A Kenyan has been named new mayor of Southwark, a London borough. Councillor Abdul Mohamed was announced as the new mayor on Wednesday, May 22.
Mohamed, who has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Nairobi, now becomes a people’s representative of Southwark, one of the largest authorities in the UK with a population of 283,000 and an annual turnover of £1.5 billion (Sh195 billion).
“It is an honour for me to be elected mayor,” he said. Mohamed has been active in the Labour Party for 30 years.
Now a British citizen, Mohamed was born in Eldoret town. His grandfather was a well known commercial trader in Kapsowar.
Mohammed went to the Af- rican Inland Mission Primary school in Kapsowar before at- tending Alliance High School. After UoN, he graduated from Leeds University as a mining engineer.
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Abdul Mohamed – Peckham, London
Cllr Abdul Mohamed was announced as the new Mayor of Southwark at Council Assembly ,Cllr Mohamed was Deputy Mayor last year, and replaces outgoing Mayor Cllr Althea Smith.
Councillor Abdul Mohammed
Cllr Mohamed was born in Kenya’s rift valley to Somaliland parents. His grandfather had immigrated to Kenya as a soldier with the King’s African Rifles camel corp.He is married to Caroline McDonald, an Australian, and they have one son Farah Mohamed (16) They have lived in Peckham for 25 years. Cllr Mohamed graduated from Leeds University in Yorkshire where he trained with the former National Coal Board as a mining engineer. He then left to work as a mining engineer in Africa, where he spent some time in the Copper belt in Zambia.
He has also worked in inner city regeneration since the late 80s. He has worked for several London boroughs carrying out regeneration work, including Haringey and Lambeth Council, on various large inner city estates such as Broadwater Farm and the Angel town estate.
He has been an active trade union member, being shop steward (UNISON) for his Public Service workplace. He has been one of the Faraday ward councillors since May 2002.
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