Isiolo elders, leaders unite to back late MP Tubi's child as successor

Attendees at the meeting endorsing a Tubi family member for the Isiolo South seat at the late MP’s Isiolo home on November 15, 2025. [Ali Abdi, Standard]

A section of Isiolo communities, led by elders, wants one of the children of the late Isiolo South MP Mohamed Tubi to contest the seat.

The groups, comprising elders from the dominant Borana clans, members of the Borana Council of Elders (BCE), professionals and women representatives, made the declaration on Saturday after the end of the traditional mourning period for the MP, who died last Wednesday at a Nairobi hospital after a long illness.