STORY: Women candidates triumph

on the seventh day of voting as

balloting enters last leg in South
West state
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DATELINE: 24/11/2016, BAIDOA, SOMALIA
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Wide shot, Police officer checking delegates

Med shot, Female Delegates charting before voting
Med shot, SIEIT staff are checking list of the delegate
Med shot , Candidate of lower house
Wide shot, women delegate are waiting for voting
Med shot, Female delegate voting
SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) AMINA SHEIKH OSMAN, MP
ELECT
I would like to thank my clan for the choice they made
today. This is the first time a female has represented
them. It was a fair and a transparent process. My
equally immense gratitude goes to the international
community, the federal government and ISWA for their
strong push in ensuring the 30 per cent quota for
women is achieved,
8. Close up, member of SIEIT giving a ballot to a delegate
9. Med shot, a female delegate voting
10. Tilt down, UN observers
11. Med shot, a delegate taking a ballot paper
12. Med shot, women voting
13. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) AMBASSADOR SALAD ALI
ATOSH, MEMBER OF FIEIT
Electoral processes are progressing well; we have so
far elected 49 MPs. The great news is the four female
MPs who got elected today; this has given us renewed
drive in ensuring the set quota is accomplished

14. Med shot, a male delegate voting

15. Med shot, delegates voting
16. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) SAFIA HASSAN NOOR, MP
ELECT
Im very happy to have been elected today as e
member of parliament. I hope to use my position to
contribute to development of my community,.
STORY
Women candidates triumph on the seventh day of
voting as balloting enters last leg in South West
state
BAIDOA, 25 November 2016 - Four women were yesterday
elected to the House of the People, in the seventh day of
elections held in Baidoa, the administrative capital of
South West state.
Yesterdays election brings to nine, the number of women
MPs-elect from South West state in the Lower House of the
federal parliament.
Among the female MPs-elect is a newcomer in politics, 27year old Safia Hassan Noor, from Jiido clan. She scored 46
votes against her opponent Maryan Mohamed Adan.
Im very happy to have been elected today as a member
of parliament. I hope to use my position to contribute to
development of my community, MP-elect Safia said,
shortly after being declared the winning candidate.
Another MP-elect, Amina Sheikh Osman defeated 2 male
opponents and a female contestant to clinch the seat,
after getting 39 votes. Her closest opponent Mustaf
Ahmed Lidow got only 9 votes.
An elated Amina said it was the first time in 20 years that
her clan had voted a woman as Member of Parliament.
I would like to thank my clan for the choice they made
today, Amina said.
Another female MP-elect Amina Hassan Ali got 49 votes,
defeating her sole male opponent. Another woman MPelect who triumphed at the ballot is Nadiifo Adan Isak, who
got 48 votes, defeating her sole opponent Halima Hassan
Mohamed.

Ambassador Salad Ali Atosh, a member of Federal Indirect

Electoral Implementation Team (FIEIT), described todays
elections of four women as a political game-changer.
The great news is the four female MPs who got elected
today; this has given us a renewed drive in ensuring the
set quota is accomplished, Ambassador Salad Ali said.
Our teams (SIEIT, FIEIT and IERDM) are working tirelessly
and late into the night to make sure we are on track in
terms of our delivery.
He commended South West state for working long hours
to manage the heavy workload, which includes registering
delegates from as afar as Lower Shabelle region.
South West state has to date filled 49 seats out of an
allocation of 69 seats in the Lower House of the federal
parliament. The SIEIT hopes that the remaining 20 seats
will be filled within the next one week.
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