Working as a journalist in the Comoros, Réunion, Djibouti, and France, Kemal was one of the first Africans to present news on a French television channel.
Following the coup d'état of President Djohar, the Comorian Army seized power and asked Kemal and Taki to act as executive leaders of the country.
Following a separatist crisis in Anjouan in 1997, Kemal called for national unity and respect for territorial integrity, condemning the military landing on the island by President Taki.
However, Kemal, with his party, Shuma, denounced President Dhoinine's authoritarian and business-like abuses of power, particularly his tendencies of nepotism.
Withdrawn from political life, Said Ali Kemal died on 13 September 2020 in Moroni and was buried next to his father in Iconi the same day.