Arte hails from the Sa'ad Musa sub-division of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan.

[5] In May 2015, Deputy Prime Minister Arte chaired a Federal Cabinet meeting, his first since being lightly wounded during an Al-Shabaab attack on the Central Hotel in Mogadishu in February of the year.

The bill had earlier been approved by the federal ministers, but was subsequently repealed by lawmakers who called for amendments to the legislation.

It is part of the government's broader strategy against Al-Shabaab and other anti-peace elements.

The law aims to strengthen national security by more effectively countering radicalization and rooting out extremism.