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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

MANDERA COUNTY : MURULE - GARRE CLAN BORDER DEMARCATIONS : FOR CLARIFICATIONS

 

The Demarcations in Red shows the Border Line of the Two Communities. It Start in ELWAK POLICE STATION in Mandera Central Constituency through the B9 Road Connecting Elwak- Wargadud- Rhamu- Mandera Town (Mandera East Constituency).

Garre and Murule in Mandera County- Kenya are the two neighbouring communities that have lived together since time immemorial. We had several times co-operated on important issues in Mandera County including Politics, Peace and Security but that is not to say, we had no difficulties between ourselves. 

You hear so much about the Garre -Murule Conflict in Mandera? The Borne of Contention between these communities is simply LAND.

Garre have a bigger chunk of Land in Mandera County than the Murule Community but keep trespassing on Murule Community Land from time to time thereby causing anxiety, Unneccesary Conflicts and enemity between themselves. Issues which can be resolved easily but sometimes go out of hand. Several Clashes since the Colonial times between these communities have been recorded. 

During the Colki Caalim OF 1916,  in the Colonial times and in 1929, 1982 we had several clashes against each other that were clearly unneccesary. Many lives were lost and at times, our people, from both communities suffered badly.  Recent Conflicts between these communities happened in 2004, 2008, 2014 and lately as in 2020-2021 which culminated in the National Government sending the National Cohesion and Integration Commission NCIC Plus a host of Muslim Leaders led by Sheikh Umul - in what is now known as THE UMUL ACCORD to be signed between the Two Communities.

Murule Community previously were settled in Elwak Town as well as Wargadud but due to Pressure from the Garre Community,  they were forced out of the town.  They moved to LAFEY CONSTITUENCY and now Garre wants to move to LAFEY areas of Alungu, Yetho, Wanteey and Qurqura. The Border Line between the two communities is ELWAK POLICE STATION since Colonial Times through the B9 Road to Rhamu. 

The Garre community encroachment on to areas of Yetho, Wanteey, Qurquraa, Iresuku and Sogley not forgetting Sukela Tinfu and Jabibaar all on Murule Clan Community Land has been described as part of the problem in the UMUL ACCORD. 

Sunday, May 09, 2021

MUDANE MOHAMED HUSSEIN (QARAS) - FORMER MANDERA TOWN MP


Mheshimiwa Mohamed Hussein Alias Qaras Was born in 1968

Attended Arabia and Mandera DEB primary schools

- Went for Undergraduate Studies at Kenyatta University, Did (BA, Maths)
in 1991 → 1995

- Became Member of Kenyan Parliament in 2007 for Mandera East (Mandera Town - Kenya) for the period 2008 → 4th March 2013 

- He was a Member of Orange Democratic Movement for Mandera East. Later changed to URP (Ruto's Party)

- He became a Member of Administration and National Security Committee in The Kenyan Parliament in 2008.

- He was also a Kenyan Parliament Member of Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation

- He is now a Business man. 



Saturday, May 08, 2021

HIIRAAN REGION : GUGUNDHABE HAWIYE NEED TO SET UP A PLAN

 

Gugundhabe Hawiye in Hiiraan need to come up with a strategic plan. 

#Talo_soo_jeedin
Dhamaan dhalinyarada aqoonyhanada odiyaasha Wax garadka #Westland_state  iyo Qof kasta #Westlander Ah Waxaan u soo jeedin lahaay ciidanka Amniga sugaya Hala Garab Istaago Waxaan Ku Hurudnaa Waa Ciidankaa , Gabdhuhu Aad Bay Ugu Amaanaya Sida Ugarab Istaageen Ciidanka #Westland_state Dadaalku Wu Socdaa.


Ciidanka #Westalan_state Waxay Utaaganyihiin Ilaalinta Dhulkooda Marka Ay Jiraan Dhaqdhaqaaq Amniga Lid Ku ah , Cid Waliba Isku Dayda Dhulballaarsi Nuucay Rabto Ha Ahaato , 
Waxaa Innagu So Wajahan Mowjado Kale Oo Waa Weyn ,Dadkii Jareertan So Taraarixiyay Waa Ay Joogaan , Gobolka Ayagoo Damac Fog Leh .

