The East African
Monday July 05 2021
An MP of Somalia’s Jubbaland State casts her vote during the presidential election in Kismayo, on August 22, 2019. Somalia is halving the registration fees for women candidates to encourage more participation in the upcoming elections. PHOTO | AFP
Summary
Somalia will conduct indirect elections this time, again, where delegates from the five federal states, appointed through clan elders and the NEC, are sent to designated venues to vote.
The country does not nominate MPs like other countries do to increase minority groups in parliament.
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Somalia is halving the registration fees for women candidates to encourage more participation in the upcoming elections.