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Abdulkadir Mohamed Haji (
pictured), Senator-elect for Garissa County, carries the hopes of residents who looked up to his late father, Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji.
“Some people expect me to fill the shoes of my father, but it is not an easy task,” the 46-year-old said in an interview yesterday.
He is modest in his concession that it will not be easy for him to follow in his father’s footsteps.
He will also have to put up with being known as the younger brother to Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji.
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But he came out of the shadows of the two men in a spectacular way in 2013, as the Westgate Shopping Mall hero.
Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce chairperson Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji listen as ODM party made their views before the taskforce at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre on February 26, 2020.
Photo | Jeff Angote | Nation
The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji says his late father Garissa Senator Yusuf who passed away on Monday considered resigning from his position months before he passed on.
A grieving Haji was speaking on Friday in Garissa where a prayer meeting was held for his late father.
While addressing the congregation, DPP, overwhelmed by emotion, bowed his head and shed tears while eulogizing his late father.
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Yusuf Haji and his supporters in October 2002. [File standard]
Many will remember Mohamed Yusuf Haji as the man who chaired the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) team, appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader, Raila Odinga. He will also be remembered as the two-term Senator for Garissa County. Yet he was much more than that, both in his public roles and in quiet behind-the-scenes tasks in Northeastern Kenya, all the way to the neighbouring countries in the north.
His suitability for the roles saw him straddle the four Kenyan regimes of Presidents Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel arap Moi, Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta. And he was always on the right side of power. This presence was, ironically, in part a factor of the Somali exclusion from the centre. But it was also a factor of his own ability to gel well with the centre and to remain relevant.
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February 16th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
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