Prepared by
Moulid Ali Osman
Wajir South constituency is one of the four parliamentary seats in Wajir County. Other constituencies include Wajir West, Wajir East and Wajir North. The four seats are expected to attack political giants in the 2012 elections.
On 16th July 2010, Justice Luka Kamaru declared the election of Abdirahman Olow null and void following a successful petition by Mohamud Mohamed Sirat. Olow who happens to be a former Deputy Headmaster at Habaswein Primary School (1985 – 1988) when Sirat was a student also went to court alleging that Sirat is a Citizen of Australia hence was illegal for him to contest in Kenya and also petition against him. The matter was concluded when the court declared the election of Olow irregular. This was followed by the Court dismissal of Olow’s second bid to block Sirats candidature on the ground of citizenship.
Wajir South is inhabited by four major sub-clans of Ogaden namely; Mohamed Zubeyr Makabul, Bahgerri and Gerri. Despite major contenders being from Bahgerri and Mohamed Zubeyr sub clans, the support by Makabul and Gerri are the determinant factor in the impending by election.
Wajir South politics is purely based on clan politics. Current registered voters in the constituency stands at 21,960, the most being from Makabul followed by Mohamed Zubeyr. Bahgerri and Gerri are the third and fourth in size in the constituency. Sirat hails from Bahgerri clan and he has the support of his clan. Makabul sub clan which is the biggest sub clan in Wajir South also supports Sirat. This obviously puts Sirat as the most popular candidate for the seat. Senior government officials from the constituency blame Olow for favoring his clan in appointments and are reportedly organizing themselves to visit the ground and campaign against him. The Makabul particularly accuse Olow for being nepotism during the seven and half years he has been on the seat. Disbursement of the CDF fund and allocation of bursaries and contracts by the former MP would either haunt him or favour him the forthcoming by-election. This depends on his impartiality in managing the funds.
Historically, all former MPs were either from Makabul or Mohamed Zubayr. History will be made if Sirat will be elected in the by-election as he hails from a minority clan. As things stand now, Sirat seems to be the most favourable candidate as he commands support from Bahgerri, Makabul and Gerri. Olow is also disadvantaged as he is likely to split Mohamed Zubeyr vote with the less known youthful candidate, Ahmed Ali Muktar, who also hails from the same sub clan with him. Meanwhile, Sirat also got the backing of Awil Adan Ahmed, a youthful graduate from University of Nairobi who stepped down in his favour. Awil hails from the Makabul clan.
In the recent by-elections, PNU has failed for recapture most of its seats except for the Matuga seat in which Ali Chirau Makwere reclaimed his seat. Despite claims that PNU used government officials and favors from the government during the campaigns, most of their candidates could not capture the seats. In Wajir South, PNU is accused of reinstating chiefs who were earlier interdicted for being involved in corruption and creating several positions of sub chiefs to lure members of sub clans to vote for PNU candidate.
Most constituencies in North Eastern Province are unique as compared to others in ‘Kenya’. Voters in most constituencies normally come from the neighbouring countries of Ethiopia and Somalia. Wajir constituency borders Somalia and the Mohamed Zubayr inhabit most districts in Jubaland. There are also a sizeable number of Makabul and Bahgerri in Badade district and Haye village of Afmadow. Already allegation of planned disruption of the by – election by armed groups in Somalia supporting one of the candidate is rife and there is need for government security apparatus to ensure that the common border is well manned to curb cases of insecurity. My hint for the government; Close the border for a week prior to the by-elections to avoid insecurity or complains that voters were ferried from Somalia. This happened during the last Presidential elections in Somaliland on the Somaliland/Ethiopia border and it worked well.
Prepared by
Moulid Ali Osman
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Degodia’s geo-political Agenda exposed in Kenya!!
The Prime Minister (PM) of Kenya, Raila Odinga made the gravest mistake of his political career last week when he announced that the inquest into the Bagalla Massacre would ultimately allow the ethno-political recognition and bias represent…ation of many illegally migrants from Somalia and Ethiopia whom have radically altered the demographics of the Northern-eastern Province of Kenya beginning during the 1970’s and 1980’s; and will ultimately result in reigniting historical ethnic and clan divisions and thus destabilising the country and the wider region.
Although every effort should be made to bring those who perpetrated the atrocities to justice, however, implementing a policy that undermines the indigenous population’s of the region will only succeed in manifesting increased levels of clan based hostilities which fundamentally derive from historical geo-political resource/environmental competition and clan claims which remain un-resolved by the Kenyan government to this very day.
PM Odinga, has through his ignorance, sought to satisfy those ethnic groups who were subjected to the massacre with unprecedented geo-political favouritism in the attempt to gain political support from these illegal immigrants, and to portray the Kenyan government’s remorse for the massacre at the cost of those indigenous ethnic peoples of the region which have longstanding hostilities. Moreover, PM Odinga is from the ODM party which is the strongest party in Kenya today and, however, currently has major internal conflict which will likely bring about its demise. The ODM has lost many supporters and its popularity is on the decline, once representing the majority of Kenyan voters which included minority ethnic communities. However, the upcoming election will see major shifts by voters away form their previous support for the ODM. The majority of Kenyan’s, ethnic Somalis, Borana –Garee, and Ogaden-Ajuuraa communities living in Kenyan’s Northern Eastern Province have declared that PM Odinga’s geo-ethnic political strategy enounced on his tour of the region on the 14/2/2011, has brought huge division and confusion among the majority of Kenyan’s alike.
