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MOGADISHU, October 24 2026 Somalia’s National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (NIEBC) announced on Friday the candidates for the posts of leader and deputy leader of Hirshabelle state, with two candidates running for each post.
A notice from the chairperson’s office said Ali Abdullahi Hussein of the Justice and Solidarity Party and Nur Ilmi Halane of Ramaas are running for leader.
Abdifatah Hassan Afrah of the Justice and Solidarity Party and Abdifatah Bashir Mohamed of Iftiin Qaran are running for deputy.
The commission said the election would be held according to the schedule, procedures and rules governing the vote for the leader and deputy leader. It urged members of the House of Representatives, candidates, the media and civil society to comply.
The election and the candidates’ speeches are due to take place today in the town of Jowhar, as the commission announced earlier.
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The state’s House of Representatives was elected on September 30, and the Supreme Court approved the result on October 19.
Results announced by the commission showed the Justice and Solidarity Party won 78 of the 99 seats, Iftiin Qaran five and Ramaas two.
The Hirshabelle House of Representatives elected its speaker and his two deputies on October 22, all of them members of the Justice and Solidarity Party.