Mohamed Abdi Hashi, the ex-Vice President of Somalia’s semiautonomous state of Puntland who died in Nairobi on Sunday, has been laid to rest in Garowe.
Hashi passed away in the Kenyan capital of an undisclosed medical condition.
On Wednesday, he was laid to rest in Puntland’s administrative capital. Several regional leaders attended his funeral.
President Mohamed Abdi Ware of HirShabelle, President Ahmed Kariye Qoorqoor of Galmudug, and President Ahmed Madobe of Jubbaland were at the funeral.
They were joined by several senior officials of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), who included Abdi Hashi Abdullahi, the Speaker of the Upper House in Somali Federal Parliament.
Meanwhile, the three regional leaders are expected to join Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire on Thursday for the burial of ex-Prime Minister Hassan Farah who died in Turkey.
Farah had been in Ankara receiving treatment when he passed on. His body has been returned to Garowe where he is to be buried.
After Farah’s funeral, all the leaders would then return to Dhusamareb to continue with their talks that started late last week.