Kampala | President of Uganda Yoweri T. Kaguta Museveni Friday received a Special Envoy from the Republic of Somaliland, Dr. Jama Musse Jama at State House, Entebbe.
During the engagement, Museveni agreed to be the unification facilitator between Somaliland and Somalia.
To date, the Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa and is recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia.
Speaking with the Envoy, Museveni said that he does not support the secession of Somaliland from Somalia because it is “wrong”.
“We don’t support secession because strategically, it is wrong,” President Museveni emphasised.
Gen (rtd) Museveni told Dr. Jama that Somalia and Somaliland should do away with politics of identity if they want prosperity for their country.
He explained that people face similar challenges regardless of their race and religion, advising the leaders of two nations to embrace politics of interest which is more important and will transform the citizens socially and economically.
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The President further agreed to trade with Somaliland, saying this would benefit the two economies.
“In case you have something that we don’t have, we shall buy from you, you can also buy from us what you don’t have if we have it,” he said.
He further advised that a country’s internal market alone is not enough, and therefore, there is a need for Somaliland and Somalia to unite, trade together and also trade with other African countries.
Dr. Jama informed President Museveni that there is an agent need for Somalia and Somaliland to unite because “they are missing out on a lot of development”.
Dr. Jama also requested the President to take centre stage in uniting the two countries because of his influential role in Somalia.
He expressed the need for Uganda to partner with Somaliland in trading, saying that Ugandan investors should start supplying goods to Somaliland and also buy from them the goods they do not have.
Somaliland declared its independence after the overthrow of the then-Somali military junta Siad Barre in 1991.
When he (Siad) came to power through a coup, in 1976, he proclaimed that Somalia was a “Socialist Republic”, and formed the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (SRSP), later banning all other political parties at the time.
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