Somaliland's Top Judge Relieved From Post Due To Ill Health‎‎

Hargeysa, Somaliland, July 8, 2006 – The president of the Republic of Somaliland, Dahir Rayale Kahin, issued on Tuesday a decree relieving Judge Faysal Haji Jama from the post of chairman of the Supreme Court after becoming convinced the judge could not perform his judicial duties owing to ill health and having realized that the judge needed a period of full rest.

The deputy chairman of the Supreme Court, Hon Mahmud Hirsi Farah, will now act as chairman of the Supreme Court in a caretaker capacity until the president appoints someone else.

Source: Somaliland Times