This summer: Just come to upcoming conference in Taleh city and see how Khatumo State has never been more united

Watch President Dr.Ali Khalif Galaydh’s speech in Nairobi. And selected (Excerpts from speeches at Khatumo Anniversary in Toronto): See …You need to work with your new found identity. Knowing that you are just against something is not going to get you anywhere. Too much chatter In the coffee shops and internet chat lines, Uttering mere condemnations against Khatumo is the work of the lazy. God will NOT judge you on how many ideas or things you have destroyed; God will judge you on how many things you have built up. Khatumo truly reignited the collective imagination of its people while safeguarding the security of its citizens. From water projects, and student scholarships to opening up the skyways of SSC region, Khatumo has already arrived, It is here, and will always be there for future generations of this land. After all you cannot put the toothpaste back into the tube.

Here, you can teach western aid agencies a lesson or two about resilience and self reliance. See… For too long, You have been relegated to second class citizen….You have even been deemed a disputed person.See…since birth…you have always been yourself…and nobody disputed Your Dawiish DNA. See with khatumo, you are more than an NGO statistic YOU are khatumo and khatumo is you. As for the alternative, My friends. You have tried too many times and it hasn’t worked; your people are still worse off, your schools are in ruins, your hospitals crumbling, your young men and women have been turned into cheap labour, cheap soldiers and even mercenaries for hire: against their own people. A criminal act of colossal proportions.

Khatumo is the tie that binds and unites Sool Sanaag and Cayn. See our neighbors have constructed names for their regions and you wanna stay with ancient tribal names that has gotten you nowhere. We can have different viewpoints and perspectives and that is the hallmark of a young democracy like Khatumo. We can agree to disagree, we can use different avenues to achieve a common goal: khatumo is not perfect; it hasn’t liberated lasanod yet, it has not fully crafted the state constitution yet, and its strategic planning has not been as transparent as you might have liked, However, like any other new democracy…It is the least worst system you have..

See …You need to work with your new found identity. Knowing that you are just against something is not going to get you anywhere. Too much chatter In the coffee shops and internet chat lines, Uttering mere condemnations against Khatumo is the work of the lazy. God will NOT judge you on how many ideas or things you have destroyed; God will judge you on how many things you have built up. Khatumo truly reignited the collective imagination of its people while safeguarding the security of its citizens. From water projects, and student scholarships to opening up the skyways of SSC region, Khatumo has already arrived, It is here, and will always be there for future generations of this land. After all you cannot put the toothpaste back into the tube.

In search of solutions to your problems, some of you maybe still hung up on the old belief that you might be better off with aligning yourself with your neighbors to the right and left of khatumo State. See you have been confused, constantly looking at your right and left shoulders…Forgetting that your heart actually lied in between. Here…take a sip of self-esteem and ask your heart where it truly belongs? And as you discover the real you…Only then can you brush off the demons from your shoulders like this… And this…

See… Khatumo needs you to trust and believe in it, because without you, it cannot actually grow or even exist. You need it to use it as your flashlight to guide you and illuminate the dark pathways that connect your underdeveloped towns and cities; cities that have been willfully abandoned and neglected by predatory administrations. With your help, Khatumo can flush out and shed light on the atrocities and political and economic injustices perpetrated against your people; With your support, Khatumo can help you to realize your dreams and aspirations for a better life. Students accross the Khatumo landscape can learn their Daraawiish history as told to them by their own historians. Young pregnant mothers who need medical help in Taleh and buhodle can be immediately transported and flown to overseas hospitals right from their own Airports. And now that Khatumo State has been legally recognized by the Somali Federal Government and thus United Nations entities, our Elders and seniors can finally proclaim and say that:

We are not from Somaliland
We are not from Puntland
We are not from a disputed land,
We are from the promise land of Khatumo State of Somalia.

The Khatumo Candle, democratically lit up under that beautiful fig tree in Taleh city needs you. And you need it too; see, this new found identity does not belong to any one or two or three people; it belongs to the little girl in Sool-Jogto, it belongs to the seniors in Siixawle. It also belongs to the students in lasanod and business leaders in Buhodle. It belongs to all of us.

There maybe a few among us who aren’t so sure about Khatumo’s accomplishments sometimes exhibiting self doubt or possibly even comfortable being in 2nd place in other administrations.These are the people who may try to divide you along the tribal lines of Faarah, or Mohamoud; Baho-Nugaaleed or Gabooye, Fiqishinni, or Kaskii-qabe. Just Hit the delete button and tell them that the days of contrarians and clan conspiratorialists are over. See…in the midst of Somalia’s federal landscape, these communities are your branches of the Khatumo tree.

In the current Somali politicking dominated by regional administrations and city states, the need to organize and exercise your constitutional right to self governance has never been greater. I understand that change is difficult, but Imagine the absence of Khatumo for a moment; Can you tell me who you are? See… you are left with your subclan tribal identity that will not serve you in the national and international political and economic negotiations.

Khatumo is not against any particular group of people or administration; It does not go out and invade other people’s territories, Khatumo simply advocates for the peaceful stay of its own God given land. It advocates for better Health, Education and Employment opportunities for its people. Khatumo advocates for the peaceful coexistence with all its regional neighbors. Is that too much to ask?

See… for SSC folks, any identity other than Khatumo is a trip backwards to tribal land. Let’s never move backwards to a disputed land; Together we can move forward to the blessed and promised land of Khatumo State. I ask the SSC and khatumo folks all over the world, Who do you think you were waiting for!

The choice is clear, Ladies and gentlemen.

“You” are the Ones you have been waiting for;

God bless Khatumo State of Somalia.

Thank you!

A. Hindi Speech 2013: 1st Anniversary of Khatumo State, TORONTO.