Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed

Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed (born 1971) is a Kenyan politician. A member of Safina, Mohamed was elected to represent the Mandera Central Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007, defeating the incumbent Billow Kerrow.[1] He is the chairman of the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee in parliament.[2]

Abdiikadir was born in 1971 in Mandera District. He attended Alliance High School and the University of Nairobi.[3]

He holds masters in law from Harvard Law School[4] and was the chairman of the parliamentary committee on constitutional affairs that saw the draft of new constitution.[5]

Abdikadir is a Muslim. He and his wife are the parents of three children.

Abdikadir was awarded the German Africa Prize in 2010.[6] he is currently Senior Advisor to the president of the republic of Kenya

References

  1. ↑ Wardheer News article on Abdikadir
  2. ↑ Members Of The 10th Parliament. Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  3. ↑ Kenyan Chronicles article on Mohamed
  4. ↑ Kenyan Chronicles article on Mohamed
  5. ↑ bio from Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University
  6. ↑ statement on Abdikadir winning the prize


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