PM Sharmarke to pitch for vote in Bari region visit

Somali prime minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke is travelling to Qardo town in Bari region where he will hold talks with traditional elders on the upcoming elections, sources told Goobjoog news.

Sources privy to the itinerary said Sharmarke is also set to use the opportunity to drum up support for his re-election bid ahead of the 2016 polls.

The meeting will be attended by local leaders, youth and women Associations.

Somali Prime Minister has declared his candidacy in the upcoming Presidential elections a move he seeks to sit in an office his father occupied 47 years ago before he was felled by a bodyguard’s bullet.

“He will be there for a day and has planned a series of engagements with elders and local officials as well as the civil society,” said the sources.

In February 13, 2009, Sharmarke was appointed Prime Minister under Ahmed Sheikh Sharif administration but resigned September 21, 2010 following run-ins with the President. He then proceeded to become Somalia’s ambassador to the US in July 14, 2014.