Despite your inaccuracies regarding Djibouti, I agree with your overall point. Somalia should enact laws on business ownership. With the exception of multinational conglomerates (for example: Google), businesses should be 51% owned by a Somali citizen.
Issue that creates is that foreign nationals with a big enough business interest in Somalia will just become Somali citizens. That’s what the Lebanese did in West Africa and the Indians did in East Africa.
Now, one could create legislation about Somali citizenship but then that gets even trickier.
For example, if you pass a law that states that Somali citizenship is patrilineal, suddenly tens of thousands of Somalis that are matrilineal Somalis that obtained citizenship before 1991 will lose their claim to Somali citizenry.
What you could do is place an amnesty period, stating that immigration prior to a certain date, these laws do not apply. But the question is what year? 1991? 1960? 2024?
It’s a tricky thing to implement but I agree in theory.
Issue that creates is that foreign nationals with a big enough business interest in Somalia will just become Somali citizens. That’s what the Lebanese did in West Africa and the Indians did in East Africa.
Now, one could create legislation about Somali citizenship but then that gets even trickier.
For example, if you pass a law that states that Somali citizenship is patrilineal, suddenly tens of thousands of Somalis that are matrilineal Somalis that obtained citizenship before 1991 will lose their claim to Somali citizenry.
What you could do is place an amnesty period, stating that immigration prior to a certain date, these laws do not apply. But the question is what year? 1991? 1960? 2024?
It’s a tricky thing to implement but I agree in theory.