Ugass Bukura Somo 1898-2014
Inaa Lilaahi wa inaa Ilaahi raajicuun! ALAHA AH U NAXARIISTO Ugass Bukura Somo! Dhamaan Garre Community of Seattle, Garre Community of California iyo Gharri Community Atlanta, waxaan halkaan tacsi uga gudbinayaan dhamaan qoyska reer Bukura …Somo oo joogaan Seattle, WA, USA, London, UK, Kenya iyo Ethiopia, geeridii ee ku timid Ugass Bukura Somo Maanta November 13, 2014. Ugass Bukura Somo wax oo loo soo Aahan Jiirey Odayaasha uu hoggaminayey Besha Garre, UU KU GEERYOODEY isago Joogaa Magalada Nairobi, Dalka Keyan. Waxaan leeynahay dadkii uu ka geeryoodeyna samir iyo iimaan alla haka siiyo. Amin, amin.
Ugass Bukura Somo was born in Ethiopia in about 1898. He was a well-respected Gharri leader and worked with Sultan haji Hassan Gababa, Sultan Robow Haji Hassan and Sultan Mohamed Haji Hassan Gababa. In 1964 he took a newly crowned Sultan Mohamed Haji Hassan under his wing after the death of Sultan Robow Haji Hassan, and was the leading Gharri elders during the most difficult time in the Gharri history. He was exiled to Kenya in 1976, where he remained ever since. He died on November 13, 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya. He was one of the most famous Gharri leaders of the 21st Century. He outlived all the Gharri leaders of his generation and he was born in 1898 and he was 116 years old at the time of his death.
Sources. Ugass Bukura Somo’s death was confirmed by his children including Shakay Bukura Somo, from Washington State, USA. The rest of information is my own. I knew him personally because he and my late father were dear friends and we lived in Wachile, Ethiopia before he moved to Moyale. Regarding his age, the information was also provided by the two children of Ugass Bukura Somo.
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