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"The federal government of Somalia has invited the former chairman of the elections agency in Kenya to spearhead electoral reforms in the horn of African nation.
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s administration sought the expertise of Issack Hassan, the immediate former chairman of Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to lead a team of experts in laying the ground for a sound electoral laws and election process.
“My first trip outside Kenya and IEBC to work with Somalia Electoral Commission as lead consultant for the development of strategic plan and other operational manuals,” Mr Issack posted on Facebook.
On February 8th, Somali legislators elected Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo at a highly fortified airport hangar in Mogadishu because almost 99 percent of Somalis don’t have the right to vote in what Somali scholars say “is the deficiency of the process.”
Somalia has remained without a fully functional central government since early 1990’s when Siad Barre regime crumbled following armed uprising.
Sakariye Cisman, a political commentator said Somali leaders and the international observers among them the United Nation had expected one-person-one-vote affairs ahead of the February election, instead the election was done by 14,025 people picked by clan elders and divided up into electoral colleges.
“This is a step forward from 2012 in which parliamentarians were chosen by 135 traditional leaders, but a huge distance away from universal suffrage.
“The vast majority of Somalis are mere observers in the process,” Cismaan said.
The country was involved in anarchy for more than a quarter century and it has yet to rebuild the electoral infrastructure.
Mr Issack and his team are also expected to safeguard the 30 percent woman quota in a deeply patriarchal society.
“Somalia’s ongoing electoral process is highly imperfect and precarious,” Cismaan noted.
However, Issack’s ability to lead a sound electoral laws and process may be put on question mark because the man has just left Kenya where the opposition coalition cast aspersion on his integrity.
The CORD coalition maintained that the chairman cannot be trusted to implement the election related laws and conduct this year’s elections.
On the flipside, the Somalis remain hopeful about their newfound hope. “Just the ability to hold elections in all federal states as opposed to just Mogadishu, as was the case in 2012, is cause for celebration,” Cismaan observed."
He can bring value-able information to spear-head the election
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s administration sought the expertise of Issack Hassan, the immediate former chairman of Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to lead a team of experts in laying the ground for a sound electoral laws and election process.
“My first trip outside Kenya and IEBC to work with Somalia Electoral Commission as lead consultant for the development of strategic plan and other operational manuals,” Mr Issack posted on Facebook.
On February 8th, Somali legislators elected Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo at a highly fortified airport hangar in Mogadishu because almost 99 percent of Somalis don’t have the right to vote in what Somali scholars say “is the deficiency of the process.”
Somalia has remained without a fully functional central government since early 1990’s when Siad Barre regime crumbled following armed uprising.
Sakariye Cisman, a political commentator said Somali leaders and the international observers among them the United Nation had expected one-person-one-vote affairs ahead of the February election, instead the election was done by 14,025 people picked by clan elders and divided up into electoral colleges.
“This is a step forward from 2012 in which parliamentarians were chosen by 135 traditional leaders, but a huge distance away from universal suffrage.
“The vast majority of Somalis are mere observers in the process,” Cismaan said.
The country was involved in anarchy for more than a quarter century and it has yet to rebuild the electoral infrastructure.
Mr Issack and his team are also expected to safeguard the 30 percent woman quota in a deeply patriarchal society.
“Somalia’s ongoing electoral process is highly imperfect and precarious,” Cismaan noted.
However, Issack’s ability to lead a sound electoral laws and process may be put on question mark because the man has just left Kenya where the opposition coalition cast aspersion on his integrity.
The CORD coalition maintained that the chairman cannot be trusted to implement the election related laws and conduct this year’s elections.
On the flipside, the Somalis remain hopeful about their newfound hope. “Just the ability to hold elections in all federal states as opposed to just Mogadishu, as was the case in 2012, is cause for celebration,” Cismaan observed."
He can bring value-able information to spear-head the election
but don't believe the Kenyan opposition at face values, they dislike Somalis 
