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The Fai Sultanate retains Ugas as the preferred candidate for the 2017 Wajir gubernatorial contest
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Ugas Sheikh Mohamed. He was fronted by the Fai elders to vie for the gubernatorial seat in the 2017 elections. Photo/ Facebook
BREAKING NEWS
WAJIR—The Fai Sultanate in Wajir County will not rescind its earlier decision and endorse Mohamed Abdi for the county gubernatorial seat.
Speaking in Wajir on Tuesday, section of elders from the Fai community reiterated that they would not back the Saudi ambassador Mohamed Abdi for the Wajir County top job.
In a meeting that lasted for over four days and attended by at least 500 Fai clansmen, the endorsed governor for the 2017 elections Ugas Mohamed dispelled rumours doing round on social media, saying the elders and the sultanate have not changed their mind.
“We have people saying that I have been asked to vie for Wajir East MP and surrender the gubernatorial contest to a brother of mine (Mohamed Abdi Mohamud),” Ugas said in Wajir town. He was flanked by Rashid Kassim who was endorsed for the Wajir East MP currently held by Abass Sheikh Mohamed.
“I want to announce to the people of Wajir that I am ready to serve them,” Ugas said.
Ugas was endorsed in July by the Fai sultanate headed by Sultan Najib. The Fai is the largest Degodia sub-clan and Ugas will battle it out with the incumbent, Ahmed Abdullahi.
Ugas was born in Wajir, went to Tarbaj and Wajir High School and later relocated to the United States where he did community work through Baitul-maal USA. Ugas is an Information Tecnology specialist but was mainly a businessman while in Nairobi. In 2013, he contested in Tarbaj constituency but lost the seat to the incumbent Mohamed Elmi.
