Not yet done as Djibouti IGAD member is to battle out Kenya for security council seat at the UN

[Geza Ulole]

Djibouti beats about-turn in UN Security Council seat race
THURSDAY AUGUST 22 2019

A UN Security Council meeting. Djibouti on August 22, 2019 appeared to rescind its earlier decision to respect the African Union’s vote to endorse Kenya’s candidature for the UN Security Council seat. PHOTO | JEWEL SAMAD | AFP

In Summary

• The contest between Djibouti and Kenya reached the African Union vote after the two failed to agree by consensus who should be Africa’s candidate.
• On Wednesday, Djibouti’s ambassador to the African Union Mohammed Idris Farah said his country conceded defeat.
• Kenya needs at least 129 votes when the election for the seat is held next year in June.

By AGGREY MUTAMBO
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The Djiboutian government on Thursday appeared to rescind its earlier decision to respect the African Union’s vote to endorse Kenya’s candidature for the UN Security Council seat, signalling lack of faith in a process it took part in three times.
Djibouti’s Permanent Representative to the UN Mohamed Siad Doualeh said his country will continue to vie for the non-permanent seat, by taking the campaign directly to the UN member states.

“Djibouti reaffirms its decision to continue its bid to secure a seat at the Security Council for the period 2021-2022. We thank all UN member states that have formally expressed to support Djibouti,” the envoy tweeted, contradicting his colleagues in Addis Ababa.

The contest between Djibouti and Kenya, both members of regional bloc Igad, reached the African Union vote after the two failed to agree by consensus who should be Africa’s candidate.

In the secret ballot on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, Kenya scored 37 votes against Djibouti’s 13.

The vote was reached in the second round after Nairobi had defeated Djibouti 34-15 with two abstentions in the first round.

Kenya had defeated Djibouti three weeks earlier but failed to garner the two-thirds majority required.

Conceded
On Wednesday, Djibouti’s ambassador to the African Union Mohammed Idris Farah said his country conceded defeat and congratulated Nairobi for the victory.

The about-turn announced by his colleague in New York means Djibouti does not believe in working through the AU, despite agreeing so in public.

In January, Djibouti was among the 55 member states that agreed on an item in the communique of the AU Assembly of States Parties, endorsing a decision for the continental body to be fronting candidates “to act in its name and on its behalf.”

This means that while the African Union itself has no vote at the UN, its member states had signed on a deal to vote for candidates the continental body endorses.

According to the rules of procedure at the UN General Assembly, winners for the non-permanent seat must garner at least two thirds of the votes of the member states.

As a result, Kenya needs at least 129 votes when the election for the seat is held next year in June.

While the endorsement often guarantees a candidate the win, failure to garner two thirds majority in the first round could reopen the race to another challenger from the region.

Djibouti beats about-turn in UN Security Council seat race

Representative to the UN Mohamed Siad Doualeh says Djibouti will continue to vie for the non-permanent seat.

www.theeastafrican.co.ke

MY TAKE

Hii nini? Last week Ethiopia another IGAD member was fighting for a control of Kismayu! And Kunyans in here brag of Lamu port as a gateway for Ethiopian imports! Others brag of doing more business with Ethiopia.

 

[REDEEMER.]

Waethiopia, SS wanapitishia mizigo yao Tanzania wanaivuka Kenya

 

[YoungD]

Waethiopia, SS wanapitishia mizigo yao Tanzania wanaivuka Kenya

😂 🤣😂🤣😂 akili za wanalumumba ni kama za vikaragosi! ebu tuchoree route map kutokea Dar port had Ethiopia, kisha utupe data ya mizigo ilio shushwa Dar 2018 na idadi ya mizigo ya Ethiopia katika mizigo hiyo.

 

[Geza Ulole]

😂 🤣😂🤣😂 akili za wanalumumba ni kama za vikaragosi! ebu tuchoree route map kutokea Dar port had Ethiopia, kisha utupe data ya mizigo ilio shushwa Dar 2018 na idadi ya mizigo ya Ethiopia katika mizigo hiyo.

Tanzania-Uganda-South Sudan-Ethiopia or Tanzania-Kenya-Ethiopia!

 

[REDEEMER.]

😂 🤣😂🤣😂 akili za wanalumumba ni kama za vikaragosi! ebu tuchoree route map kutokea Dar port had Ethiopia, kisha utupe data ya mizigo ilio shushwa Dar 2018 na idadi ya mizigo ya Ethiopia katika mizigo hiyo.

Hujui kama Dar port inahudumia mpaka shehena ya South Africa?

 

[Smart911]

Lets wait and see...


