What is happening in Somaliland is both disgusting and shameful. I could not bring myself to watch, walahi I refused to watch it.
This situation is a calculated effort to demoralize the families of our mutilated soldiers; it is a deliberate attempt to belittle the suffering of our mothers and fathers endure. Canyo committed this abhorrent act during the Isaaq genocide, and this is merely a repetition of his cowardly actions. He is heartless, inhumane, and utterly despicable. Since when does a government celebrate criminal thugs? When did taxpayer money become a means to showcase a criminal warlords? What is happening is not just abnormal; it is a strategy to numb the populace and dehumanize them even more than afweyne did. This is the reward of their actions on 25/08/2023; Canyo is our enemy, and he has always been an enemy to the people of Somaliland, continuing to be so. Please consider the pain of our grieving families, at the very least. This is the Isbedel you all campaigned, a terrorist sharmuto ah in la soo dhaweeyo.
If you have no shame, do as you wish. ๐คข๐คข๐คข๐
#SomalilandunderCirro๐๐คข
Hi @SuellaBraverman ,
48 hours ago I asked you to substantiate or withdraw your claim that โ250,000 foreign students took ยฃ4bn in UK loans.โ That time has now passed. You have provided no evidence, no clarification, and no correction.
I have taken the time to examine the data myself.
I have reviewed materials from the Student Loans Company, the Department for Education, the House of Commons Library, the UK Statistics Authority, and reporting from Times Higher Education. Across these sources, one thing is clear. Your statement is presented in a way that gives the public a deeply misleading impression.
Letโs deal with this carefully.
The ยฃ4bn figure you reference relates to the total value of student loans issued to non UK nationals. It is not a direct cost to the taxpayer. These are loans. They are repaid over time based on income. Presenting that figure as if it were money handed out or lost is not an accurate reflection of how the system works.
Then there is your use of the phrase โforeign students.โ
This is where the distortion becomes more serious.
The fact (which you know quite well) is those eligible for UK student finance are not newly arrived international students. They are people with settled status, indefinite leave to remain, refugee status, or long term lawful residence in the UK. They live here. They work here. They pay into the system. And under the law, they are entitled to access student finance.
Standard international students on student visas are generally not eligible for these loans.
By leaving out that distinction, you create a very different picture in the minds of the public. One where large numbers of people are arriving from abroad and immediately accessing public funds. That is not what the data shows.
You also cited a figure of 250,000 without pointing to a clearly published dataset or transparent methodology. Numbers like this carry weight. They should be used with care, not as loose estimates in politically charged statements.
I am not interested in party politics. But I am concerned about what this kind of messaging is doing to the country.
When lending is presented as spending, and long term residents are presented as outsiders, it fuels resentment. It deepens division. It creates tension where clarity is needed. And ordinary people end up carrying the consequences of that confusion. Like I was being racially attacked and profiled in my initial response to you in X by supporters of your party who were obviously misled and triggered by your misinformation.
I did consider legal action. But the reality is that the law is not designed to deal easily with this kind of broad public misrepresentation. You know that, which is why ignoring a challenge like mine carries little immediate consequence.
That does not make it acceptable.
I will be submitting a formal complaint to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards regarding your use of misleading statistical claims in public communication.
The public deserves accuracy. Not selective framing. Not distortion. And certainly not narratives that risk turning people against each other on the basis of incomplete facts.
Stephen Dada.
The people held in Lascaanod, Somaliland are hostages of a conflict fueled by Somalia-sponsored terrorist elements in the Sool region, not prisoners of war.
Under the Geneva Conventions, POW status is exclusive to conflicts between recognised states and lawful combatants, a criteria that these terrorists groups cannot and do not meet.
Describing them as POWs is a calculated move to grant a legitimacy to a terrorist occupation. In reality, these people are unlawfully detained victims of an insurgency funded by Mogadishu to destabilise the region. #HostagesAreNotPrisonersOfWar
Iโve never given bad advice for Somaliland.
If the MOU ๐ช๐น is handled the way I suggested as quad security,youโll thank me for generations.
I was the one initiated the ties with ๐ฎ๐ฑ,many disagreed then,but became the first country to recognize us,same about ๐น๐ผ.
Always ahead.
Qaranimadu is not merely a shirt you purchase from stores or something you utilize only when itโs convenient.
The army today is the army of 2023, the very same army that many of you have insulted and wrongfully accused of actions they did not committed. It is both shameful and immoral to feign such a disgusting form of patriotism today. What happened in Las Anod was not the fault of the military or President Muj Muse Bihi, but rather an evil plot orchestrated by the enemies of Somaliland, including the ruling party from top to bottom. Stop your disgusting behavior and take responsibility for the horrific crimes you have committed.
@BarkhadBatuun ๐คข๐คข
๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐.๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ง
#Somaliland
#ReRecogniseSomalilandNow
๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐จ0๐โ ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ซ1
The Daily Wire reports the U.S. State Department plans to permanently end aid to Somalia after a warehouse of food donated by the U.S., EU, UAE and others disappeared.
https://t.co/EpsbTbf6iN
Some people still hate Bashir because he was one of the few who spoke up in 2012 while others were trapped in cultism & tribalism.
Those who did speak out were attacked.
Thatโs why I later pushed for real accountability with Biixi & Cirro, otherwise nothing would have changed.
Itโs ironic to hear people from Somalia saying โLanders embarrassed us.โ Letโs not talk about embarrassment when your actions are the very reason Somalis are associated with piracy, terrorism, and corruption.
For 35 years, Somaliland has fought against all of that and is known for peace, stability, and self-governance. You are the reason Somalis, in general, are viewed negatively around the world. The lack of civilization, piracy, and chaos come from Somalia -not Somaliland.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper from the @simonwiesenthal Center and I formed a friendship many years ago with Bashir Goth, the head of Somalilandโs Mission to the United States. It was wonderful seeing him again yesterday. We look forward to being in Hargeisa soon.
This was his response when the ๐ฆ๐ช normalized ties with ๐ฎ๐ฑ .
Notice he didnโt curse them. He didnโt tell their leaders 2 go 2 hell.
Why?
B/c @omarsuleiman is an opportunist. He has personal & financial interests in ๐ฆ๐ช , & he knows better than to bite the hand that benefits him
Somalia is not a country to begin with, no state has ever recognised it, and it does not meet the criteria of the Montevideo Convention, which defines what constitutes a legitimate state under international law.
Islam does not teach you to lie, cheat, or steal from others, yet this is exactly what you Somalians have always done.
You, alongside your brother, the Somali UN representative @AbukarOsman1, the daycare fraudsters, have been exaggerating Somaliaโs status as more than just a territory. What does Islam say about lying thieves? #Munafiq #UNSomalia
โSomalilandโs history will be divided in two: the history before recognition and the history after recognition by Israel,โ Bashir Goth told JNS.
https://t.co/4NeJo4eR2s