Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, the president of the Federal Government of Somalia, is facing accusations of nepotism. Currently the power of Somali political associations in the Federal Member States are mainly based on clan affiliations and/or clan constituencies.
Wadajir Party Leader Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame has accused President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and his administration of clan-based discrimination, seeking to revive his plans for term extension by corruption and clan nepotism and replacing professionals with clan members that represent the President.
Lately, most government appointments were driven by issues of political loyalty and patronage. The party leader accused the President, first vice-president of the People's Assembly, acting prime minister and head of the intelligence agency of exercising nepotism, favoring members of loyal clans in public office and law enforcement positions.
Such interference by the Federal Government amounts to cronyism and abuse of authority and undermines the very essence of separation of power, said Warsame. He condemned what he described as abuse of power and discrimination among citizens which he said was a shame for the president and other officials, noting that it was injustice that caused the collapse of the old military government.
In a Facebook post, Warsame said that he received complaints from officers and staff belonging to tribes living in Mogadishu. Some of them were dismissed from office, others were suspended in a discriminatory expression against their tribal affiliation.
Analysts have warned against this alarming trend by which the administration removes professionals in key public positions which could reverse the hard-earned recovery of Somalia's state institutions.
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