More than 30 members of Somalia's parliament arrived in the capital on Sunday to stake their support for Mogadishu as the seat of power amid a deep split over where the fledgling government should be based. Under pressure from foreign governments and donors, the interim Somali government plans to leave Kenya, where it was formed in December after two years of stop-start peace talks, and return to lawless Somalia. MPs aligned to President Abdullahi Yusuf have said they want to temporarily relocate to the relatively calmer cities of Baidoa and Jowhar, until security is established in anarchic Mogadishu. Others insist the government should return to Mogadishu, Somalia's single most dangerous place, which the transitional constitution stipulates must serve as the capital. The members of parliament who landed on Sunday included former Mogadishu warlords Mohamed Qanyare Afrah, minister for national security and Muse Sudi Yalahow, minister for commerce. However, Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi told local media the MPs were returning for personal reasons, saying the government had yet to decide where it would relocate to. "These are MPs who have no right to intervene in the activity of the cabinet," Gedi said . --More 2211 Local Time 1911 GMT