In La Mamnuuco Shir lagu Qabto Galbeedka Beledweyne  ..Shirka halagu Qabto meel aan eheen. 
#Westland_State Guulaysta  

Thursday, June 18, 2020

MANDERA EAST CONSTITUENCY



Mandera East Constituency is an electoral Constituency and one of six constituencies in Mandera County of Northern Kenya. The constituency was established in the 1966 elections. The constituency office is in Mandera Town and urban residents and those near Mandera Town consist majority of the voters. The Constituency is largely settled by the Murule community from Sala to Arabia upto Mandera Town. The Current Member of Parliament is Hon. Omar Maalim - Omar Sala (Below)



Previous & Current Member of Parliament
Elections MP                                                             Party Notes
1966 Sayid Mohamed Amin (Rer Siid)                     KANU
1969 Sayid Mohamed Amin (Rer Siid)                     KANU One-party system
1974 Mohamed Sheikh Aden (Mohamed Etobi)             KANU One-party system
1979 Mohamed Sheikh Aden                             KANU One-party system
1983 Adan Mohamed Nooru                             KANU One-party system.
1988 Mohamed Sheikh Aden                             KANU One-party system.
1992 Abdullahi Sheikh Ahmed                             PICK One Party System
1994 Shaaban Ali Issack                                          KANU By-election - One Party System
1997 Shaaban Ali Issack                                     KANU Multi Party System
2002 Shaaban Ali Issack                                     KANU    Multi Party System
2007 Mohamed Hussein Ali (Qaras)                     ODM     Multi Party System
2013 Abdulaziz Ali Farah                                     URP     Multi Party System
2017 Omar Mohamed - Omar Sala                            EFP - New Party

Wards
Ward                            Registered Voters Local Authority
Arabia                7,453                 Mandera county
Barwaqo                                 4,340                         Mandera town
Bula Mpya                 3,005                 Mandera town
Township Kamoro                 3,372                 Mandera town
Border Point One BBP1 1,224                 Mandera town
Bulla Jamhuria         4,106                 Mandera town
Neboi                 750                         Mandera town
Shaf Shafey                 1,163                 Mandera town
Bur Abor / Bula Haji         1,092                 Mandera county
Kalaliyo East         1,962                 Mandera county
Kalaliyo West         2,319                 Mandera county

Total Votes in Mandera East Constituency 31,079



Wednesday, September 13, 2006

THE MURULE ONLINE: CONTEMPORARIES, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MURULE SOMALIS IN KENYA

Murule " Weytan" as we call ourselves, are a Somali Sub-clan that "resides" in the upper tip of Mandera District, of North Eastern Kenya.

Many people are aware that Murulles come from Jidle, as Murule Weitan Jidle, but few know that Murulles are brothers of Baadicade and Jejele, somali clans staying in and around Hiiraan region of Somalia, in Ethiopia and Kenya and are classified as "The Gugundhabe", A section of Hawiye, The biggest Somali tribe.



Murulles were represented in The Kenyan Parliament through the Mandera East Contituency Seat by Honourable Shaaban Ali Issack, The Former Assistant Minister of Local Government, Incharge of Urban authorities, in the Republic of Kenya.

Mandera is a town in North Eastern Province, Kenya. It is capital of the Mandera District. The town is located at around 3°55′34″N, 41°50′46″E, near the borders with Ethiopia and Somalia. It has a population of 30,433 (1999 census) [1]. Local people are mostly of Somali tribes, some of them refugees from war-torn Somalia. Majority of the local people are from Murule and Garre tribes.Smaller proportion represent the Degodia tribe.

Murulle are normally a peaceful group of people unlike their cousins in Somalia and from time to time, their region is prone to clash between other clans who "pretend" to own or dominate Mandera.Many atimes, The murulles are "invited" for clashes pitting them and some Borana speaking clans from southern Ethiopia by the name Garres.The most nearest clash the Murules were entangled with the Garres left at least 100 lives since it erupted in December 2004/Jan 2005(carried by all world news including Aljazeera and the BBC)


Murulles are skillful people in business and many businessmen from the Somali community in Kenya and outside Kenya, are composed of various activities in the business sector including Real Estates, Money Transfer and retail shops.




The peaceful Murules are "perceived" as fearful people and normally other clans reciprocate that to mean they can grab Murules land.., rape their women and terrorize their livestock.

A number of concepts have been advanced to explain the cause and genesis of clan conflict in Mandera east and it's sorrounding areas of Mandera central.

In a political blunder, aggravated by the Garre community constant harrasment of the Murules from the State House of Kenya, The then President Daniel Arap Moi, In 1988, curved Mandera Central from the larger Mandera East after the Murules succesfully managed to control the Garres from enchrocing to their land, in the famous, Colka Maqan, (the suspense War), of 1982/1983.

Mandera Central constituency was curved out from the then larger Mandera East where Murule dominate following devastating clan clashes between Murule and Garre clans in early 1980’s.

This creation of a new constituency was envisaged at cooling simmering tensions between the two clans over political representation.With Mandera Central constituency formed, the issue of political representation was solved but another problem was born. There emerged growing hatred and suspicion between the two clans.

