Photographer Somali Times
The prime minister of Somalia, Mr. Hamza Abdi Barre, who held an important meeting today with the Directors-General of the government ministries, ordered them to hold accountable the workers who did corruption.
Hamza Abdi Barre said that every director is required to conduct a regular inspection of the officials of the ministry they are the director of, and report those who are not fulfilling their duties for corruption and looting public funds. He also pointed out the importance of the Directors-General in the implementation of the government’s prime minister who issued a serious order against civil servant for corruption.
Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017
Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017
Somalia’s corruption has marred every aspect of Somali society. In many parts of the country inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations have become de facto governments without any accountability.
Somalia has become the number one most corrupt country in the world and the corruption is an abuse of the public office for private gain.
Somalia’s president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, dissolved the anti-corruption commission because the previous House of the People of Somalia’s Federal Parliament unitarily approved that law and its commission without the Upper House, which is contrary to the constitution because Somalia’s Parliament consists of two chambers.
Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017
Somalia’s political structure is based on clan rule and patrimonialism. Somalia’s political structure is based on clan power-sharing, which means that all members of Somalia’s Federal Parliament, ministers, military commanders, and ambassadors are allotted clans through a clan power-sharing formula.
This structure leads to unqualified people holding the top jobs of the country, including political and top office positions in the government like general directors, which undermines the effectiveness and efficiency of public service and rules out the competition and innovation as well as exacerbating poverty, economic growth, and development.
In addition, the other main causes of corruption are a lack of adequate accountability and transparency, a lack of role for the civil society and media, the fusion of the judiciary and executive arms, and a lack of citizen awareness.