Galmudug state assembly endorses new cabinet

Members of the Galmudug Assembly watch on during the opening ceremony for a capacity building training workshop sponsored by AMISOM at the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, on July 9, 2017. AMISOM Photo

Galmudug state assembly has approved the new cabinet unveiled by state president Ahmed Gelle Haaf last week.

The assembly endorsed the 26 member cabinet and a similar number of assistants by 52 votes against 5 paving way for the inauguration of the new cabinet.

Earlier today state President Haaf addressed the assembly requesting them to approve his cabinet in order implement the tasks facing the administration.

Haaf was elected in May following the resignation of then president Abdikarin Guled on health grounds. Talks with the moderate islamist group Alhus Sunnah wal Jamaah is set to dominate the new administration’s agenda. Alhus Sunnah deputy leader Professor Abdullahi Hisi Dirshe said Saturday his group was ready to talk with the Galmudug administration.

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