Kenyan’s are angered by the PM Odinga because they see him as choosing and supporting the wrong community for his own political gain and that he believes that they will support him in the upcoming election; believing incorrectly that they have the highest ethnic population in the area. Hence, PM Odinga is supporting the nomadic Degodia clan in favour of those he once supported, proving that he did not understand that these people are foreign to the region and are manly illegal immigrants from Somalia and Ethiopia. The Kenyan government had listed Degodia as bandits and terrorist and are responsible for the killing of innocent indigenous Ajuuraan peoples in west Wajir during the 1970’s, 80’s, systematically killing elderly, women and children whom were often raped beforehand. Due to the nomadic Degodia upraising many mobs, gangs and drug dealers have emerged with many associated with those in the Somali pirate business and are located in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Moreover, these groups are linked with regional militant-terrorist groups such as the OLF and radical Islamist group Al-Shabaab, and have waged decades-long campaigns of militant-terrorism against Kenyan citizens. Therefore, PM Odinga is supporting an alien community which is corrupt and supports the use of militant-terror tactics as a means to political ends and thus lacks any legitimacy in both the contexts of citizenship and political representation, rather, this group and their leaders are responsible for their past deeds and must be brought to justice like those responsible for the Bagalla Massacre.
West Wajir has become a hot-sport of the Degodia crime ring which has won the majority of parliamentary seats for the last 20 years. Degodia can best be viewed as a corrupt political organisation which has become well organised and currently controls west Wajir and ultimately seeks to control the wider Northern Eastern Province of Wajir via dominating the regions political representation in the Kenyan parliament. Moreover, Degodia has successfully annexed parts of what was former west Wajir into south Wajir which was formally governed by the majority indigenous populations of Ogaden and Ajuuraan clans respectively; ultimately seeking to control three of the five districts in Kenya’s Northern Eastern Province. This separatist style Degodia movement has now begun the same process in Mandera District. It can only be said that the Degodia have their eye on the Kenya parliament via manipulating and controlling the political seats in throughout wider Wajir. If this is allowed to happen the Degodia will refuse to share these political seats with the Ajuuraan community and thus result in no political representation for the Ajuuraan people of Kenya and untimely signal the end of Democracy in Kenya.
Some current major problems that are giving rise to the Degodia in west Wajir include problems for non-Degodia communities getting their ID cards, and many of the services are difficult to access because people have been giving wrong information. The CDF is not divided according to the government laws. Luck of the freedom of speech within Somali culture, the Wajir constituency the least developed part of the county, the leaders are also promoting clan-politics rather than liberal democracy. The Kenya media should make a documentary, who and how this part of Kenya has been run for the last decades and what will happen if the Degodia take control of the Wajir region in order to highlight this scandal.
Prepared by Ahmed ali
Political sciencist
Hayeey!!!! Listen Ahmed you are sounding like some of your mad cousings in Mogadisho, what you guys need in North Eastern Kenya is Development and unity this is not time to have this in- fighting, everything is up in the air in Kenya currently new constitusion power vacum.
From where I stand United you have everything to gain perfect opportunity but if you start fighting your region will look like the moon forever shame on you!!!!!. brother you might have gone to school but i smell jelousy get over it. I am from Somalia I have nothing but love and respect for you why the HATE!!!
Jaa
PM Odinga is supporting the nomadic Degodia clan in favour of those he once supported, proving that he did not understand that these people are foreign to the region and are manly illegal immigrants from Somalia and Ethiopia. The Kenyan government had listed Degodia as bandits and terrorist and are responsible for the killing of innocent indigenous Ajuuraan peoples in west Wajir during the 1970’s, 80’s, systematically killing elderly, women and children whom were often raped beforehand. Due to the nomadic Degodia upraising many mobs, gangs and drug dealers have emerged with many associated with those in the Somali pirate business and are located in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Moreover, these groups are linked with regional militant-terrorist groups such as the OLF and radical Islamist group Al-Shabaab, and have waged decades-long campaigns of militant-terrorism against Kenyan citizens. Therefore, PM Odinga is supporting an alien community which is corrupt and supports the use of militant-terror tactics as a means to political ends and thus lacks any legitimacy in both the contexts of citizenship and political representation, rather, this group and their leaders are responsible for their past deeds and must be brought to justice like those responsible for the Bagalla Massacre.
West Wajir has become a hot-sport of the Degodia crime ring which has won the majority of parliamentary seats for the last 20 years. Degodia can best be viewed as a corrupt political organisation which has become well organised and currently controls west Wajir and ultimately seeks to control the wider Northern Eastern Province of Wajir via dominating the regions political representation in the Kenyan parliament. Moreover, Degodia has successfully annexed parts of what was former west Wajir into south Wajir which was formally governed by the majority indigenous populations of Ogaden and Ajuuraan clans respectively; ultimately seeking to control three of the five districts in Kenya’s Northern Eastern Province. This separatist style Degodia movement has now begun the same process in Mandera District. It can only be said that the Degodia have their eye on the Kenya parliament via manipulating and controlling the political seats in throughout wider Wajir. If this is allowed to happen the Degodia will refuse to share these political seats with the Ajuuraan community and thus result in no political representation for the Ajuuraan people of Kenya and untimely signal the end of Democracy in Kenya.
Why soo much hate trust me jelouscy and in fighting is what made that region look like the surface of the moon. stop these propaganda and think development thats what you desparetely need. We had over twenty year war and Somalia is far more developed fool.
Jaa
just check this link http://www.somaliweyn.org/pages/news/Dec_09/8Dec24.html