IEBC Declares Abdul Haji as Garissa Senator
New Garissa senator Abdulkadir Haji
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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission on Tuesday, April 6 declared Abdulkadir Haji, popularly known as Abdul, as the Senator for Garissa County.
IEBC made the declaration after he became the only contestant in the slated by-elections and was therefore elected unopposed.
Abdul takes over from his father Yusuf Haji who succumbed to a long illness at the Agha Khan hospital in Nairobi. He is the younger brother to Kenya s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji.
The new Senator is more famously known for his heroic role in the Westgate Terror Attacks.
THE STANDARD By
Abdimalik Hajir |
April 1st 2021 at 15:18:15 GMT +0300
Garissa Senate nominee Abdulkadir Mohamed Haji. [Boniface Okendo,Standard]
Powerful political figures, as well as local elders, worked behind the scenes to ensure Abdul Haji is elected unopposed for the Garissa senate seat, we can now reveal the intrigues.
The Standard has learned several people had shown interest in the seat but were immediately prevailed upon by their respective clan elders to step down.
In the advent of devolution, councils of elders have become powerful, sometimes summoning key political figures, they have also been used in lobbying for jobs and other issues in the northern counties.