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Preparations in high gear in Kismayo for the inauguration of Jubbaland president

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KISMAYO—The president of the Jubbaland administration, Ahmed Mohamed Islam is set to be inaugurated today at the port city of Kismayo a month after he was elected by the Jubbaland assembly in a highly contested election.

Preparations are in high gear for the inauguration ceremony which will be attended by a section of the top leaders in the country.

Although his election was disputed by a section of the local community in the administration over the criteria used in the constitution of the assembly members who elected him, Ahmed Madobe was sworn-in the same day of his election.

Parliamentarians in the federal assembly in Mogadishu, delegates from other administration in the country and invited guests are set to attend the function. Prof. Ali Gaas, the current President of Puntland administration and former Prime Minister in the Federal government of Somalia, touched down on Kismayo yesterday from Puntland’s capital, Garowe to attend the inauguration of his political ally, Ahmed Madobe.

Representatives from the neigbouring countries of Kenya and Uganda and the Prime Minister of Somalia Omar Abdirashid Sharma’arke are set to attend the function. Kenya and Uganda have a strategic interest in Kismayo.

On the streets of Kismayo, security is tight and officers from Jubbaland security forces could be seen patrolling the streets to ward off any attempted attack by the Somalia-based militant group Al Shabab who were driven out of the town in 2012.
“The town is under virtual lockdown after it was slapped with curfew—no easy movement of vehicle and people, and business could be disrupted for the better part of the day,” Abdisamad Abdullahi, a fruit vendor in Kismayo said.

Although Ahmed Madobe, a former warlord in the Ras Kamboni forces, will serve for the first time as an elected leader in the Jubbaland administration, his leadership was questioned over and again and his recent election disputed. To solve the contentious issue of the composition of the local Jubbaland assembly, 10 more slots have been added to the seats in the assembly to solve the political deadlock.

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