Somalia's intelligence agency celebrates 46th anniversary.
Flanked by the intelligence chief Abdirahman Turyare
and the security minister Abdirizak Omar, president Mohamud has termed the
agency’s work ‘outstanding’ with’ valiant’ operatives , evolving right along with the changing
threats facing the horn of Africa nation.
"I salute the
National Security and Intelligence Agency for its impeccable work and its
struggle to save our people from security threats.” he said at the event held
at the agency’s headquarters on midnight Saturday.
Mr. Mohamud said that his government had succeeded
in ending ‘misperception’ he said the agency suffered under Siad Barre’s
regime,
Thanks to a ‘positive’ transformation the government
made to change people’s perceptions towards it.
"Its primary guiding principles are protecting human
rights and serving the nation.” He said.
He also credited the agency with the improving
security in areas under the government’s control across the country, saying
that the country
has suffered during the two decades civil war as
result of a political mayhem.
The president has also criticized his government’s
critics who he said merely see things through negative lens.
"It saddens me to see those who are there to deny
the progress we have made, and we have to underline that what bothers them most
is having a stable Somalia that makes progress for the better.” He said.
As the horn of Africa nation which is recovering
from decades of war struggles to contain a deadly insurgency by the Al-Qaeda
linked
Al-Shabab group, western government that had
invested heavily in creating a strong spy service see NISA as key to efforts
aimed at eliminating militants in the country.
The agency which remains the strongest force in the
country’s army reports directly to the president. The service also shares
intelligence information with western partners in a bid to weaken militants
that continue to carry out attacks across the country and beyond.
Somalia's intelligence agency celebrates 46th anniversary.
MOGADISHU (HOL) – Somalia's president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attended a festive celebration marking the 46th anniversary of the founding of the country's national intelligence, NISA.