Somalia forms Presidential Election Committee Storyline:11th Parliament, National News In a joint session between Somalia’s bicameral parliament (Lower and Upper Houses), the members formed Presidential Election Committee to oversee election of new president after several poll delay. 17 member… 1 min read
3 mins read Storyline:National News Joint House seating to select Presidential Election Committee today A joint session of the Federal Parliament will today elect a Presidential election committee as the country closes in on electing a new president about five months after the incumbent…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Foreign envoys urge Somali Parliament to expedite Presidential poll Foreign envoys in Somalia have called for swift formation of the Joint Ad Hoc Committee to facilitate the holding of the presidential…
2 mins read Storyline:National News First and Second Deputy Senate Speakers elected in tightly contested race Galmudug Senator Abshir Bukhari beat six other candidates in a hotly contested election which ran into the third round Sunday to become the country’s first deputy speaker of the senate…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Veteran politician Abdi Hashi Abdullahi elected first Senate Speaker Long serving lawmaker and former minister of health and culture Abdi Hashi Abdullahi was Sunday elected the first Speaker of Somalia’s inaugural Senate in a contest that pitied him against…
1 min read Storyline:National News List of candidates seeking senate leadership position released The names of 16 candidates eyeing the position of Upper House speaker and its two deputies have been unveiled. According to the list made public by the committee overseeing the…
1 min read Storyline:National News Senate leadership candidates to address House ahead of Sunday’s poll Candidates contesting for the leadership of Somalia’s senate house are expected to conclude their campaign speeches today ahead of the expected ballot tomorrow. The candidates contesting for the leadership will…
1 min read Storyline:National News Three more MPs elected from Somaliland as poll nears close Deputy defence minister Mohamed Ali Hagaa has been elected MP in the ongoing Lower House elections for Somaliland as the exercise comes to its penultimate end. Hagaa garnered 50 votes…
1 min read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Two more MPs elected to Lower House as electoral process resumed in Mogadishu The remaining seats for Benadir has been filled as two more candidates were voted to the House of the People, bring the number of MPs elected to seven. One hundred…
1 min read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Somaliland elect three candidates to Upper House Upper House elections for Somaliland regions have resumed today in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Three more candidates have been elected to Upper House, raising the number of elected senator from Somaliland and…