Cc: mahondaw

 

[Tony254]

Djibouti beats about-turn in UN Security Council seat race
THURSDAY AUGUST 22 2019

A UN Security Council meeting. Djibouti on August 22, 2019 appeared to rescind its earlier decision to respect the African Union’s vote to endorse Kenya’s candidature for the UN Security Council seat. PHOTO | JEWEL SAMAD | AFP

In Summary

• The contest between Djibouti and Kenya reached the African Union vote after the two failed to agree by consensus who should be Africa’s candidate.
• On Wednesday, Djibouti’s ambassador to the African Union Mohammed Idris Farah said his country conceded defeat.
• Kenya needs at least 129 votes when the election for the seat is held next year in June.

By AGGREY MUTAMBO
More by this Author
The Djiboutian government on Thursday appeared to rescind its earlier decision to respect the African Union’s vote to endorse Kenya’s candidature for the UN Security Council seat, signalling lack of faith in a process it took part in three times.
Djibouti’s Permanent Representative to the UN Mohamed Siad Doualeh said his country will continue to vie for the non-permanent seat, by taking the campaign directly to the UN member states.

“Djibouti reaffirms its decision to continue its bid to secure a seat at the Security Council for the period 2021-2022. We thank all UN member states that have formally expressed to support Djibouti,” the envoy tweeted, contradicting his colleagues in Addis Ababa.

The contest between Djibouti and Kenya, both members of regional bloc Igad, reached the African Union vote after the two failed to agree by consensus who should be Africa’s candidate.

In the secret ballot on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, Kenya scored 37 votes against Djibouti’s 13.

The vote was reached in the second round after Nairobi had defeated Djibouti 34-15 with two abstentions in the first round.

Kenya had defeated Djibouti three weeks earlier but failed to garner the two-thirds majority required.

Conceded
On Wednesday, Djibouti’s ambassador to the African Union Mohammed Idris Farah said his country conceded defeat and congratulated Nairobi for the victory.

The about-turn announced by his colleague in New York means Djibouti does not believe in working through the AU, despite agreeing so in public.

In January, Djibouti was among the 55 member states that agreed on an item in the communique of the AU Assembly of States Parties, endorsing a decision for the continental body to be fronting candidates “to act in its name and on its behalf.”

This means that while the African Union itself has no vote at the UN, its member states had signed on a deal to vote for candidates the continental body endorses.

According to the rules of procedure at the UN General Assembly, winners for the non-permanent seat must garner at least two thirds of the votes of the member states.

As a result, Kenya needs at least 129 votes when the election for the seat is held next year in June.

While the endorsement often guarantees a candidate the win, failure to garner two thirds majority in the first round could reopen the race to another challenger from the region.

Djibouti beats about-turn in UN Security Council seat race

Representative to the UN Mohamed Siad Doualeh says Djibouti will continue to vie for the non-permanent seat.

www.theeastafrican.co.ke

MY TAKE

Hii nini? Last week Ethiopia another IGAD member was fighting for a control of Kismayu! And Kunyans in here brag of Lamu port as a gateway for Ethiopian imports! Others brag of doing more business with Ethiopia.

Hamna watu wana vichwa ngumu katika hii maisha kama Wasomali. Wadjibouti wana asili ya kisomali ndio maana ni wasumbufu kama mchwa

 

[YoungD]

Hujui kama Dar port inahudumia mpaka shehena ya South Africa?

usitapatape! swali hujalijibu.

 

[REDEEMER.]

usitapatape! swali hujalijibu.

Soma post #4

 

[YoungD]

Soma post #4

swali ni lako na sio la kilaza mwenzako(hilo swali btw lilikuwa la kukuonyesha ulivyo mpumbavu)

 

[Kafrican]

Djibouti beats about-turn in UN Security Council seat race
THURSDAY AUGUST 22 2019

A UN Security Council meeting. Djibouti on August 22, 2019 appeared to rescind its earlier decision to respect the African Union’s vote to endorse Kenya’s candidature for the UN Security Council seat. PHOTO | JEWEL SAMAD | AFP

In Summary

• The contest between Djibouti and Kenya reached the African Union vote after the two failed to agree by consensus who should be Africa’s candidate.
• On Wednesday, Djibouti’s ambassador to the African Union Mohammed Idris Farah said his country conceded defeat.
• Kenya needs at least 129 votes when the election for the seat is held next year in June.

By AGGREY MUTAMBO
More by this Author
The Djiboutian government on Thursday appeared to rescind its earlier decision to respect the African Union’s vote to endorse Kenya’s candidature for the UN Security Council seat, signalling lack of faith in a process it took part in three times.
Djibouti’s Permanent Representative to the UN Mohamed Siad Doualeh said his country will continue to vie for the non-permanent seat, by taking the campaign directly to the UN member states.

