Sources said the two leaders were in Nairobi to mobilize support to convince Sharrif to accept the decision to ratify a new constitution that is the main bone of contention in the latest difference between the two.

The Somali Prime Minister hosted Somali MPs in dinner at the Hilton hotel in Nairobi where it said he dished out dollars to suit the MPs who hold the power to see him cling to his position.

Reports indicate that the Somali President Sharrif Ahmed also sent a contingent of his political aides to equally marshal support for the vote of no confidence bill on Sharmarkes government.

The Somali Prime Minister Sharmarke left Nairobi for Mogadishu after the Deputy Prime Minister and former Speaker, Sheik Adan Madoobe announced that he will table a motion of no confidence against Sharmarke’s cabinet. He later called for parliament to resolve the impasse.

“There is no outcome and the conflict will be resolved in Mogadishu, the Prime Minster left this morning heading to Mogadishu,” said Mohamed Ali (Edsan), Consular General of the Somali Embassy said in an interview with AfricaNews.

Diplomatic Secretary and Director for Political Affairs at the Kenya foreign affairs Ambassador Patrick Wamoto said “as a country we are not aware of the difference all we are working now with the help of our International partners is to put Somalia as a top priority in the UN general assembly,”.

According to a Somali politician who spoke to the Star on condition of anonymity the latest debacle facing the weak government is mainly based on political difference between the top brass of Somali transitional government.

The Source said the Somali Prime Minister is if for the idea that draft constitution be passed which could see elections that will eventually weed out President Sharriff. The president is pushing for the postponement of the enactment of the draft constitution to see the extension of the Transitional Federal government charter for another three years.

In joint statement issued in Nairobi, the United Nations and it partners, called on the Somali leadership to bury their difference and maintain a united front.

The UN warned that fractures in the Somali leadership could be damaging to a country long ravaged by war, misrule and humanitarian suffering.

Augustine Mahiga, the Special Representative of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Boubacar Diarra, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia; and Kipruto Arap Kirwa, Somalia Facilitator for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), issued their joint statement following a meeting with Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed in Mogadishu last week.

“Many members of the international community have worked tirelessly to support the current administration and we know they join us in calling for the leadership of the TFIs to remain cohesive and focused on security and transitional tasks at such a critical time,” they said.

Somalia’s transition phase ends next August, giving the current Government less than a year to wrap up its remaining priority tasks.

“The end of the transition period will give Somalis the opportunity to determine a new political dispensation, but there is much work to be done before then,” the envoys said. “There is no time to waste.”

Those who stand to gain the most from the current divisions are the extremists trying to take control of Somalia, they stressed, underlining the need for internal cohesion to foster peace and stability. The country has not had a functioning national government since 1991.

Somali troops and peacekeepers serving with the AU’s peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) risk their lives daily to protect the TFIs and “to defend the integrity of the peace process,” the statement said.

“The leaders and politicians need to demonstrate their unity of purpose to show they are working together to restore peace to Somalia.”

This is the second attempt by President Shariff to kick out Premier Sharmarke, earlier this a similar attempt failed after the Somali parliament rejected Shariff’s proposal.

The Prime Minster and the entire transitional federal government has been criticized for failing to deliver service and losing territories by Islamist militia.

The past month has been very difficult for the Somali government as insurgent group; Al Shabaab has launched an offensive that coincided with the holy month of Ramadhan. Heavy fighting between government forces backed by AMISOM troops and militias of the Radical Islamist group has claimed more than 200 people in the Somali capital Mogadishu.