The public has lost trust in government over security issues, MP says

Mohamed Omar Dhalha, one of the former Somali MPs said that the public has lost trust in the government after it failed to secure the country’s capital city, Mogadishu.

Dhalha said that the government of the Somali was required to play a crucial role in keeping the security pointing out that it had failed to keep the security of the country.

“Somali government has failed to secure the nation as well the capital city,  the leaders have trusted themselves inside Ugandan armour vehicles as security agencies failed to set up effective strategies to thwart insecurity activities,” said Dhalha.

He added “For its part, the manner in which the State dramatised its power through the use of troops is not a good sign in improving State-civil relations, the government should interact with the Public.”

The move came barely three days after a truck laden with explosives was detonated near the gate Somali presidential palace.

The attack  which partially destroyed SYL Hotel in which a meeting of security officials was underway, was claimed by the Islamist militant group Al Shabaab.

Al-Shabaab which wants topple the internationally recognised government of somalia said the driver of the bomb which hit the SYL Hotel near the presidential palace was 44-year-old Shukri Abdulahi Diriye.

Somalia is scheduled to hold a limited franchise election, in which ordinary citizens do not participate.

A UN-sponsored election team recently announced a presidential vote on Oct. 30 and parliamentary elections from Sept. 24 to Oct. 10