Is Senator Yusuf Hajji a Political Ally of Governor Nathif Jama?

Yusuf Hajji is the elected member for Garissa county who sits in Kenya’s reintroduced senate wing of the national parliament. He, according to Article 96(1) of the constitution of Kenya ‘serves to protect the interest of the counties and their governments’. More specifically, Senator Yusuf Hajji must do this by participating ‘in the law-making function of the parliament be considering, debating and approving Bills concerning counties’. (Article 96(2) of the Constitution) However, is this politically possible to do so for Senator Hajji?
Senator Yusuf Hajji, who was witnessed in Aga Khan Hospital last week after contracting a slight illness, publicly supported Ali Bunow Korane, the current governor’s competitor for the gubernatorial seat during the campaigns of the March 4th elections. It was widely acknowledged by many of the Garissans that the support of Mr. Korane by the former defence minister for the gubernatorial was a broader plan to bring into effect  the Talamuuge alliance – a historic alliance between the Samawadhal family (of which Yusuf Hajji, by being politically powerful, is the de facto leader) and the Abduwaq family which Ali Bunow Korane hails from.

However, the victory of Nathif J. Adam as first governor of Garissa, quashed any possibility for the talamuuge alliance to come into affect, since the governor is not from either the Abdullah nor Abduwaq family. Governor Nathif has in numerous occasions stated the he will work with the senator despite their political differences.
In fact, some of our sources have told Garissa Reporter, that a private forum was organised on Monday last where the governor and the senator sorted out their political discrepancies by setting them aside and focusing on building this county of ours.