[5] Jawari was subsequently elected as chairman of the committee of specialists tasked with formulating Somalia's draft constitution,[5][8] putting to use his experience as a legal expert while working alongside UN officials.

[5] In the televised and radio-broadcast parliamentary session held on 28 August 2012 at the Gen. Kahiye Police Academy near the Mogadishu International Airport, Jawari beat four other candidates for the post,[7][9] all of whom had previously served as government ministers during the transitional period.

The hopefuls included Abdiabshir Abdullahi, Abdirashid Mohamed Hidig, Hassan Abshir Farah and Ali Khalif Galaydh,[10] a former Prime Minister in the Transitional National Government.

William Stafford Valtinson III subsequently withdrew from the race prior to the second round run-off and congratulated Jawari, who was then named the new Parliamentary Speaker.

At the parliamentary session chaired by Jawari, 15 MPs were named to the body, with former acting Speaker Ambassador Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle appointed as the commission's chairperson.

On 23 June 2014, the office of Federal Parliament Speaker Jawari hosted an event announcing the merger of the two competing administrations into a single three-region state, which is to be composed of the Bay, Bakool and Lower Shabelle provinces.

[18] In October 2014, Jawari and Minister of Culture and Higher Education Duale Adan Mohamed officially opened the first academic year of the Somali National University in Mogadishu.

Speaking at the university's inauguration ceremony, Jawari described the institution as a pillar of the national education system and noted that it produced many graduates who would go on to assume important leadership positions in the country.

[20] In March 2015, Federal Parliament Speaker Jawari met with UN Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Kay and the ambassadors of Djibouti, Sweden and Switzerland in Mogadishu.

Additionally, the representatives touched on the Federal Parliament's duties and tasks, with the diplomats urging the legislature to pass any remaining laws that will facilitate the realization of Vision 2016.

Federal Minister of National Security Abdulkadir Sheikh Dini and Chief of Army Dahir Adan Elmi also attended the gathering, which centered on integrating troops from various regions nationwide and strengthening the Somali Armed Forces to more effectively quell attacks by Al-Shabaab insurgents.