Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed

Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed (born 1971) is a former Kenyan politician. As a member of Safina, Mohamed was elected to represent the Mandera Central Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election, defeating the incumbent Billow Kerrow.[1] He is the chairman of the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee in parliament.[2]

Abdiikadir was born in 1971 in Mandera District. He attended Alliance High School and the University of Nairobi.[3]

He holds a master's degree in law from Harvard Law School[3] and was the chairman of the parliamentary committee on constitutional affairs that saw the draft of the new Kenyan constitution.[4]

Abdikadir is a Muslim. He and his wife are the parents of four children.His third being his favourite.

Abdikadir was awarded the German Africa Prize in 2011.[5] He is formerly Senior Advisor to the president of the republic of Kenya

References
  1. "Abdikadir could do an Obama in Kenya". archive.is. 2013-02-09. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  2. Members Of The 10th Parliament Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  3. "Mandera Youth for Justice and Good Governance (MAYOJAG)". Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  4. bio from Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University Archived September 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Deutscher Afrika-Preis an Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed". www.deginvest.de (in German). 21 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2017.


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