LIVE: Somalia, Kenya elections due this year
2,081 views · Published 13 January 2017 · 13:59 · Indexed 30 September 2026
Channel: CGTN Africa · 2017 · News & Politics
On December 27, 2016, at least 243 MPs, 34 senators were sworn in, in Somalia. In Dec 27: 32 members of the lower house were yet to be sworn in either their elections hadn't happened, or were disputed. 34 seats were created in late Dec for the 6 federal states. Polls were repeatedly delayed in 2016 Under the current system in Somalia, elected legislators elect the President. Current legislators were picked via 14 000 representative citizens and outgoing legislators were hand-picked by 135 elders. Somalia government says one-person, one-vote system not viable given the al-Shabaab insurgency even though there are 22 000 peacekeepers in Somalia, with an AU mandate.
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