Record number of Muslims MPs in tenth Parliament -
03-12-2008, 06:16 PM
Record number of muslims mps in tenth parliament the tenth parliament has earned the distinction of having the highest number of muslim members of parliament in the history of the august house. Five muslim legislators were among the 12 nominated mps who along with the 28 elected muslim mps saw the number dramatically rising to 33 from the 26 mps in the ninth parliament. The raila odinga-led orange democratic movement (odm) took the lion share of the seats with six positions two of which went to muslim nominees, sheikh muhammad dor muhammad, the secretary general of the council of imams and preachers of kenya (cipk) who is also the imam of mbaruk masjid in mombasa and safia abdi noor the executive director of womankind kenya, a garissa-based non-governmental organisation. Odm-kenya on its part secured two seats, both of which went to muslim nominees muhammad affey the former kenyan ambassador to somalia and lamu politician shakila abdallah. Amina abdallah who served in the ninth parliament as a nominated kanu mp was this time again nominated for the party’s sole seat for another stint in the august house. The political place of muslims also went a notch higher after the tenth parliament elected lagdera mp farah maalim, was elected as the deputy speaker. He is the first muslim to garner the second most important seat in the legislative assembly in the history of the nation. This is the list of the elected muslim mps ramadhan seif kajembe (changamwe), ali hassan joho (kisauni), najib balala (mvita), godhana dhado gadhae (galole), abdi nassir nuh (bura), abu chiaba muhammad (lamu east), fahim twaha (lamu west), naomi namsi shaban (taveta), adan bare duale (dujis), farah maalim (lagdera), adan sugow (fafi), yusuf haji (ijara), masoud mwalimu mwahima (likoni) chirau ali mwakwere (matuga) and omar mbwana zonga (mwasambweni). Others are adan keynan (wajir west), muhammad ibrahim elmi (wajir east), abdirahman ali hassan (wajir east), mahmoud maalim muhammad (wajir west), abdikadir muhammad hussein (mandera central), muhammad hussein ali (mandera east), ali muhammad mahmoud (moyale), hussein sasura (saku), muhammad abdi kuti (isiolo north) and abdul bahari ali (isiolo south), yusuf kifuma chanzu (vihiga) and shabbir ahmed shakeel (kisumu town east). The seat for the wajir north constituency remains vacant awaiting a rerun after the top two contestants odm’s muhammad gabbow and dr ali hussein of kanu tied with similar margins. The state opening of the parliament was conducted yesterday at a historical event which brought together odm and pnu in a historical grand coalition.
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