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    Somalia:MPs sign move to table motion of no confidence against Minister of Security

    More than 35 Somali Parliaments are preparing a motion to sack Minister of Internal Security Abdirisak Omar Mohamed over allegedly power abuse. Waagacusub Media Reports.

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More than 35 Somali Parliaments are preparing a motion to sack Minister of Internal Security Abdirisak Omar Mohamed over allegedly power abuse. Waagacusub Media Reports.

Minister Mohamed fired one of the most loved manager, Koshin Abdi Hashi Abdullahi, who runs the UK sponsored national program which its job is rehabilitation program. 

Mr. Abdullahi's program provides consistent rehabilitation services for all young men who defect from al-Shabaab. 

According to MP Goodah Barre, the manager was fired because of his contacts with individuals that criticize the president's national Policy.

The post was replaced a nephew of the President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud. 

Minister Mohamed was called and questioned about his decision by the Somali Parliaments. 

MPs that signed the impeachment motion said the Minister's decision to fire the manager was politicized since the manager's father who himself is a member of the Somali Parliament is among most vocal critics the president's policy.

The MPs called the decision an insult to the national constitution in terms of the individual rights defined in it. 

The MPs threaten no confidence vote against the Minister of Security.

Meanwhile, all walks of life and MPs suggest sharing the political power South and North as usual.

MP Abdi Hashi Abdullahi, previously worked as the head of the national theater is an expertise and well respected politician who is strong opposing the President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud's national Policy. 

An interview conducted by the Somali Media, he spoke out against the foreign occupation which resulted the arrest of Somali reporters including London-based Universal TV reporter Awil Dahir Salad in Mogadishu and its office's shut down.

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