President Uhuru Kenyatta with Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, during the inauguration ceremony in Mogadishu, Somalia on February 22, 2017. [Courtesy]
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo goes into this year’s election knowing that the country has a history of not having re-elected an incumbent since some semblance of democracy was restored with the election of Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (2004-2008).