With her husband Junet Mohamed consumed by presidential campaigns and missing out on his own campaigns for his reelection in Suna East Constituency, Dekah Jamaa knew her role was cut out.
Junet's opponents had turned his absence from the local scene into a campaign tool and were keen to discredit his development scorecard. Some had even christened him an absentee MP.
And with the die cast, his opponents were optimistic about mounting a successful campaign against him.