“Djibouti reaffirms its decision to continue its bid to secure a seat at the Security Council for the period 2021-2022. We thank all UN member states that have formally expressed to support Djibouti,” the envoy tweeted, contradicting his colleagues in Addis Ababa.

The contest between Djibouti and Kenya, both members of regional bloc Igad, reached the African Union vote after the two failed to agree by consensus who should be Africa’s candidate.

In the secret ballot on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, Kenya scored 37 votes against Djibouti’s 13.

The vote was reached in the second round after Nairobi had defeated Djibouti 34-15 with two abstentions in the first round.

Kenya had defeated Djibouti three weeks earlier but failed to garner the two-thirds majority required.

Conceded
On Wednesday, Djibouti’s ambassador to the African Union Mohammed Idris Farah said his country conceded defeat and congratulated Nairobi for the victory.

The about-turn announced by his colleague in New York means Djibouti does not believe in working through the AU, despite agreeing so in public.

In January, Djibouti was among the 55 member states that agreed on an item in the communique of the AU Assembly of States Parties, endorsing a decision for the continental body to be fronting candidates “to act in its name and on its behalf.”

This means that while the African Union itself has no vote at the UN, its member states had signed on a deal to vote for candidates the continental body endorses.

According to the rules of procedure at the UN General Assembly, winners for the non-permanent seat must garner at least two thirds of the votes of the member states.

As a result, Kenya needs at least 129 votes when the election for the seat is held next year in June.

While the endorsement often guarantees a candidate the win, failure to garner two thirds majority in the first round could reopen the race to another challenger from the region.

Djibouti beats about-turn in UN Security Council seat race

Representative to the UN Mohamed Siad Doualeh says Djibouti will continue to vie for the non-permanent seat.

www.theeastafrican.co.ke

MY TAKE

Hii nini? Last week Ethiopia another IGAD member was fighting for a control of Kismayu! And Kunyans in here brag of Lamu port as a gateway for Ethiopian imports! Others brag of doing more business with Ethiopia.

Kenya Ethiopia both have vast intrests in Somalia lakini hatujawai kosana... Ethiopia ilikua Kismayu back in 2005/06 when alshbaab was known as Islamic courts union, After months of guerrilla warfare by ICU they left, fast forward 2011/12 when AMISOM had agreed to invade the last major stronghold of alshabaab (Kismayu), for months AMISOM kept pushing forward the date for advancing to Kismayu, KDF(Which was no under AMISOM command then) invaded Kismayu... Ethiopia feeling sidelined and felt that KDF was now shaping the political scene quickly patnerd with Mogadishu ...
After years of controlling Kismayu, KDF decided to show a sign of good faith by giving control of Kismayu town to Ethiopian troops, but outside of the town KDF still controlled..... And now that the elections in Juballand are here, Ethiopia seems to support a candidate picked by Mogadishu while Kenya still supports the current Jubaland president who fought alongside KDF to retake Kismayu.....
But after all is said and done, Kenya and Ethiopia will not step on each others toe when it comes to Somalia, who ever will win the upcoming election will win and there will be no hard feelings between Kenya and Ethiopia....


Now concerning Djibouti, I would have dismissed their candidature for being such a small country with not much political clout but given the fact that major superpowers have military bases in Djibouti, Kenya should be worry!!!!! Djibouti can easily coerce USA and China to vote for them, and if those countries vote for them they can easily influence the other countries to pick Djibouti so that those super powers can remain in good standing with Djibouti who allows them to operate active military bases on her soil.

 

[Geza Ulole]

Kenya Ethiopia both have vast intrests in Somalia lakini hatujawai kosana... Ethiopia ilikua Kismayu back in 2005 when alshbaab was known as Islamic courts union, After months of guerrilla warfare by ICU they left, fast forward 2011/12 when AMISOM had agreed to invade the last major stronghold of alshabaab (Kismayu), for months AMISOM kept pushing forward the date for advancing to Kismayu, KDF(Which was no under AMISOM command then) invaded Kismayu... Ethiopia feeling sidelined and felt that KDF was now shaping the political scene quickly patnerd with Mogadishu ...
After years of controlling Kismayu, KDF decided to show a sign of good faith by giving control of Kismayu town to Ethiopian troops, but outside of the town KDF still controlled..... And now that the elections in Juballand are here, Ethiopia seems to support a candidate picked by Mogadishu while Kenya still supports the current Jubaland president who fought alongside KDF to retake Kismayu.....
But after all is said and done, Kenya and Ethiopia will not step on each others toe when it comes to Somalia, who ever will win the upcoming election will win and there will be no hard feelings between Kenya and Ethiopia....


