Farah Maalim

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Farah Maalim Mohamed
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
In office
15 January 2008 – 14 January 2013
Preceded byDavid Musila
Succeeded byJoyce Laboso
Member of Parliament for Lagdera Constituency
In office
15 January 2008 – 14 January 2013
Preceded byAbdillahi Sheikh Dahir
Succeeded byMohamed Muktar Shidiye
Member of Parliament for Lagdera Constituency
In office
26 January 1993 – 10 November 1997
Preceded bySlan Ahmed Nuno
Succeeded byMohamed Muktar Shidiye
Personal details
Born1956
Political partyOrange Democratic Movement

Farah Maalim Mohamed (Somali: Faarax Maaliim Maxamed) is a Kenyan politician, and an advocate of the High Court of Kenya .[1] He is a former parliamentarian, the former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, and has over thirty years of experience on the Kenyan political scene. He is of Somali ethnicity.

Biography[]

Maalim belongs to an ethnic Somali family.[2] He was educated at Maseno School, and he studied for an MA in Development Studies at [./Https://mstcdc.or.tz/ MS-TCDC], and studied law at the University of Nairobi, before enrolling to the Kenya School of Law for the statutory post graduate law course that is a prerequisite to admission to the Kenyan roll of advocates.[3] He is a member of the Wiper Democratic Movement political party in Kenya, and was elected to represent the Lagdera Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the 10th Kenyan Parliament.[4] He had previously served in the 7th Kenyan Parliament.

In November 2012, Maalim led a group of MPs, which accused Kenyan soldiers of fomenting violence and using undue force during a security operation in Garissa. The legislators threatened to take the matter to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) if the perpetrators were not brought to justice.[5][6] Maalim also suggested that the deployment of the soldiers was unconstitutional and had not received the requisite parliamentary approval,[5] and that the ensuing rampage cost Garissa entrepreneurs over Sh1.5 billion to Sh2billion in missed revenue.[6]

In the 2013 elections, Maalim ran for the Garissa County Senate seat, but was defeated by Yusuf Haji.

References[]

  1. ^ On Somalis in the new Kenyan cabinet
  2. ^ Sugow, Abdikadir (8 July 2012). "Youth overlooked as big guns angle for race". Standard Digital. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Maseno Old Boys". Maseno School. Archived from the original on 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  4. ^ Members Of The 10th Parliament Archived June 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  5. ^ a b "Woman killed, 10 injured in Garissa swoop". The Star. 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  6. ^ a b Wafula, Caroline (20 November 2012). "MPs accuse State of using undue force". Daily Nation. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
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