MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – HirShabelle state parliament is today electing senators a day after the state started election of the senators who will represent the state in the eleventh parliament in Somalia.
The regional lawmakers have three of its eight federal senators following heavily contested elections in Jowhar town.
Muse Sudi won his re-election bid for his hotly contested seat. He won 55 votes, while his closest competitor, Ahmed Daahi, was able to garner 43 votes.
Nur Mohamed Gedi received 70 votes to defeat incumbent Senator Mohamed Osman Dhagajun to win the second senatorial race of the day. Dhagajun trailed heavily in the race and was only able to muster 27 votes.
Incumbent Fartun Abikadir Karama won the only seat that the electoral commission reserved for a woman candidate after her opponent, Sadiya Yarow Adan, dropped out of the race.
Today, the regional MPs will be picking three senators from a list of 6 candidates.
Among the candidates is the current Somali ambassador to Kenya, Mohamud Ahmed Nur Tirsan.
The candidates including
- Hassan Idow Muhumed, Abdinur Ibrahim Nur and Osman Ahmed Maow.
- Osma Mohamud Dufle, Mohamud Ahmed Nur Tarsan and Rage Hassan Hute.
- Ali Sha’aban Ibrahim, Abdalle Hussein Abdi and Aisho Hussein Abukar and Abdullahi Tawad, Abdukadir Hanafi.
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