MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud declared on Tuesday that his option to construct both multi-story buildings or huts is a private affair, amid intensifying allegations that he’s amassing wealth by promoting off public land to prosperous businessmen.
“Whether or not I construct a hut, a tin-house, or a three- to four-story constructing, it’s a private matter; it has no bearing on the Somali mom who merely needs a free schooling for her little one,” Mohamud mentioned.
The Somali president, who has confronted accusations of rampant corruption and nepotism in each his earlier and present phrases—allegedly enriching these within the higher echelons on the expense of the lots—made his remarks on the groundbreaking ceremony for a luxurious neighborhood being developed by rich businessmen on land he offered throughout his present tenure.
The Somali president’s remarks have as soon as once more ignited controversy, with many saying his phrases undermine the struggling lots, exhausted by corruption, battle, and poverty. He has additionally not too long ago defended the follow of presidency officers hiring their very own youngsters for positions that ought to be accessible to different members of the neighborhood.
Mohamud has change into the primary Somali president to overtly legitimize what many view as corruption and nepotism in a nation constantly ranked as one of many world’s most corrupt and poorest, with the follow displaying no indicators of abating and additional crippling fragile state-building efforts that stay closely depending on overseas support to make any progress.
Since assuming workplace once more in 2022, he has offered off dozens of public lands, together with markets, army camps, and authorities buildings, displacing impoverished residents solely to switch possession to rich, influential tycoons. Moreover, he has signed oil exploration contracts with a number of international locations, the small print of which stay undisclosed to Parliament, whereas awarding all profitable authorities contracts to his youngsters, kinfolk, and shut associates.
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