{"id":451680,"date":"2025-11-15T11:18:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=451680"},"modified":"2025-11-15T11:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:18:35","slug":"banadir-residents-begin-collecting-voter-cards-ahead-of-local-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/banadir-residents-begin-collecting-voter-cards-ahead-of-local-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Banadir Residents Begin Collecting Voter Cards Ahead of Local Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu (SONNA) \u2013 Residents of Banadir region warmly welcomed the opportunity to collect their voter cards for the first time, ahead of the upcoming local council elections in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The government reporters visiting the registration centers spoke with citizens about their experience. Osman Goodax Barre, 55, said, \u201cI am a Somali citizen, and this morning I came to collect my voter card to make my voice heard.\u201d Safiya Shire Dahir added, \u201cI came to get my card so I could exercise my right to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saalax Mohamed, Chair of the Shibis District Disability Association, expressed his joy, saying, \u201cWe, as people with special needs, are happy to finally cast our votes.\u201d Elder Maxamuud Xaaji Goobe also commented, \u201cAt my age, I came out this morning to get my voter card.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Safiya Mohamed Ali, Chairwoman of Shibis District Women\u2019s Affairs, called on women to collect their cards and use their votes, saying, \u201cThe era of denying women their quota is over\u2014sisters, let your vote be your voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the voter card distribution began in a calm and orderly manner, with Somali citizens actively participating to ensure they can elect their political representatives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-451682\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0929-1024x569.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0929-1024x569.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0929-300x167.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0929-768x427.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0929-860x478.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0929.jpeg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-451683\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0930-1024x568.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0930-1024x568.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0930-300x166.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0930-768x426.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0930-860x477.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0930.jpeg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-451684\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0931-1024x565.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0931-1024x565.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0931-300x165.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0931-768x424.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0931-860x474.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0931.jpeg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-451685\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0928-1024x561.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0928-1024x561.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0928-300x164.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0928-768x420.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0928-860x471.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0928.jpeg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu (SONNA) \u2013 Residents of Banadir region warmly welcomed the opportunity to collect their voter cards for the first time, ahead of the upcoming local council elections in the capital. The government reporters visiting the registration centers spoke with citizens about their experience. Osman Goodax Barre, 55, said, \u201cI am a Somali citizen, and this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":451682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-451680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451686,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451680\/revisions\/451686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}