The Somali capital, Mogadishu was a city of over a million residents. Over fifteen years the city had no government, police force, fire-fighters, legal courts and all organs of government cease to exist. The city was divided by and run by ruthless warlords with rifles and anti-aircraft missiles who frequently use against civilians. They killed, looted, pillaged, raped, murdered, and kidnapped.

Over sixteen conferences were held to bring about a government which all ended in failure. The international organizations including the Organization of African Union (OAU), The United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), the United States (US) and Arabs agree that it is impossible to bring about peace as long as warlords are running the affairs of the Somali people.

The current Transitional Federal Government or some call them a Union of Somali Warlords (USM) has been in existence for many years prior to Ethiopians with the financial and tactical assistance of Americans escorting them into Mogadishu.

The original intention of the Kenyan conference that made this TFG possible was to bring about all influential people of Somalia including intellectuals and religious leaders, peace activists, social workers and non governmental agencies to form a national Unity Government.

However, the idea did not sit well with the warlords and they expelled from the conference the intellectuals, peace activists, religious clerics and any responsible individual they thought was not tainted by crimes they have committed. They created a quota based on tribal affiliations and each warlord self appointed to fill the position. They called themselves parliamentarians. A parliament made off ruthless warlords with no mandate from the Somalis. This sham government was formed in absentia.