Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Many dual citizens vie for Somalia's presidency

Do I smell a revolution here? Africans in diaspora are getting tired of the way things are run in Africa. With all these Trump/Brexit shenanigans, many Africans in diaspora are looking to return home and make it better.



It appears to be the most contested elections in Somalia. The candidates - all male - had to pay a fee of  $30,000 (£23,000) and also get signatures from at least 20 members of parliament.


For the first time, parliamentarians who were elected by selected citizens will elect the president.

For many Somalis, the election represents yet another opportunity to rebuild their country after 26 years of endless civil war.


Could someone in diaspora make a positive change? Some of Africa's Pan-African revolutionaries were actually either working or studying in colonial power countries and saw the way things were and began to agitate for freedom, independence etc.


Perhaps the saying 'all things happen for a reason' is right!


 Culled from bbc.co.uk: Read it from here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-38235373 

2 comments:

  1. Somali elections have been like that for a while! Large numbers of diaspora return to enter politics. Sometimes it's good, sometimes not so much. But now, there's quite a lot of resentment from people who live in the Somali Horn, who complain diaspora only come back for the good jobs, push prices up (esp property), and leave again whenever there's a problem.

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  2. So true , however, I hope that those in diaspora would change that narrative and be the inspiration for other Africans in diaspora, who truly want to make a difference in their home countries, to be the change they want to see and not be the new colonisers and then leave when things get hot! Than you for your insightful comment.

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