Somali Government Will Play Big Role in Managing Foreign Humanitarian Fund
The enormous role the Somali government will play in managing the donor fund from the international community during its implementation on humanitarian activities in the country through a government ministry was today highlighted in a meeting titled Humanitarian Plans for 2018 held in Mogadishu.
Speaking to Goobjoog News shortly after the meeting, Deputy Minister for Planning, Investment and Economic Development Elmi Omar Aisane described the role the federal government will perform through a special ministry dedicated to humanitarian affairs in Somalia.
“Somali government will play a big role since it has created a humanitarian ministry which priorities will be given to the general problem in the country. Before, we never heard high government officials attending such meeting like the Prime Minister did today. Similarly it was also largely attended by people working in the humanitarian field. Last year, the UN and the international community were working with us on 3 million people on plans to reach out to them. The huge part of the money will be donated by the international community to the concerned UN humanitarian” said deputy minister Ainte.
The 2018 humanitarian plan included preplanning for the impending drought forecast in the course of the year with huge amount expected from the donor community to lessen the impact of the drought on the local people.
“This year we have impending drought and other humanitarian problems, $ 1.6 billion fund program has been presented for working on humanitarian activities in the country” said Ainte.
The Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management ministry which was recently instituted by the nascent incumbent administration will mostly carry out activities normally implemented by UN humanitarian agencies. “The recent new ministry created by Khaire administration will be working on humanitarian activities especially on recurring drought, alleviating hunger and other national problems.”
Ainte expressed optimism that in due course, Somalia will stand on its two feet and regain full economic freedom through agriculture.
“We hope in the near future not to rely on humanitarian handouts by boosting farming outputs.”
Accountability has severely marred the donor fund in a negative way to which the deputy minister assured everyone that they will carry out their activities openly irrespective of the affected region across the country. “We shall exercise transparency and display to the public how much we received and what we will cover in which region. The fund will be for Somalia. Every region that has drought and hunger will be attended to.”
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