The president of Puntland state, Sa’ed Abdullahi Deni has officially submitted the list of candidates running for the upper house of the Somali parliament Monday evening.
In a statement, Deni lined up 22 candidates among former Puntland President, Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamud (Faroole) to contest for 11 members to represent the state in the federal parliament.
To fulfill the 30% quota allocated women. The among the locked out former senators is ex-prime minister Abdirashid Sharmarke who served last parliament.
The full list of candidates is as follows:
- Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamud (Faroole)
Mohamed Osman Olad
- Mohamed Ali Yusuf (Gagaab)
Kawsar Abdullahi Hirsi
- Mohamed Abdi Osman (Majino)
Mohamed Gedi Mohamud
- Abdullahi Ali Hersi (Timaade)
Abdullahi Mohamed Hashi Nur
- Abdisamad Yusuf Mohamed
Ismail Mire Mumin
- Dahir Ayanle Said
Mohamed Omar Mohamed
- Farhan Ali Hussein
Hodan Ishaq Mohamed
- Zeinab Ismail Mohamed
Amina Jama Ibrahim
- Abdiqani Guelleh Mohamed
Abdiqadir Mohamed Yusuf
- Samiro Mohamud Haji Awad
Naima Ahmed Bakar
- Sareedo Mohamed Hassan
Fartun Yusuf Jama
