Somalia president dissolves Judicial, ant corruption commissions

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has disbanded the country’s Judicial Service Commission and anti-corruption commission.

In a decree, the president instructed the cabinet to form the commissions afresh.

The Judicial Service Commission is a body that oversees the operations of the judiciary and recruits judges.

The commission was appointed two years ago, amid an uproar by opposition parties, who argued that the caretaker government lacked the mandate to approve members of the body.