Does a country without recognized government really need e-Passport and e-Authentication

By Abdi Warsame
awarsame2000@yahoo.com
 

The newly established Somali government led by Colonel Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed and Vet. Ali Mohamed Geddi very recently signed a contract with an Indian IT solution provider. On the part of the Somali government, the vice-minister of foreign affairs, Hassan Ahmed Jama, signed the contract costing US$25 million. Issuing national ID and some related identities to the Somalis is important but this government is not in a position to worry about issuing e-Passports, atleast for now, unless it is putting the cart before the horse. Somalia has been without a functioning government for the past 15 years, and the wheels have been turning for better or for worse and above all, these wheels will keep turning.

This new government needs to put things into prospective and everything else will fall into place. Does the government have budget to sign contracts in the first place? Isn't government suppose to settle the differences between its members of parliament or council of ministers? Does this government know rich countries worry financially issuing e-Passports? Can this government stop functioning e-brief casing? All this government worries about is securing contracts so commissions and kickbacks will be hidden from the Somalis.

Our resources are latent so far and Somali government will depend on hand-outs from the donor nations and misusing such donations will be irresponsible. Warlords turned themselves to members of parliament and ministers (President & PM included) and they travel to the generous and interested countries where they extend their hand and ask help in the name of Somali people. Before this government was built, warlords were local and couldn't travel outside Somalia but they became officials which means a begging license was issued to them.

It is very comprehensible if third countries or pressure groups exist and this budget was conditionally facilitated.

 

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