Claims of favouritism have marred Somalia’s senate elections after outspoken opposition politicians were elbowed out of nomination lists in Jubbaland and South West states.
Jubbaland voted last Thursday, electing four of eight senators in a vote that saw two prominent candidates drop from the race at the 11th hour. In that race, outgoing senators Faduma Sheikh Dahir ‘Gerio’ and outgoing Deputy Speaker of the Senate Mawlid Hussein Guhad were locked out of the candidature in spite of their protests.
