MOGADISHU-Somali Government spokesperson Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu has been cleared to contend for a Lower House seat in Beledweyne town servti be take place in the town in the coming days.
Moalimu who was injured in a car bombing in Mogadishu on January had arrived in the country from Istanbul Turkey where he went for specialized treatment from wounds he got from a suicide bombing that targeted his car was given his certificate of candidacy by Hirshabelle State Electoral poll alongside 11 other candidates.
Moalimuu is a maestro journalist who previously worked with BBC Somali and also served as Secretary General of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) before he was named as the Somali Government Spokesperson last year.
He survived multiple bombings and attacks in Mogadishu in recent years and was maimed by suicide bombing that targeted him in the capital Mogadishu along Makkah Al Mukarama road on January 16.
Moalimuu was taken to Turkey for further specialized medication and has been in Istanbul admitted to a hospital in the last 39 days.