Somalilandsun : The Opposition Wadani party is now officially in control of three major local councils in Somaliland.
A day after the UCID -Wadani opposition parties alliance Crowned Councillor Ismail Haji Nuur Mayor of Erigavo, focus turned to the West.
In Hargeisa where the just elected councillors held their first session, Cllr Abdikarim Ahned Mooge was elected Mayor
At the same time the opposition Wadani party also took control of the Borame local council after Councillor Mohamed Ahmed Warsame ‘Baradhe’ was elected Mayor.
At the city Municipality Mayor Abdikarim shall have Councillor Khadar Ahmed Nur as deputy Mayor.
His Borame counterpart Mayor Baradhe shall be deputized by Councillor Yassin Daheeye Adan.
Apart from Erigavo where Mayor Ismail Haji Nuur is serving a third term, it was the first time for any opposition party to take control of both the Hargeisa and Borame local councils in the recent past
With elections 2021 results favouring the position parties with a combined majority in both parliament and 95% of local councils , the two UCID and Wadani entered into an Alliance .
This alliance seems to have kicked back from the embarrassing fiasco in Berbera where ruling Kulmiye party won the Mayorship inspite of the opposition’s majority
NEC Results now validated by the supreme court had the 82 parliamentary seats won as per the image below.
In the local councils the seats were won as per the below