Now concerning Djibouti, I would have dismissed their candidature for being such a small country with not much political clout but given the fact that major superpowers have military bases in Djibouti, Kenya should be worry!!!!! Djibouti can easily coerce USA and China to vote for them, and if those countries vote for them they can easily influence the other countries to pick Djibouti so that those super powers can remain in good standing with Djibouti who allows them to operate active military bases on her soil.

Unlike at the AU Djibouti has Arab league as a backer at the UN! U r trying to make the things on the ground look rosy! A simple question what's the use of IGAD if Ethiopia, Kenya n Djibouti can't agree on way forward for Somalia? Or Jubaland or Somaliland?

 

[Kafrican]

Unlike at the AU Djibouti has Arab league as a backer at the UN! U r trying to make the things on the ground look rosy! A simple question what's the use of IGAD if Ethiopia, Kenya n Djibouti can't agree on way forward for Somalia? Or Jubaland or Somaliland?

I could also ask why does'nt the EAC agree on everything?? e.g EAC passport, deal with EPA, uniform axle loads on our roads...etc

You don't understand how politics in Somalia works, those guys look the same,speak one language but they can be as divided as they can.. Its all about clan politics in Somalia, you've got one clan living in central Somalia along the Ethiopian border, that clan doesn't like Alshabaab, you've a number of clans living on the south, these clans make up 95% of Alshabaab members, Ahmed Madobe was the rebel group leader of his clan when he was a member of the ICU, that group broke off and the youth members of ICU formed Alshabaab which means 'youth' in Somalia... When KDF invaded Somalia they needed to align themselves with some of the local militia so that they are not seen as an invading force by all the groups in Somalia like what happened with the Americans......KDF tried as much as they could to unite different militia groups that were fighting alshbaab.... But some clans just dont see eye to eye.... Even on the Kenyans side of the border, when Kenya wants to talk to Alshabaab(lets say for the released of Kidnapped tourists), they usually speak to clan elders who come from the same clan as most of Alshabaab members, those clan elders then travel to Somalia to deliver the message and they come back to Kenya safely without being harmed !!!!


Anyway, kama unataka impartial parties ndo zitatue shida za huko Somalia basi ambia serekali yako na nyengine za Africa zitume majeshi huko Somalia kabla 2021 amabpo mission inaisha.... kwasababu as we stand now UN security council resolution inasema uwepo wa Ethiopia na Kenya huko Somalia ni ukiukaji wa sheria..


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Restructuring AMISOM: Resolution 1725
On December 6th 2006, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) passed Resolution 1725which approved an African led peacekeeping mission in Somalia. The fourth point in the Resolution explicitly stated that:

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,



“4. Endorses the specification in the IGAD Deployment Plan that those States that border Somalia would not deploy troops to Somalia.”

Background

International law stipulated that the nations of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya could not deploy troops to Somalia. On December 24th, 2006, less than three weeks after the UNSC passed Resolution 1725, Ethiopia illegally invaded Somalia. Late Prime Mister Zenawi stated that Ethiopia would leave Somalia within two weeks; Ethiopian troops have now been in Somalia for ten years, a whole decade. Though a violation of international law, the international community was forced to accept Ethiopia’s incursion as a fait accompli. Merriam-Webster defines fait accompli as “a thing accomplished and presumably irreversible.”

In 2009, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) and the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) signed a peace agreement under the United Nations leadership. This agreement explicitly stated, again, that bordering states cannot deploy troops to Somalia (see point 7).

Fast forward to October 16th, 2011, and Kenya unilaterally invades Somalia, becoming the second neighboring state to violate international law. Somalia’s then President, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, publicly stated that: “The Somali government and its people will not be pleased with Kenya's intervention. We had no agreement with Kenya . . ..” Like Ethiopia’s 2006 invasion, Kenya forced the international community to accept its incursion as a fait accompli.

Policy Discussion

Somalia, due to its two-decade plus status as a failed state, has been weakened as a nation-state and thus unable to properly address its national security concerns. The international community, most notably, the United Nations, must not neglect its responsibility to Somalia. Neighboring states must not be allowed to deploy troops to assist in the AMISOM peacekeeping mission. Alternative African nations (e.g. Rwanda) must replace Ethiopian and Kenyan troops.

