By HAN News Desk
MOGADISHU — The Acting Speaker of Somalia’s House of the People, who also serves as the Second Deputy Speaker of the Federal Parliament, Abdullahi Omar Abshirow, has issued an official directive suspending 19 lawmakers from attending parliamentary sessions.
The decision follows accusations that the lawmakers were involved in disorder and obstruction during a joint sitting of the two chambers of the Federal Parliament held on Feb. 2, 2026.
According to the directive, the incident violated the internal rules of parliament and posed a threat to the safety and dignity of members.
The suspended lawmakers are barred from attending 12 sessions, including both joint sittings of the Upper and Lower Houses and regular sessions of the House of the People, starting from Feb. 7, 2026.
Those suspended are:
• Abdirashid Mohamed Hidig
• Mohamed Jaamac Mursal (Geele)
• Abbas Ali Ibrahim
• Ali Mahdi Mohamed (Qalato)
• Nasra Mahdi Arale
• Ali Haji Dahir Saleban
• Abdirashid Jire Khalinle
• Mariam Aweis Jama
• Faduma Farah Adan (Faduma Nine)
• Said Ali Muse
• Ifrah Mohamed Awed
• Faisal Ahmed Mohamud
• Yusuf Mohamed Ismail (Barakaale)
• Ahmed Osman Ibrahim (Daqare)
• Yusuf Hussein Ahmed (Gama’diid)
• Daud Abdikarim Sh Omar
• Khadra Ahmed Mohamud
• Hassan Hurre Ugas
• Mohamed Abdirahman Nadif
No immediate comment was available from the suspended lawmakers.
