The independent expert also wishes to note that there have been positive moves to allocate land in Garowe and Bossaso to the IDPs who, in addition to being destitute, are forced to pay rent on the land they have occupied.

The new knitting frames and power looms could weave yarn into cloth much faster than the most skilled artisan weaver working in his own cottage. Caught between fixed costs (the hire and upkeep of their domestic appliances) and falling prices for their products, tens of thousands of families were doomed to become paupers.