.com/somaliland-set ... n-nairobi/

Excellent news Kenya Kenya And Somaliland always had warm ties they will get only stronger bashe is very capable man. Kenya has allot of expats here in hargeysa teachers technician waiters they are working hard Somaliland community in Kenya is huge 2 I am looking forward two flights between Nairobi and hargeysa

Igu sawir random bantu thus game is getting old

Just another solution for Kenya’s miraa since the South banned these kind of drugs that’s destroying families, social fabrics and the small economy.

As if giving the Gallas $500 million per year wasn’t enough with all the health and social problems in northern regions where people are tied to trees.

These guys care about no society or its well beings as long as they get their iguSawir Ictiraafow moment and individuals like Bashe Omar bank their millions.

This is why north is unemployed, infrastructure nonexistent and social problems are out off control.

For them drugging their people is postive “investment”; cash drain, health drain, youth drain.

In the normal world people consider investments retaining the youth, social improvements, employment and surplus trade (in the case of the south Kenya is 66% deficit trade to the south).

According to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Kenya imported goods worth Sh152.7 billion from Somalia last year against exports of Sh52.8 billion.

Some of products Kenya imports from Somalia include tobacco, pharmaceutical, machinery and electrical products.

No wonder Kenya wants to drug the north in order to make gain on their trade deficit.

AwRastaale wrote: Tue Nov 27, 2018 5:38 pm Just another solution for Kenya’s miraa since the South banned these kind of drugs that’s destroying families, social fabrics and the small economy.

As if giving the Gallas $500 million per year wasn’t enough with all the health and social problems in northern regions where people are tied to trees.

These guys care about no society or its well beings as long as they get their iguSawir Ictiraafow moment and individuals like Bashe Omar bank their millions.

This is why north is unemployed, infrastructure nonexistent and social problems are out off control.

For them drugging their people is postive “investment”; cash drain, health drain, youth drain.

In the normal world people consider investments retaining the youth, social improvements, employment and surplus trade (in the case of the south Kenya is 66% deficit trade to the south).

According to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Kenya imported goods worth Sh152.7 billion from Somalia last year against exports of Sh52.8 billion.

Some of products Kenya imports from Somalia include tobacco, pharmaceutical, machinery and electrical products.

No wonder Kenya wants to drug the north in order to make gain on their trade deficit.

Mogadishu - Somalia on Tuesday agreed to lift a week-old ban on imports of Kenyan khat after a storm of controversy from angry growers of the leafy narcotic in neighbouring Kenya.

one week ban are you serious zoomalia still drugged out not only khat but alcohol sold by containers in qaraxdisho
not only that people shoot heroin and have prostitues with aids the place is dead zone.

GubanOgoHawdJSL wrote: Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:15 am
No wonder Kenya wants to drug the north in order to make gain on their trade deficit.

Mogadishu - Somalia on Tuesday agreed to lift a week-old ban on imports of Kenyan khat after a storm of controversy from angry growers of the leafy narcotic in neighbouring Kenya.

one week ban are you serious zoomalia still drugged out not only khat but alcohol sold by containers in qaraxdisho
not only that people shoot heroin and have prostitues with aids the place is dead zone.
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Most likely that's theYusuf, his likes and Muse Bihi team who are smuggling these ills into the Somali Republic so they may continue destroying Somali families.

Somali Republic banned khat from Kenya but looks like the Somaliland Region is ever more addicted. They fought Siad Barre because he tried to ban khat. It was never about what they said that he disliked Isaac.

We have to stop theYusuf and his moral-less friends.



Somaliland region already throws away $500m a year on khat and they want to throw more in the pockets of Kikuyu all while neither Gallaland nor Kikuyuland recognise the former British colonial region.

AwRastaale wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 1:44 am

GubanOgoHawdJSL wrote: Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:15 am
No wonder Kenya wants to drug the north in order to make gain on their trade deficit.

Mogadishu - Somalia on Tuesday agreed to lift a week-old ban on imports of Kenyan khat after a storm of controversy from angry growers of the leafy narcotic in neighbouring Kenya.

one week ban are you serious zoomalia still drugged out not only khat but alcohol sold by containers in qaraxdisho
not only that people shoot heroin and have prostitues with aids the place is dead zone.

