Kismayo-(Puntland Mirror) Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud arrived in Kismayo on Monday morning.
Mohamoud and his delegation were given a warm welcome by Jubbaland administration’s President Ahmed Mohamed Islam and other officials at Kismayo airport.
It is not clear why the ongoing president visited to Kismayo, but is thought to be linked to the presidential campaign.
Kismayo has become focus for presidential race. Last week Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmake arrived in Kismayo to meet the members representing Jubbaland administration in the upcoming lower house and upper house of the Somali federal parliament.
The incumbent President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud is standing for election.