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President of SomCable Mr. Mohamed Aw-Said Donates $10,000 to Hargeisa-Burco Road Rehabilitation
October 13, 2011 · 18 Comments
HARGEISA (SomalilandPress)—The president of SOMCABLE Mr. Mohamed Aw-Said today said that his firm has donated $10,000 for the rehabilitation of Hargeisa-Burco road that has been neglected by both the government and business sector for years. Mr. Aw-Said informed the press at a ceremony held in at Shiraaqle hotel Hargeisa that his contribution to rebuild the Hargeisa-Burco road will encourage others to donate towards this worthy cause. The Hargeisa-Burco road is in dreadful condition that trips between the two cities takes a minimum 5 hours due to the bad situation of the road. The management of the Hargeisa-Burco rehabilitation foundation thanked Mr. Mohamed Aw-Said Geddie for his benevolence contribution.
About SomCable
Somcable is a Somaliland registered Fiber Optic firm that is constructing the Berbera landing station that will enable Somaliland to interconnect with submarine cable networks which currently are deployed in the Red Sea. Once the cable landing is completed it is expected to improve the lives of the citizens through job creations and cheaper telecommunication services.
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By Mo Guled
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When did the Somcable Project take off. I thought this project was licensed thru the Djibouti
Govt. Telecoms Ministry instead of the SL Govt. Posts & Telecoms. Ministry?. I thought this Project
was badly handled by the Rayaale Govt. and again by the Silaanyo Govt. and that the whole issue
was in disputed dilemma. Is there any body to enlighten me on this important issue?
Cheers.
Thanks to ina Aw Saeed, but more was expected from him since a put hundreds of thousands in the pockets of politicians. This project is far more important and closer to the hearts of Somalilanders and therefore would have earned him more respect from ordinary Somaliland citizens.
As far as I know, nothing major has materialized until present. Somalilanders are still waiting to see the jobs and the boom in the economy that was promised by Somcable and its advocates.
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Thanks to ina Aw Saeed, but more was expected from him since he put hundreds of thousands in the pockets of politicians. This project is far more important and closer to the hearts of Somalilanders and therefore would have earned him more respect from ordinary Somaliland citizens.
As far as I know, nothing major has materialized until present. Somalilanders are still waiting to see the jobs and the boom in the economy that was promised by Somcable and its advocates.
Mr. Yusuf is this Somcable licensed and basically an international Company Thru Djibouti bringing good
business and employment opportunities to JSL and/or a locally licensed and registered SLd
Company dealing directly with the Submarine Cable Company eliminating Djibouti as the main
third party broker!. All the Commentators tend to be avoiding the problems associated with the Somcable
affairs and how it was badly handled by the Previous and current JSL Govts.
Cheers.
I just got back from Hargeisa and I can confirm to you that SomCable is very much real and taking shape every day. I am not sure whether its owned by gov of Djibouti or gov of Mars but SomCable is real.
They are near completing their HQ in Hargeisa and its contracted to Daryeel Construction. My cousin actually works for them and he is one of the big executives having studied abroad.
hey
Those few and diminshing Somails, who are real literary men and women, usually of the older generations, keep sayning that original Somali language is very much an endangered language on its way to extinction these Somalis have thorough knowledge of Somali language grammar, vocabulary and literature in general. There Somali language is nothing like the Somalis spoken by the younger generations of today. Most of those older men are the ones who in fact did great contributions in writting the original Somalilanguage back in the sixties and early seventies of last century. I was pleased to see the pictures taken at the celebrations held during the festivels of launching the Somali language as wtitten language. Every one of these now old men appeared in these pictures. During my meeting with them, they all agreed that Somali language today looks very much like the streets of Mudisho and Garowe and gaalkacayo— in complete ruins. They added that the younger generations are not even aware of the that loming disaster which engulfing their Somali language. Most Somalis of today are not even aware of that.
Shut up! you are out of topic. The topic is about road construction, not Somali language.
@ Shelom
What is your stupid point?
thanks to and jazaaka laah kheyr somcable president,,,
We need to concentrate the fact of this project which carries importance to our country, and we shall refrain from words that harts the people of good will. Somcable is real and the job will start in November, 2011 Insha Allaah. Those of you who believe this company is owned by State of Djibouti, will see the reality on the ground soon.
Mr.Aw Said is a true Patriot and will create thousands of job for the young Somalilanders. He is someone who believe in Somaliland and will continue to support wherever he sees the need. I personally do not know him, but I have enough information about him.
I agree with everyone who is contributing to Somaliland progress, I do not care where he is from or where he gets his money from as long as She or he contributes to the well-being of Somalilanders.
My question is what happens if Somcable does not start running the project by the end of November 2011?
The country needs this project start running as soon as possible and if does not get going by the end of November, I think the contract should be awarded to somebody else.
I hope he fulfills his promise and completes the project that was entrusted with him as soon as possible. Somaliland can not afford to fall behind other African countries.
Thank you Mr. Aw-Said for your kind donation to the people of Somaliland and may Allah reward you.
It is good to see our business people helping out in rebuilding the nation. Barak Allaahu fiikum wa fi amwaalilkum. Keep doing what you are doing folks. It is not only good for the country, but also good for the young generation.
thumbs up 2 da Somcable president
Thumbs down to the Somcable project. The controls governing regulations thru a second party broker Djibouti with Somaliland becoming basically marketing third party liability services..well that satisfies
the SLD Govt. and its people then in such case so be it..who cares.
Cheers.
Correction: Well if that satisfies etc.
cheers.