The UN Monitoring Group for Somalia and Eritrea say they obtained evidence that President Hassan Sheikh’s entourage were complicit in bribery. They state: “Sources indicate that the President received several million dollars from Qatar which was used to buy off political support. Important carriers of cash donations from Qatar include Fahad Yasin and Abdi Aynte, two former journalists from the Doha based news organisation Al-Jazeera. They are now senior figures at the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS), an FGS-aligned think tank in Mogadishu established with financing from Qatar. Aynte, the director of HIPS, is a prominent member of the Ala Sheikh political and business association of former TFG President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Yasin, an associate of HIPS, is the nephew of Farah Abdulqadir, the current Minister of State for the Presidency and part of the Damul Jadid political association close to President Hassan Sheikh. Both Aynte and Yasin are important figures in consolidating cooperation between Ala Sheikh and Damul Jadid.” “Yasin has been involved in carrying cash donations from Qatar on behalf of President Hassan Sheikh, according to emails dated 4 March 2012 between Hassan Sheikh and Abdulkadir Barnamij. Two FGS officials confirm that during the election process, Yasin carried substantial funds from Qatar to Mogadishu for the campaign of Hassan Sheikh. One source told the Monitoring Group that he was offered 10,000 USD to vote for Hassan Sheikh, and he was instructed to get into a vehicle with the current Minister of State for the Presidency Farah Abdulqadir to be paid.” Read more from the link below.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 22:19:51 +0000
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