By Mohamed Rambow

Hargeisa(Sunatimes):- Information pertaining to the share Somaliland gets from what the United Nations have planned for Somalia was acquired by our sister paper Geeska Afrika  recently. The development budget in terms of aids for Somalia ( Somaliland included) that the UN has requested from the international community for this year is 530 Million US Dollars.

 

The report acqired by the newspaper indicate that some of the funds planned for development projects in Somaliland, Puntland and South and Central Somalia will be delivered through International and Local organizations in the three zones. The report shows that organizations working in Somaliland have received a total of $ 6,228,994 (Six Million, two hundred and twenty two Eight thousand, nine hundred and ninty four US Dollars); those working in Puntland received US $ 15,090,891 (Fifteen million, ninty thousand, eight hundred and ninty one US Dollars while organizations in South and Central Somalia got US $ 76,844,099 (seventy six million, eight hundred and forty four thousand and ninty nine US Dollars).,

 

 The overall total of the funds set is US $ 98,163,984 (ninty eighjt million, one hundred and sixty three thousand, nine hundred and eighty four US Dollars) of which Somaliland’s share is 6.34%, Puntland 15.37% and South and Central Somalia is 78.28%. This shows that the share Somaliland acquired to implement development projects through International and local organizations working in the country is the lowest compared to the other two zones; and no justification was given in the report.

 

The United Nations have not divided the remaining funds intended for Somalia ( Somaliland included)  for this year, which would be delivered through UN organizations working in the three zones.

 

The question remains, since the United Nations promised to increase the development funds for Somaliland , does it mean that they want to check the waters with this first share before they release the second phase of the funds, which would be the increased part they promised?

We tried to get the views of the Swomaliland Ministry of planning on the issue in vain.

 However, if the United Nations second phase delivery does not signify changes towards their promise, which was highly welcomed by the Somaliland populace, that will potray a picture that the UN has broken its promise to the people of Somaliland, which might lead to them losing confidence to the Organization highly regarded as the most just and has on several occassions bosted about the increase.

 

Source: The Horn Newspaper

 

Hargeisa, Somaliland