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To: The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Donald Trump
Appeal to US Congress
We appeal to the United Nations and International Communities' representatives to Somalia to stop President Farmaajo and his corrupt administration creating unrepairable damage to the only small window of democracy we have, and they have returned the country to civil war.
Why is this important?
Subject: Petition To The American House Of Representatives
The US government is planning to send a billion dollars to Somalia (a country in East Africa).
According to a statement issued by the US Ambassador to Somalia, the money would be used for humanitarian assistance, expanding education and healthcare, building institutions, and creating jobs.
Now, this would be great if the Somali Government actually used the money for developing their own country. According to Transparency International, Somalia is ranked the most corrupt nation in the world, tied with North Korea. And according to a UN report, 70% of foreign aid received is unaccounted for.
In fact, the United States suspended food and fuel aid to the Somali Government in 2017 because they were unable to account for all the aid given.
Now the highly regarded congress must ask themselves, if we can’t trust this Somali Government to distribute food to its own people, then why should we trust that they would use our hard-earned tax dollars to better their county?
Not to mention this is the same government in Somalia that has rigged its nation's election process, and when their citizens questioned them the government had them arrested and even killed. When the UN questioned them, the government ousted the UN Ambassador from the country.
If you don’t want your tax dollars used to support a nation that can’t even be trusted with food, then sign this petition and let our President and Congress know that we don’t trust this Somali Government with our money.
We, the undersigned Somali Americans, are grateful for all that unites and binds us to one another as members of peace-loving and law-abiding citizens.
As Somali-Americans, we value our way of life, and our highly developed culture, literature, and language. We recognize the intrinsic value of our shared heritage and we are fully aware of our common destiny. We all know what we share is much more important than what has divided us in our recent past, namely the politics of mistrust and fear.
We are saddened by the destruction, death and utter devastation that has been visited upon our beloved country for the past 30 years, during which period Somalia has become a metaphor for a failed state, mired in mindless anarchy.
The needless suffering of the Somali people at the hands of warlords and so-called corrupt government, who stoked inter-clan and intra-clan suspicion, and set Somali brothers and sisters against each other for personal and perverted political and economic ends, has been the source of shame and profound sorrow for ordinary Somalis everywhere.
Indeed, the good name of the Somali nation has, during this period of misery, been scandalized.
This disgraceful state of affairs cannot stand!
Excellencies,
We urge you to put the Somali nation’s interest before politics, recognizing that no one has a monopoly on truth. The Somali people have suffered long enough!
We call upon for a complete cessation of hostilities and a renewed dedication to saving the lives of innocent people and save the Somali nations from so-called corrupt and terrorist collaborators in Mogadishu.