I agree with camey, we can't resuscitate Mogadishu even tho we all tried and stretching for 20 years, sometimes you just need to let nature take its course and have it become like GM and HS. Trust me it will be even worse then those areas once Somalis pull out because look at GM and HS, their homelands with no national involvement, just down to hawiyenimo. That's why I always say hawiyenimo is a poison and cancer not only effecting Somalis but the biggest victims are hawiye themselves. Hawiyenimo isnt s pot shot at the people either it's all these idiots running around with aideedism in their hearts and minds yet they suffer the most always.
But as for the capital I don't care where is selected, what I do care about is the process used to select it. I think we need a criteria set up which then is ranked and scored rather then everyone just turning it into some clan race and irrelevant things. The process and criteria needs to be agreed on by all stakeholders tho so they can't refuse the result later on who scored the best.
The criteria should include some of the following factors.
1. Social unity and diversity of the town or surrounding region, a somewhat clan balance
2. A Well respected Isimo who are active and competent who can serve as a social check and balance
3. Geography, Climate, Location
4. Security(internally and externally)
Maybe other criteria can be added also.
That's just a start and then each one is given a weight and then each city is graded on that score before a final score is generated and the town with the highest final score wins. Their is no perfect town or city or region in Somalia, so let's not go into false expectation, what's being measured is whose better and worse not where is perfect(false Somali hope).
But Somalis fear a process or law or anything where things are measured which is ironic they hold a belief that god measure them for even the smallest deeds, but they don't wanna live in a world of nidaam and accountability that's a huge contradiction and puts to question if your really even followers of Islam or just crypto muslims. While wanting to like an Ali beesteen or b22n(pagan) type of lawlessness.