STORY: Sixteen more MPs elected to the Lower

House in balloting held in four states in Somalia

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DATELINE: 22/11/2016, JOWHAR, BAIDOA,
CADAADO, KISMAAYO- SOMALIA
SHOT LIST
JOWHAR.
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Wide shot, delegates turn up in large numbers to vote in Jowhar
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Med shot, delegates turn up in large numbers to vote in Jowhar
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Close up, delegates turn up in large numbers to vote in Jowhar
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Wide shot, delegates wait to cast their votes in the voting hall
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Med shot, some of the candidates who were present during the
electoral process in Jowhar
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Close up, some of the candidates who were present during the
electoral process in Jowhar
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Med shot, officials from the Electoral Board prepare ahead of
the commencement of the voting process
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Wide shot, officials from the Electoral Board calls the delegates,
one at a time, to vote
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SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) OSMAN BAREEY, STATE INDIRECT
ELECTORAL IMPLEMENTATION TEAM (SIEIT) SPOKESPERSON,
JOWHAR.
We are moving well and we hope to finish the process on time.
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Wide shot, a delegate votes for her preferred candidate during
the voting process in Jowhar
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Med shot, a delegate votes for his preferred candidate during
the voting process in Jowhar
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SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) SAMIRA HASSAN MP-ELECT.
This is progress; we have come from far and we are progressing well.
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Wide shot, a delegate votes for his preferred candidate during
the voting process in Jowhar
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Med shot, delegates wait in turn to cast their votes in the voting
hall
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SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) GENERAL MOHAMUD SHEIKH
HASSAN HAMUD, SOMALI POLICE COMMISSIONER.
The case has to go to court for further action. We have arrested two
individuals who are currently in custody in Jowhar, as investigations
continue.

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Wide shot, some of the candidates who were present during the
electoral process in Jowhar
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Med shot, a delegate votes for his preferred candidate during
the voting process in Jowhar
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Close up, a candidate who was present during the electoral
process in Jowhar
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SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) GENERAL MOHAMUD SHEIKH
HASSAN HAMUD, SOMALI POLICE COMMISSIONER.
As the top security organ of the national elections, we pay visits to all
states conducting elections to get first-hand their security concerns and
provide instant solutions.
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Med shot, a delegate votes for his preferred candidate during
the voting process in Jowhar
BAIDOA.
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Wide shot, delegates turn up in large numbers to vote in Baidoa
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Med shot, a police officer mans the entrance to the voting hall
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Wide shot, a delegate votes for her preferred candidate during
the voting process in Baidoa
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Colse up , Ugas Warsame Ali Suley, Clan Elder
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SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) UGAS WARSAME
ALI SULEY,
CLAN ELDER
The United Nations has wholeheartedly supported us in this process; they
continue to support our country 0n many levels to enable Somalia to
prosper.
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Wide shot, a delegate votes for his preferred candidate during
the voting process in Baidoa
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Med shot, one of the candidates who was present during the
voting process in Baidoa
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Close up, an official from the electoral board observes the voting
process
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SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) AHMED OMAR ISLOW MP ELECTED
I am very grateful to ISWA administration and the electoral commission.
My special thanks also goes to the UN and other agencies who made the
elections possible in transporting these delegate to the polling stations.
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Wide shot, delegates wait in turn to cast their votes in the voting
hall
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Med shot, a delegate votes for her preferred candidate during
the voting process in Baidoa
CADAADO.
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Wide shot, delegates wait for their turn to cast their votes in the
voting hall in Cadaado
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Med shot, officials from the Electoral Board prepare ahead of
the start of elections
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Wide shot, delegates vote for their preferred candidates during
the voting process in Cadaado

