So­mali Par­lia­men­tar­i­ans have voted unan­i­mously to ap­prove Has­san Ali Khaire as Prime Min­is­ter of So­ma­lia on Wednes­day af­ter­noon. In to­tal, 231 MPs gave their nod of ap­proval to the Pres­i­dents first pick for PM.

In a tweet sent by the PM’s of­fice, Has­san Ali Khaire thanked law­mak­ers for their over­whelm­ing sup­port. He also vowed to tackle cor­rup­tion by pros­e­cut­ing in­di­vid­u­als in­volved, re­gard­less of their po­si­tion.

“We will tackle the cor­rup­tion and vow to pros­e­cute in­di­vid­u­als im­pli­cated re­gard­less of his/​her sta­tus. The era of im­punity is over.” He added that his gov­ern­ment will fol­low the lead of for­mer PM Ab­d­i­rizak Haji Hus­sein and will be based on “com­pe­tence and ef­fi­ciency”.

“The creed of my gov­ern­ment will be ‘com­pe­tence and ef­fi­cien­cy’ as was the motto of For­mer PM Ab­d­i­rizak Haji Hus­sein AUN”.

Hus­sein was Prime Min­is­ter of So­ma­lia from 1964 – 1967 and is re­mem­bered for his re­spon­si­ble lead­er­ship. This de­c­la­ra­tion will likely mean that PM Khaire in­tends to as­sem­ble a cab­i­net based on tal­ents and merit.