Former Parliament Speaker Claims Food Aid for Bakool Diverted

MP Adan Mohamed Noor Aka Madobe, the former Somalia parliament speaker has spoke out about the suffering of people in Bakool region, where Alshabab has laid a yearlong siege.

Speaking to Goobjoog, Mr. Madobe said that there is a humanitarian crises looming in the region and that all access roads for aid delivery has been totally cut.

To make things worse, the former speaker said that he knows food aid intended for Bakool has gone missing in Mogadishu port “The last time there were any attempts to deliver aid in to the region the food went missing, when the tracks arrived at the port to load the food aid, officials said there is no single sack of food available, we don’t know what has happened to the aid” said the enraged MP.

He said the only said that has so far reached the region is by air and rare occasion where AMISOM escorted a handful of aid convoy.

He called upon the newly established South West Administration to do more to break the siege and serve the people before its too late.

Goobjoog News