Fahad Yasin (Alias - Fahad Dahir Ahmed) the mastermind behind Farmaajo SFG is an wanted Kenyan citizen and under investigation by the Kenyan Authority

[Dalmar1]

 

 

 

Fahad Dahir Ahmed (pictured above) also known as Fahad Yasin in Somalia was appointed the Deputy Director of National Intelligence Security Agency (NISA), last week, igniting heated debate.

Kenyan authorities are investigating reports that a security chief in the Somali government holds Kenyan citizenship.

New position


He has been using the passport to travel in and out of Kenya.

He was in Nairobi when President Abdullahi announced the shake-up in the security forces in which he was appointed to the new position.

Yesterday, Immigration Principal Secretary Gordon Kihalangwa and Alexander Muteshi, Director of Immigration Services, confirmed they were aware of the matter, and that investigations had been launched.

“The issue was brought to our attention last week and we are handling it,” said Major-General (rtd) Kihalangwa, who previously served as Director of Immigration Services.

Mr Ahmed, who until last week was the Chief of Staff for Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi ‘Farmajo’, holds a Kenyan identity card and passport.

The powerful and controversial right hand man of the president, who played a critical role in his election last year, has been travelling using Kenyan documents.
 

 
His Kenyan passport. [Courtesy]


According to documents seen by The Standard, Ahmed was issued a Kenyan passport (number C024542) on September 6, 2013.
He got the identity card (number 22847167) in November 26, 2001.

The PS explained that it would be important to find out the truth.


“You cannot be a Kenyan and land a sensitive job like that in another country. Another matter of concern is whether as a dual citizen, you are allowed to hold such a serious position in another country,” he said.

Dual citizenship


Mr Muteshi explained that his department would scrutinise Ahmed’s documents to establish how he acquired them.
He, however, pointed out that most Somalis hold dual citizenship.

“Since he is a senior government official, we will handle the matter diplomatically with Somalia. In the investigations, we will seek to establish if he had lived in Kenya for at least for seven years to qualify for ID and passport,” explained Muteshi.

Ahmed has been the subject of sharp debate in a section of the Somali media, since he is also in possession of documents showing he is a Somali national.
 

 
His Somalia identification. [Courtesy]




Muqdishu online, a news website, reported that the former Aljazeera reporter, turned political wheeler-dealer, recently bought a house in an upmarket estate in Nairobi.

President Abdullahi heaped praise on Ahmed when he named him the Chief of Staff at Villa Somalia (State House) in June last year.

“I have appointed Fahad Yassin as the General Director of State House. He is a youth, has the capability and can accomplish well his national job assigned to him. I supplicate to Allah to make easy for him this huge responsibility,” he said in a statement to the media.

 

 

 

[Dahireeto]

The guy is fraud. He is the one who tells Farmaajo what to say, what to do and how to do it. Waa dangerous guy.

[Che -Guevara]

11 minutes ago, Dahireeto said:

The guy is fraud. He is the one who tells Farmaajo what to say, what to do and how to do it.

How do you know that?

[Dhagax-Tuur]

Exactly, how do you know that? 

What's fraudulent about having a foreign passport? The president carries one. The only difference here is how he obtained it. This is clearly a malicious story. Some scorned a**hole approached Kenyan paper to concoct a no story.  We have fled Somalia as refugees and anyone of us would what he did given that Somali passports were useless. 

 

I say put this non-story to bed. 

[galbeedi]

As Dahireto said he might have a lot of powers as the chief of of staff of the president.

Yet I have a different take on Fahad Yasin , Farah Cabdulqadir and others on the Somali power structure.

Fahad Yasin like his predecessor Farah Abduqadir earned this post with his skil , ability and education. They are not appointed to these powerful positions through clan affliliation or nepotism.  They earned through personal achievements. 

In fact, he Sheikh community has been always a well educated, hard working community that reached an excellent achievements in business, education and social and communal harmony. They are pioneers of religious education and spreading Islam throughout the Horn of Africa. They easily join and became integral parts of the communities they settled with.

A lot of people from Mogadishu and other places are shocked that an unarmed community could achieve this top positions of power without belonging the trouble makers who are crying for power daily in the social media and other platforms..

Weak leaders who couldn’t achieve their goals and their tribal entourage blame always the chief of staff who happen to be the wrong tribe. The chief of staff serves on the pleasure of the elected leader. During the regime of Hassan Sheikh , the HAG community  blamed Farah Abduqadir,on any issues of public policy., and now the the  D block under Farmaajo are saying that things are bad because of Fahad Yasin.

these men , Fahad and company had rejected the Somali hiring practices of 4.5 and reached high places without clan affiliation and this is the opposite of the Mogadishu norm.i take my hats off to these men who are self made unlike many who are appointed through the clan system. You know what, Next time these men should run to the highest office rather help these weak leaders.

Besides, since when the Kikuyo passport became important. Anyone with cash can buy their identity card and get their passports.