Soumah was a prominent figure in the ruling Party of Unity and Progress and was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Guinea.
[1] Following the 2003 Guinean presidential election, Soumah was appointed the Minister of Youth and Sports.
[2] Soumah was indicted in December 2006 for complicity, while Deputy Governor of the Bank, in the withdrawal of $22 million by Mamadou Sylla.
[3] Along with Sylla, he was released by the personal intervention of President Lansana Conté.
This became a major complaint leading to the 2007 Guinean general strike.