Most likely that's theYusuf, his likes and Muse Bihi team who are smuggling these ills into the Somali Republic so they may continue destroying Somali families.

Somali Republic banned khat from Kenya but looks like the Somaliland Region is ever more addicted. They fought Siad Barre because he tried to ban khat. It was never about what they said that he disliked Isaac.

We have to stop theYusuf and his moral-less friends.

https://www.you.com/watch?v=FKXxpnFI51I

Somaliland region already throws away $500m a year on khat and they want to throw more in the pockets of Kikuyu all while neither Gallaland nor Kikuyuland recognise the former British colonial region.
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Somalia lifts controversial ban on Kenyan khat
22:30 13/09/2016

Mogadishu - Somalia on Tuesday agreed to lift a week-old ban on imports of Kenyan khat after a storm of controversy from angry growers of the leafy narcotic in neighbouring Kenya.

negro please i one week ban in 2016 two containers full of liqour un loaded on daily in qaraxdisho harbor you comparing to some couple gin bottles smuggled in by oromos across the border thats nothing you just madd cause they doing business with Kenya instead of your oromo kind lmao.

I'm not comparing anything. It's not 'us vs them' or 'you against us'. The problem for the entire Somali republic is one. If the Somali Republic comes down with an ill, it will impact the entire society.

I am only pointing out that the are good intensions from the Mogadishu administration but here we have a small run away project that wants to drug the people just so Bashe and Sa'ad Ali shire can get their cut from Kikuyu miraa dealers. Where are the social responsibilities?

Instead of addressing the $500m pouring out off the small region into Galla hands, you want to add Kikuyu on the welfare account while local Somalis in the north die of social ills----young men tied down to trees because of khat.

We saw them chase trucks when khat stopped for only 45 minutes.

I'm just shocked there are people like theYusuuf. I personally would probably kill his kind. Complete wipe out. I'm big time anti-drug.

That's why never felt sorry for the Hawaday drug lords that Galla wiped out. I wish they killed more.

AwRastaale wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:56 am I'm not comparing anything. It's not 'us vs them' or 'you against us'. The problem for the entire Somali republic is one. If the Somali Republic comes down with an ill, it will impact the entire society.

I am only pointing out that the are good intensions from the Mogadishu administration but here we have a small run away project that wants to drug the people just so Bashe and Sa'ad Ali shire can get their cut from Kikuyu miraa dealers. Where are the social responsibilities?

Instead of addressing the $500m pouring out off the small region into Galla hands, you want to add Kikuyu on the welfare account while local Somalis in the north die of social ills----young men tied down to trees because of khat.

We saw them chase trucks when khat stopped for only 45 minutes.

I'm just shocked there are people like theYusuuf. I personally would probably kill his kind. Complete wipe out. I'm big time anti-drug.

That's why never felt sorry for the Hawaday drug lords that Galla wiped out. I wish they killed more.

I prefer khamri over khat for personal reasons. I do agree with you khat is useless for those who use daily. I approve khat for Thursdays and Fridays for the good Muslims who wants to relax . I also approve weed it's harmless. If i was in charge I would make free every thing khat , khamri , weed , clubs even prostitution. Most peaple stop bad habits at some point of their lives .

By the way those who know you are laughing at you man. Get a grip old man.

Yousuf, what is the penalty for apostasy in the ictiraaf religion? Is it death by hanging or beheading, or would a mere banishment from the holy land suffice?

barbarossa wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 4:01 am Yousuf, what is the penalty for apostasy in the ictiraaf religion, hanging or beheading?

Government sponsored Unlimited harassment. We spare no body . Not even your children or your elderly parents . We don't kill peaple , we abuse them . But if we feel the heat we may start to kill. That's how serious we are

anyways this forum will bring huge investors pres biixi on his way to kenya but he should visit head of all swahili states including zoomalia step father musevini.

theyuusuf143 wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 4:16 am

barbarossa wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 4:01 am Yousuf, what is the penalty for apostasy in the ictiraaf religion, hanging or beheading?

Government sponsored Unlimited harassment. We spare no body . Not even your children or your elderly parents . We don't kill peaple , we abuse them . But if we feel the heat we may start to kill. That's how serious we are