Somalia’s Federal Parliament approves new cabinet
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- Posted On 29-03-2017, 01:05PM
MOGADISHU, Somalia- The Federal Parliament of Somalia has endorsed the new cabinet appointed by the Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre last week after days of gridlock, Garowe Online reports.
Wednesday's Parliament approval set a new beginning for the new PM who is facing key challenges including worsening drought conditions, fighting militant group Al Shabaab and tackling corruption.
The deputy Parliament Speaker Abdiweli Ibrahim Mudey chaired the session, as the Federal MPs cast their votes for the new cabinet. Following the poll, Mudey announced the result and stated that 224 MPs voted in favor of the cabinet while 15 voted against and 2 abstained.
Subsequently, the new Ministers were sworn into their respective posts after winning the vote of confidence from the Parliament, ending stalemate that could brought the country deeper into political turmoil.
Last week, Somali Prime Minister Khaire has appointed a 26-member cabinet but was strongly opposed by members of the Federal Parliament and the Speaker who order Khayre to change the lineup because it didn't conform to the clans' power-sharing formula.
GAROWEONLINE
