How somalias oil revenue will be shared

[cow]

I doubt very much there is any oil. But if there is oil I doubt very much that the clan whose land the oil is in would give it to anyone.

 

[AlteKartel]

I don't think Somalia should do inter-state redistribution. I want to remove that argument from political discussion. Every state puts in a set amount based on its population and gets back services of equal value.

I want the FGS to be as close as is possible to a Night-watchman state with all of the citizen facing functions handled by the FMS.

You’ve previously mentioned you want the FGS to be limited to the 4 aspects agreed upon in the provisional constitution. None of those deliver services directly to any FMS. So what proportional services will the FGS be able to offer?

Regardless there will be “winners” and “losers” of any funding arrangement between FMS and FGS and that’s fine. Banaadir, PL, and GM (if oil actually exists) will likely proportionally contribute more than other states. No issue with this IMO. Most modern states function in this way.

I also believe that the FGS must publish a clan census of all of its employees so that the FGS is not a jobs program for clans living in the capital like it is now. he FGS should hold exams for civil servants so that hiring is based on merit, much like China or India.

I want to limit to the bare minimum the benefits Banaadir derives from having the FGS situated there, reducing the positive externalities of having the FGS to the minimum.

No disagreements here. However, there will always be positive externalities with having the capital, especially in an impoverished African country. This is unavoidable. You can mitigate as much as you want by attempting to decentralize fed gov presence into FMS but that only goes so far. As a matter of fact, the best and brightest in the country working for the FGS in Banaadir only benefits the area more if anything. Xamar is already the most cosmopolitan city in Somalia. More diversity will only help the city economically.

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

You’ve previously mentioned you want the FGS to be limited to the 4 aspects agreed upon in the provisional constitution. None of those deliver services directly to any FMS. So what proportional services will the FGS be able to offer?

Regardless there will be “winners” and “losers” of any funding arrangement between FMS and FGS and that’s fine. Banaadir, PL, and GM (if oil actually exists) will likely proportionally contribute more than other states. No issue with this IMO. Most modern states function in this way.

No disagreements here. However, there will always be positive externalities with having the capital, especially in an impoverished African country. This is unavoidable. You can mitigate as much as you want by attempting to decentralize fed gov presence into FMS but that only goes so far. As a matter of fact, the best and brightest in the country working for the FGS in Banaadir only benefits the area more if anything. Xamar is already the most cosmopolitan city in Somalia. More diversity will only help the city economically.

I see those 4 functions as services rendered by the FGS. If the FGS were to really focus on those four functions and do them well, I would have no problem in it becoming involved in more sectors of governance.

I just think that the FMS will almost always be better run than the FGS by dint of self-interest and casabiyah. Limiting the sectors where the FGS can do damage to the minimum necessary is a good thing for all Somalis.

I think the FGS being in Banadir will always have positive externalities for the people of Banadir, and that is to an extent acceptable to me. I just don’t want Banadir to gain at the expense of other regions, hence my opposition to redistribution.

ps. Banaadir permanently lost its potential to be for Somalia what Paris is to France. It now draws upon Hawiye and D&M for growth not on all of Somalia. That is a large population for a single city to draw upon, but it is a huge decline from pre 1991 when it was pulling on Somalis as a whole.

 

[CABDULWALI XASAN.]

I doubt very much there is any oil. But if there is oil I doubt very much that the clan whose land the oil is in would give it to anyone.

Thats why a competent government will take over and take care of the oil accordingly to bring this country on the right track. How come you always sound negative?