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30 elected Mandera leaders vow to defy elders

Elected leaders from Mandera hold hands in solidarity in defiance of a council of elders' decree that they should not defend their seats come August. They are from left Mandera East MP Abdiaziz Ali Farah, Governor Ali Roba and MPs Mohamud Mohamed (Mandera West), Shaaban Ali Issack (Lafey), Adan Mohmed Noor (Mandera North) and Mohamed Haji Abdi (Banisa). [PHOTO: ALLAN MUNGAI/STANDARD]

Some 30 elected leaders who were last year ordered not to defend their seats have vowed to defy the directive.

In the intra-clan power-sharing deal announced by Garre elders in August last year, almost all elected leaders in the county were told not to contest any seats in the August 8 elections.

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