Somalia PM forms poll security teams ahead of August elections

The Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, has formed two federal and state-level electoral security teams ahead of the country’s parliamentary and presidential elections which are slated for August this year.

In the Security Plan developed by the Office of the Prime Minister, Roble drew the members mainly from the Somalia Police Force and African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom). The teams will be in charge of the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.

The first team, the National Elections Security Committee (NESC) will be headed by prime minister Roble and will be tasked with the security of Presidential elections which will happen in Mogadishu but also work closely with the state-level security committees.

A committee of Federal Member State police commanders will lead the State Election Security Working Committee (SEWC). SEWC will have members from civil society organisations, the state police force, the Darawish paramilitary unit and the Somali National Army head among others.