Somalia’s Federal Parliament passes 2017 budget

MOGADISHU, Somalia- The Federal lawmakers have approved Somalia’s Federal government budget for 2017 during a parliamentary session held on Sunday, Garowe Online reports.

During the parliamentary session, the lawmakers debated the annual budget for this year drafted by the Finance Ministry, before casting votes.  

The Parliament passed the budget after 167 MPs voted in favor of it, whereas 2 rejected it. 169 lawmakers attended the session held at the Federal Parliament headquarters in the capital Mogadishu.

Subsequently, the House Speaker, Mohamed Shaikh Osman Jawari, announced the official result to pass the budget for the Somali Federal government led by the President Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed Farmajo and his Prime Minister Hasan Ali Khayre.

The new budget considered higher than the past Federal governments, due to the formation of Upper House chamber for the first time.

International partners and particularly Turkey still financially support the war-ravaged East African country, and directly support the budget of Somalia’s Federal government.

GAROWEONLINE