HARGEISA– The Head of State His Excellency Musa Bihi Abdi on Wednesday passed the annual national budget with a presidential decree # JSL/XM/WM/222-294/012019
The house of Somaliland national assembly approved the budget where certain members of Somaliland parliament held a heated debate where the MP’s have opposed taxes imposed by certain ministries to institutions in Somaliland. The president made consideration to article 90 and 75 of country’s national constitution and the decision of Somaliland’s house of parliament in which they passed the budget with an overwhelming majority.
The Somaliland budget is mostly spent on maintaining law and order in the country.
The passed budget is estimated to be around 2,334 320, 463,251 Somaliland Shillings.