Somalia elects new government.

[mwitaz]

Somalia will today open a
new chapter with a new
government expected to
be picked in a Presidential
poll in Mogadishu.

The election marks an end
of the eight year turbulent
term of the Transitional
Federal Government (TFG)
which had backing of the
United Nations (UN).

Under the new
constitution, a 225 member
bicameral parliament will
be formed, consisting of an
upper house seating 54
Senators as well as a lower house with 30 percent of
the National Constituent
Assembly (NCA)
earmarked for women.

The President once picked,
will select the prime
Minister who in turns
names the Cabinet.

On June 23, 2012, the
Somali federal and regional
leaders approved a draft
constitution which was
overwhelmingly passed by
The National Constituent Assembly on August 1.

In a crowded field of 60
candidates, incumbnet
President Sheikh Sharif
Sheikh Ahmed, Prime
Minister Dr Abdiweli Ali,
Speaker of Parliament Sharif Hassan Sheik Aden
and former Prime Minister
Mohamed Gedi are
regarded as the front-
runners in the race.

A former UNICEF employee
Hassan Sheikh Mahamud
Mahamud founder of Peace
and Development party
(PDP), and former head of
BBC Somali service Yusuf Galad are the latest
entrants in the race. Others
are Abdullahi Ahmed
Addow, Prof Ahmed
Samatar, Abdishakur
Warsame,and Mohamed Farmajo.

The candidates are seeking
to occupy the presidential
palace- Villa Somalia –
which is based in
Mogadishu, the country’s
capital city that prior to the break out of civil war two
decades ago, was known
as the “White Pearl of the
Indian Ocean”

President Ahmed took
office on January 31, 2009
following the resignation
of founder TFG president
Abdulahi Yusuf.

Dr Ali was picked as the PM
on June 19, 2011 following
the resignation of
Mohamed Abdullahi
Mohamed.

Ahmed has the advantage
of incumbency over his
competitors, Dr Ali enjoys
good rapport with cabinet
ministers and MPs, while
Gedi has been using his old networks to propel him to
the top seat with Aden
relying on the support of a
section of MPs.

“I am seeking to fulfil the
pledge to restore law and
order in Somalia and build
on the gains we have
achieved so far in the short
period we have been at the helm,” Ahmed said at the
weekend.

Source: Standard Media

 

[MAMMAMIA]

Uchaguzi wa rais wa Somalia uliokuwa umepangwa kufanyika Jumatatu hii umeahirishwa. Wabunge wapya wa nchi hiyo wataapishwa na kukutana leo. Tarehe mpya ya uchaguzi haijatolewa.

Wakielezea sababu ya kuahirisha uchaguzi huo, wabunge wa Somalia wamesema kwamba bado kuna maandalizi yanayotakiwa kufanyika kabla ya rais mpya kuchaguliwa. Sultan al-Farahseed ambaye ni msemaji wa rais aliyeko madarakani sasa, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Hamad, ameeleza kwamba wabunge wa Somalia watakula kiapo leo. Bunge la Somalia litakuwa na wawakilishi 275 pamoja na baraza la senate lenye wanachama 54. Wabunge wote walichaguliwa na viongozi wa jadi na kupitishwa na kamati maalum ya uchaguzi.

"Katika siku chache zijazo, bunge jipya litamchagua spika wake na baada ya hapo, bunge litandaa kamati maalum ya uchaguzi wa rais," alieleza Abinasir Garale, mmoja wa wabunge wapya. Tamko la pamoja lililotolewa na Umoja wa Afrika, Umoja wa Ulaya, Umoja wa Mataifa na Marekani limeuelezea uchaguzi wa Somalia kama nafasi nzuri ya kuleta usalama. Tamko hilo limesema pia, kwamba kumalizika kwa muda wa serikali ya mpito ni mwanzo wa serikali mpya itakayowawakilisha raia vizuri zaidi. Hata hivyo, wachambuzi wa masuala ya kisiasa wanahofia kwamba hakutakuwa na mabadiliko yoyote baada ya bunge kuapishwa na rais mpya kuchaguliwa. [Source: Sauti ya Ujerumani: Maelezo zaidi hapa /QUOTE]

 

[telitaibi]

huko somalia

 

[MVUMBUZI]

Mi nilifikiri unatupa matokeo ya uchaguzi wa serikali mpya kumbe unatukaririsha yale yale tunayoangalia Aljazeera na BBC

 

[marejesho]

Mbona nilipata message toka 15500(DW:Wabunge wa Somalia wameahirisha zoezi la la kumchagua rais mpya wa nchi hiyo hii leo.Hata hivyo wamesena watafanya kikao cha kwanza cha bunge baadaye leo."

 

[hargeisa]

kati ya wagombea ni GEN MASLAX MOHAMED SIAD BARE ambaye upo uwezekano wa kua rais