In April 2015, Omer met in Nairobi with Foreign Minister of Kenya Amina Mohamed to discuss Somali business interests in the country. The officials touched on the license suspension of 13 Somali-owned remittance firms earlier in the month, which the Kenyan government had imposed in the wake of the Garissa University College attack. According to Omer, he pointed out that the suspended money transfer companies were run by taxpaying citizens of Kenya, so the governmental decree would most immediately impact the local Somali community. He also noted that the firms provided remittance services to individuals from several different nations. Additionally, Omer indicated that he and Mohamed agreed on these points, with Mohamed pledging that the authorities in Kenya would reconsider their decision.