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Close up, a delegate votes for her preferred candidate during
the voting process in Cadaado
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Wide shot, a delegate votes for his preferred candidate during
the voting process in Cadaado
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Med shot, delegates wait in turn to vote during the voting
process in Cadaado
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Close up, delegates wait in turn to vote during the voting
process in Cadaado
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Wide shot, officials from the Electoral Board tally the votes after
the voting process
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Med shot, officials from the Electoral Board tally the votes after
the voting process
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SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) Abdikarim Khalif Abdi, MP elect
I promise to deliver on my campaign pledges and work for my fellow
citizens.
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Wide shot, delegates celebrate at the end of the voting process
in Cadaado
KISMAAYO.
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Wide shot, delegates wait for their turn to cast their votes in the
voting hall
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Close up, one of the several ballot boxes used in the electoral
process in Kismaayo
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Med shot, a delegate votes for his preferred candidate during
the voting process in Kismaayo
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Wide shot, officials who were present observe the voting
exercise in Kismaayo
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Close up, an official from the Electoral Board tallies the votes
cast in Kismaayo
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Med shot, officials from the Electoral Board tally the votes at the
end of the voting process
Sixteen more MPs elected to Lower House from four states in Somalia
JOWHAR, BAIDOA, CADAADO, KISMAAYO, 22 NOVEMBER 2016 A total
of 16 members of parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of the People
in voting across the country today, bringing the number of elected lawmakers
in the lower chamber of Somalias federal parliament to 131, or nearly half the
total of 275 seats.
Voting resumed in Jowhar, the administrative capital of HirShabelle state
today, after a temporary suspension, following a shooting incident between
the bodyguards of two rival candidates on 18 November.
Five MPs were elected to the House of the People as the lower chamber of
the federal parliament is officially called -- in todays balloting, which was held
under tight security.

We are moving well and we hope to finish the process on time, HirShabelle
State-Level Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (SIEIT) spokesperson
Osman Bareey said.
Among the MPs elected was Samira Hassan Abdulle, an incumbent lawmaker
who ran for a seat reserved for only women candidates. She garnered the
votes of all 51 electoral college delegates who cast ballots for the seat.
Weve come from far and we are progressing well, she said.
HirShabelle has to date elected 14 members to the House of the People out
of an allocation of 37 seats.
Speaking in Kismaayo, Somali Police Force (SPF) Commissioner Maj. Gen.
Mohamud Sheikh Hassan Hamud confirmed that two suspects had been
arrested in connection with last Fridays shooting incident in Jowhar.
The case has to go to court for further action. We have arrested two
individuals who are currently in custody in Jowhar as investigations continue,
Gen. Mohamud stated.
On Sunday, the SPF Commissioner and the head of the National Intelligence
Security Agency (NISA) Gen. Abdullahi Gafow Mohamud visited Jowhar,
where the Special Representatives of the UN Secretary-General and the
African Union Commission Chairperson for Somalia had gone to intervene in
the conflict between the two rival candidates. The federal Attorney General
has opened an investigation into the incident.
In Baidoa, the administrative capital of South West state, seven candidates,
all of whom are incumbent MPs, were elected to the House of the People.
Delegates who voted today came from Lower Shabelle region with the
logistical assistance of the United Nations. The UN has wholeheartedly
supported us in this process, said elder Ugas Warsame Ali Suley. They
continue to support our country on so many levels so Somalia can prosper.
Among those elected was 27-year-old Ahmed Omar Islow, an incumbent MP
from the Wacdan clan who took over his fathers seat in the federal parliament
two years ago when the latter passed away.
We hope to make the new parliament a very efficient one, said Mr. Islow.
South West state has an allocation of 69 seats, the largest of any state in the
House of the People. To date, 38 seats have been filled and the SIEIT hopes
to conclude elections for the remaining seats within the next seven days.
In Galmudug state, three candidates were elected to the House of the People,
two of whom are newcomers to politics.

I promise to deliver on my campaign pledges, MP-elect Abdikarim Khalif

Abdi told journalists.
Todays balloting in the state capital of Cadaado raised the number of MPs
elected to the lower chamber from Galmudug to 21 out of an allocation of 36
seats.
One election also took place in Kismaayo, the capital of Jubbaland state, and
the seat was won by Ali Osman Hirsi, a political newcomer from the DirMandaluug clan.
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