EU-Funded Five-figure Salary Posts at OPM are distributed among the clan Associates of the PM

Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre who is in office for less than six months is marred by nepotism and favoritism in terms of power and job opportunity distribution, PM, has recently appealed to the European Union to provide a capacity support fund injection as a salary wage for additional Senior staff at the office of the Prime Minister….

Senior Advisor of Politics and Projects Coordination Mr.Ahmed Ulah, Senior Advisor of Foreign Relations, Hodan Osman, and Mohamed Barre who is among the top officials at the OPM, are the three persons the PM endorsed, They anticipate a payday as they recently signed 5-figure salary contracts by the EU.

This does not mean the aforementioned senior staff at OPM will lose their previous jobs as they served as senior advisors to the OPM, posts that pay almost $10k per month, All the staff endorsed by the PM are his clan associates and close kin, therefore, violating the current clan power and jobs opportunities sharing system in Somalia.

Aside from these high posts at the OPM, PM Hamza also fired other staff at his office serving in mid and low ranks and later replaced them with his fellow clan people, This can of nepotism induces mistrust among the Somali clan and could spur tension in the troubled politics of Somalia.