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Nine-Member Committee Appointed to Oversee Election of Somalia’s Lower House Speaker

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU :Acting Speaker of Somalia’s House of the People, Sacdiya Yasin Haji Samatar, has appointed a nine-member committee to organize and oversee the election of the Speaker of the House of the People.
The appointment was announced in an official letter from the Office of the Speaker, which said the decision was made in accordance with the constitutional powers vested in the Speaker and the House’s Rules of Procedure.
The committee will be responsible for preparing and managing all aspects of the Speaker’s election, while ensuring that the process complies with the Provisional Constitution and the House’s internal regulations.
The nine-member election committee comprises:
Abdirizak Omar Mohamed
Abdi Ibrahim Warsame (Qowdhan)
Jawahir Adawe Abdi
Abdullahi Hussein Ali (Abdalla)
Nur Ahmed Diriye
Mukhtar Mohamed Guled
Abdirahman Mohamed Sheikh
Khadra Mohamed Tukale
Abdikarim Mohamed Diriye
The formation of the committee marks the latest step toward filling the vacant position of Speaker of the House of the People, a key leadership post in Somalia’s Federal Parliament. The committee is expected to oversee preparations to ensure a transparent and orderly election process.