Somaliland House of Representatives approves 2008 Budget

May 30, 2008

Hargeisa(Qarannews)- The honourable members of the Somaliland House of Representatives have voted to approve the 2008 budget put before them by the Somaliland Ministry of Finance.

In today's session chaired by the Speaker of the House, Mudane Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi and attended by 57 members of the 82 seat house including the Speaker. 54 members voted to approve the budget whilst 2 members voted against the motion. The Speaker of the House did not cast a vote.

The 2008 Budget approved today by the Somaliland House of Representatives is the largest to date, estimated at 51 million dollars ($51,000,000) an increase of 27% from 2007.

In other business at today's session members of the House of Representatives also voted on two motions concerning the recent appointments of two new ministers, the Minister of Rural Development, Mudane Mohamed Hagar Dirir and the Minister of State for Education, Mudane Mohamed Garad Mohamed.

Both new appointments received approval from the members of the House.

The honourable members of the Somaliland House of Representative have as a result of this today's votes completed the sixth session of the House.

The 2008 budget has been welcomed by the all the government, regional and district workers along with the indepedent agencies and all of Somaliland instiutions of higher learning, who are expected to gain from the budget.

Source Qarannews