Somalia’s political institutions are fragile and its emerging federal structure infantile. Resolution 1725 was constructed to help Somalia reemerge as a nation-state, and a pragmatic policy of excluding its neighboring states as peacekeepers was, and still is, fundamental to helping Somalia fully stabilize. Undue influence from neighboring states has kept the country’s political climate in disequilibrium, and it is usurping the Federal Government of Somalia’s writ. It is in Somalia’s national interest that Resolution 1725 be reinstated and thoroughly enforced.

The Farmaajo-Khayre administration should immediately begin implementing the policy of Restructuring AMISOM: Resolution 1725. It must seek agreements from other African nations to replace troops from Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya. Restructuring AMISOM to exclude neighboring states will enhance Somalia’s political environment and facilitate its chances of becoming a fully functioning state by 2021.

Aman Obsiye has a Juris Doctor and Masters of Public Policy from the University of Minnesota. He is the author of the academic research paper Rethinking the Somali State.

Restructuring AMISOM: Resolution 1725

International law stipulated that the nations of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya could not deploy troops to Somalia. On December 24th, 2006, less than three weeks after the UNSC passed Resolution 1725, Ethiopia illegally invaded Somalia. Late Prime Mister Zenawi stated that Ethiopia would leave...

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But comming back to Kenya and Ethiopia,hata kama tunachangamoto zetu, Juzi sote tulikua kule Sudan tukipokea makubaliano ya jeshi na wanachi kuelewana kuunda serekalimpya kidemokrasia

Hapo unamuona AU chair akifyatwa na Ethiopian PM alafu Kenya presdent.. Sote tukiwa hapo kwasababu ya muungano wa IGAD

 

[REDEEMER.]

swali ni lako na sio la kilaza mwenzako(hilo swali btw lilikuwa la kukuonyesha ulivyo mpumbavu)

SGR inapumulia mikojo

 

[Kafrican]

Unlike at the AU Djibouti has Arab league as a backer at the UN! U r trying to make the things on the ground look rosy! A simple question what's the use of IGAD if Ethiopia, Kenya n Djibouti can't agree on way forward for Somalia? Or Jubaland or Somaliland?

Alafu kuhusu Arab league, Qatari Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani amefika Kenya, Kutaanzishwa safari za meli za mizigo kati ya Mombasa na Doha, pia Qatar.... Hapo lazima Uhuru ali lobby for Qatar vote ...

Tena tumewapatia oil block huko lamu ambako tuko na mzozo na Somalia..

Kenya to approve Qatari deal on oil blocks, says PS

Kenya will endorse the acquisition of offshore oil and gas exploration blocks by Qatar Petroleum, a State-owned company of the energy-rich Arab nation, Petroleum Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau has said.
Qatar Petroleum, mid last month, said it has signed an agreement with French multinational oil and gas company Total and its Italian peer Eni to take over three offshore exploration blocks in the Lamu Basin. It added to a growing list of global corporations seeking to exploit huge fuel deposits believed to be underneath the Indian Ocean seabed.
“Yes the approvals will be given,” Mr Kamau told the Business Daily signalling the State endorsement of the deal.
In the deal that is subject to regulatory approvals by Kenyan authorities, Qatar Petroleum said it had acquired a 25 percent stake (13.75 percent from Eni and 11.25 percent from Total) in three blocks located in the offshore Lamu basin.

Kenya to approve Qatari deal on oil blocks, says PS

Kenya will endorse the acquisition of offshore oil and gas exploration blocks by Qatar Petroleum.

www.businessdailyafrica.com

 

[YoungD]

SGR inapumulia mikojo View attachment 1187832

kawaida yako baada ya kutiwa kidole.

 

[REDEEMER.]

kawaida yako baada ya kutiwa kidole.

Mnazidi kupumulia mikojo ya bata

 

[YoungD]

Mnazidi kupumulia mikojo ya bata View attachment 1187835

Kenya haijawahi kusamehewa deni kama tanzagiza, uguwa the pole ajuza!

 

[joto la jiwe]

Kenya haijawahi kusamehewa deni kama tanzagiza, uguwa the pole ajuza!

Tatizo ni kwamba, Madeni yanawapeleka pabaya, mliomba sana kusamehewa Madeni lakini mlikataliwa, sasa hivi mnakopa Madeni yenye riba kubwa ili kulipa Madeni ya nyuma yenye riba ndogo, ni sawa na kuuza gari ili ununue pikipiki.

 

[YoungD]

Tatizo ni kwamba, Madeni yanawapeleka pabaya, mliomba sana kusamehewa Madeni lakini mlikataliwa, sasa hivi mnakopa Madeni yenye riba kubwa ili kulipa Madeni ya nyuma yenye riba ndogo, ni sawa na kuuza gari ili ununue pikipiki.

weka evidence kwamba tumewahi kuomba kusamehewa na tukakataliwa.