Big dreams for Senator Abdulkadir Haji on his first day in Senate

Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka (right) with Senator Abdulkadir Haji during his swearing in to the Senate at the Senate Chambers, Nairobi [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

When newly-elected Garissa Senator Haji Abdulkadir Mohamed stood to give his maiden speech in Senate yesterday, he first gave thanks to the people who cleared his way to the senate.

He called Garissa residents “a people with high aspirations and who continue to overcome great odds to play their part in nation building.”