Presidential Candidates deliver campaign speeches ahead of the poll

Eight candidates vying for Somalia’s top job will delivered their campaign speeches  in a bid to convince the parliamentarians from Somalia’s bicameral parliament.

The candidates, including former government ministers and other regional leaders deliver 30-minute speeches focused on their agenda in the second phase of second phase of the candidate speeches.

The presidential hopefuls addressing the parliament are as following;

Abdinasir Abdulle Mohamed.

Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame.

Abdirahman Mohamud Faroole.

Abdullahi Ilmooge Hirsi.

Abdullahi Hassan Ali.

Ali Haji Warsame.

Abdullahi Ahmed.

The speeches will be aired on state-owned SNTV in the hopes of reaching millions of Somali’s around the globe.

Somalia’s indirect elections will be decided by the 329 members of Somalia’s houses.

All 24 candidates will present their case to Parliament in groups of eight until the final speeches are read on February 5th.

The campaign speeches will continue until tomorrow, according to the Presidential Election Committee (PEC) tasked with overseeing the election of the new President.

Somalia’s newly inaugurated Federal Parliament comprising of 275 lower house seats and 54-member senate will vote for the President in a secret ballot.