BREAKING: Speaker Mursal relocates from Villa Somalia

Lower House speaker Mohamed Mursal has relocated from his residence inside Villa Somalia to a house near the airport as disputes with his deputies over impeachment of President Mohamed Farmaajo and the fate of the House Budget Committee ensues.

Three MPs have confirmed to Goobjoog News the relocation of the speaker to Shabelle area in Wadajir district following days of run-ins with deputies Abdiweli Mudey and Mahad Salad.

Both Salad and Mudey maintained their earlier stance on the disbandment of the Committee despite Mursal’s affirmation of its existence. House Secretary General Abdikarim Buuh Tuesday declared the motion dead on grounds it did not meet the one-third threshold after 14 MPs withdrew their names from the list.

Salad had earlier dismissed the motion citing the absence of a Constitutional Court to establish the legality of the motion.

More to follow.