Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud now wants the federal government of Somali to set up an all-inclusive national army and control the government arms falling into the wrong hand.

Speaking at the Parliament building during the grand opening of the sixth session of the Somali parliament yesterday, the president said his administration and that of regional governments were in talks on the best way to develop the national army.
“A committee are engaging with the regional government on how best to nationalize the army and their posting to avert a crisis that is based on clannism,” the president updated the legislators during a parked sitting held in Mogadishu where two new parliamentarians were sworn in, as well as a new cabinet minister. The two parliamentarians were handpicked by their clans to make up for their predecessors who were killed in separate attacks.
The president similarly said his administration has prepared a comprehensive plan to register all government arms to avert a situation of it falling on the wrong hand, or being used for non-official business. The new plan, he said would monitor government soldier’s moves and how they use the arms.
“The move is to minimize the chances of the militant group Al Shabab posing as security forces,
he observed.
The president said he was confident 2016 election would be a successful affair, but not without proper security plans.