I have to respectfully disagree with your statement that 'this is well known in Somalia.' My family and ancestors have always shouldered the hard, laborious work that keeps society functioning. Who else, if not us, would build our homes, grow our food, pave our roads, or construct our schools? I lived back home for about two years, and I’ve seen firsthand the labor-intensive jobs my family and others have done. I can even trace back my history and the kind of work they’ve taken on. Many Somali people have contributed to building their cities and have taken on labor-intensive jobs. It might be different for your family, but for the rest of us in Galbeed and the North, I know my people have played their part. How else would they provide for their families and earn a living? We aren’t a minority—there are many of us.As bad as those are, if that was the only problem, dishonesty and lack of integrity, we can work around it, but these people actually kill competitors and Engineers that embark on transformative projects in the country out of pure Xasid.
I can at least understand taking out a competitor as callous and degenerate as that is, but a person building sewer system? and other infrastructure that benefits the entire country?
I recall a small stretch of road construction that wasn't even built properly due to corruption, you had so many soldiers there guarding the workers and equipments at a significant cost, it was crazy to see and the soldiers were on constant high alert and paranoid.
Who are they guarding against you may ask? other corrupt soldiers, police officers, criminal gangs, khawaarij and the general public that will extort the workers and steal the equipments, and if they find the actual engineer kill him.
@Idilinaa I am not denying you have some none Bantu/Madowweyne in the labour work force, neither is Angelina, we are arguing they are the minority.
However those images you are sharing are just the PR pictures, there is not a sweat on those guys and the clothes are fresh, it doesn't proof anything, this is well known in Somalia, which is why I doubt you spent significant amount of time there beyond holidays.