Differences began to widen to an extent that the clan leadership and chiefs from both clans started to openly mobilise their clan members for the domination of the other.And to worsen the already fragile situation, the KANU led administration (especially between 1982-2002) created many administrative units (sublocations, locations and divisions) in hitherto community-grazing areas in the district, mainly for political mileage.

The Alango location which belongs to the Murules, but Garres claim it falls under Mandera Central is a good example of conflict arising from creation and or competition over administrative units.Chiefs and their assistants in the location and other neighbouring locations have been clamouring that their boundaries have been interfered with.

The Murule clans are accusing the Garres of harbouring and supporting foreign militia in their locations. Watering Garre livestock at Alango Dam has been a nightmare ever since for fear of Murules and has often resulted to confrontations and armed violence with unpleasant repercussions.

Although the creation of additional administrative units was meant to make ‘services closer to the people’, it is important to point out that that has not been the case in Mandera and adjacent districts. These additional locations and sub locations have mainly contributed to the escalation of conflicts in the entire North Eastern province, because clans which felt they have an upper hand in the politics were "out manouvered" by others.

On the other hand, the power struggle between different factions in Somalia has spilled over to the Kenyan side. Each of the clan has been trying to forge military alliance with their counterparts in Somali.The Murule have allegedly forged an alliance with the Eldera section of the larger Marehaan clan of Somalia, which are a power house in the Gedo region of somalia.

On the other hand, the Garre clan in Mandera district has forged an alliance with their Garre kinsmen in Ethiopia, an alliance also backed by the Bonn and Ororsame of the Marehaan, who are fond of raping women, who are at loggerheads with the Main marexaan clan of Eldere, who are inter-married with Murulles.

It is also rumored that these alliances are being forged ahead of the 2007 general elections as each group intends to mobilize enough voters to sustain their political representation and or supremacy.



Mandera East is mostly a Murule land and Murules are targeting to spearhead verocious campaign to atleast capture another seat in collaboration with other "minority" clans in the area like the degodias and Sheekhaal.

Most votes of the previous general election of 2002, was dominated by current MP of the Mandera East, himself a Murule.Hon. Shaaban Ali Isaack, the current Member of Kenyan Parliament and also a government Minister incharge of urban authorities(Councils).see [2].The Minister had the highest votes in the last election of 2002, from the whole North Eastern Region of Kenya, where somalis live.

Competition over access to pasture and water resources in the district has been the traditional cause and trigger of conflict between the two clans.The Garre community "thinks" it own some track of land between southern Ethiopia and part ofnorthern kenya and wants to create some kind of domination along these areas.That is why, they have atleast fought with every clan that resides in the area.They fought wars with the Ajuuran, the Degodias and even the Marexaan from Somalia.The Murulles are the only people who did actually contained Garre Expansion in the region.

Alhamdulillah, The Murulle community who happen to own substantial number of livestock including camels and are peaceful in their grazing area will not "condone" any criminal activities in their region.

The colonial boundaries of the Murule land must be respected and with our huge camel herds, we will NEVER accept to be denied access to pasture even on the western flank of the district, which is mainly inhabited by the Garre, coutesy of the colonial boundary structure.

The Murulles are also lucky to have benefitted from several USA, UK based NGO's and charities including The Civil Action projects, supported through the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), a U.S. led multi-nation group based in Djibouti, which has established a closer working relationships with local people of Arabia, Mandera East in order to end the threat of terrorism in the region.

The then U.S. Ambassador to Kenya William M. Bellamy on January 2004, presided the construction of the Arabia Secondary School in Mandera District of Kenya's Northeastern Province. He was hosted by the area M.P., the Hon. Shabaan Isaak.

The Arabia Secondary School project is by far the largest of many similar "Civil Action" projects in Kenya by the USA and we hope the new Microsoft Unlimited Potential (UP) programme would target sectors that concern the youth in our region..

Over the past year U.S. military and counterparts in the Kenyan Department of Defense Projects have worked together on projects at various locations in that area.U.S. soldiers and the Kenyan military cooperated over the past several months on that project to refurbish and expand facilities at the school, located some 70 kms . south of Mandera town.

The Arabia Secondary School now has a library, a new dining hall and kitchen, and an additional classroom building. As a result, the number of students attending the school increased from 160 to 240.

The U.S. committed a total of 7.3 million Kshs. to underwrite the project, using local contractors and supplies.

Notable among personalities from Murules include, Honourable Shaaban Ali Issack,  Former MP for Mandera East and Lafey Constituencies, The late MP Hon. Abdillahi Abajan, of PICK party of Kenya, Mr. Abdullahi Abdinoor Gessey, of IPAK kenya, a local NGO, The former Kenya National Library Services Chairman, Now Lafey MP, Hon. Abdi Mude and several other reputable bankers,lawyers and corporate individuals.