Hussein Maalim Mohamed

Mohamed was born to an ethnic Somali family from the Abdulwak sub-clan of the Ogaden Darod.^[2][3] His older brother Mahamoud Mohamed was the Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces,^[1] and was responsible for successfully suppressing the 1982 coup d'état attempt against then President of Kenya Daniel arap Moi.^[4]

In 1983, Hussein became the first Somali and Kenyan Muslim to be appointed to Kenya's cabinet, when he was named Minister of State in the office of the presidency.^[1]

• Mahamoud Mohamed
• Aden Bare Duale
• Ahmed Issack Hassan