Somalia's President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and parliament speaker Sheikh Adan Madobe jetted back into war-torn Somalia from Nairobi Kenya with no headways made to solve dispute between them, Radio Garowe reports.

While in Nairobi, Somalia Ahmed on Friday night held talks with representative from the region and international community in an effort to solve the misunderstanding between him and the speaker, which now seems to further weaken his embattled fragile administration.

However, division between the two Somali leaders is said to have widen even after failing to pressure the international community in solving their crisis.

According to reliable sources, the root cause of dispute is said to be evolving around a decision by some pro-Sheikh Madobe to table a motion of impeachment against Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.

On the other side, president Sharif and PM Sharmarke want to oust Sheikh Madobe and replace him with former speaker, Sharif Hassan, who is a finance Minister and also deputy PM

After the failed talks, the two sides tried to take separate flights to Mogadishu but their efforts were thwarted by Kenyan government, which ordered all of them to board one plane.

A reliable source, who took the flight to Mogadishu with the squabbling leaders, said the officials onboard the plane included 70 lawmakers, speaker Sheikh Adan, president Sharif and his right hand man Sharif Hassan. The source added that the officials did not speak to each other in the flight.

Some pro-Sharif lawmakers have been voicing their opposition to the speaker, calling for his resignation. However, Speaker Madobe termed the call as ‘unnecessary step at the moment’. The speaker’s backers maintain that Madobe has the constitutional mandate.

The stage is now set for Sunday’s opening of the parliament sittings in Mogadishu, where both sides is to garner support for their positions. 

Ahmed’s western-backed weak transition government, which took power through a power-sharing deal in Djibouti early last year, is faced with powerful insurgents coupled with internal squabbling that has made its work impossible.

GAROWE ONLINE