# Ministry of Public Works, Reconstruction and Housing of Somalia: what it does > What Somalia's federal public works ministry does: roads, public buildings, building permits, housing policy and urban projects; who leads it; its budget 2025 to 2027; and what it reports doing in 2026. Source page: https://calankii.com/en/institutions/ministry-of-public-works/ Last checked: 2026-11-12 Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com) ## What it does The ministry is the federal body for public building works, roads and housing. Its work, as reported: - **Roads:** it runs federal road projects, such as the 22-kilometre Beledweyne to Kalabeyr road, for which it sought supervision consultants in 2026 ([MoPWRH, April 2026](https://mpwr.gov.so/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/reoi_consultancy_supervision_beledweyne_kalabeyr_road_22km_-april_2026_clean.pdf)), and road works in Dhusamareb that began in February 2026 ([MoPWRH, 25 February 2026](https://mpwr.gov.so/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Somalia-Launches-Construction-of-Dhusamareb-25-02-2026.pdf)). - **Building permits:** in July 2026 it tendered for a National Electronic Building Permit Management System, to digitise building permits across Somalia ([MoPWRH](https://mpwr.gov.so/2026/07/15/design-development-deployment-and-commissioning-of-the-national-electronic-building-permit-management-system-ebpms/)). - **Housing policy:** it finalised a National Housing Policy in May 2026, to guide urban development and building standards, for the cabinet to approve ([Dawan Africa](https://www.dawan.africa/news/somalia-finalizes-national-housing-policy-to-guide-urban-development)). - **Construction industry:** the **Somali Construction Development Agency** sits under it with its own budget line since 2026 ([Appropriation Act for 2027, as submitted](https://mof.gov.so/storage/documents/2026/11/xihvtskp/Appropriation%20Act%20for%202027%20Submitted%20to%20Parlement.pdf)). ## Who leads it **Ayub Ismail Yusuf** is minister ([Dawan Africa, 8 May 2026](https://www.dawan.africa/news/somalia-launches-plan-to-rehouse-12000-families-after-evictions-from-government-land)). He became minister in the December 2025 reshuffle that also changed the commerce minister ([SONNA, December 2025](https://sonna.so/en/prime-minister-hamza-abdi-barre-announces-cabinet-reshuffle-appoints-new-ministers-for-commerce-and-public-works/)). An earlier minister was Mohamed Adam Moalim, now minister of communications ([Wikipedia, Mohamed Adam Moalim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Adam_Moalim)). ## The money From the federal budget ([Appropriation Act for 2027, as submitted](https://mof.gov.so/storage/documents/2026/11/xihvtskp/Appropriation%20Act%20for%202027%20Submitted%20to%20Parlement.pdf)): | Line | 2025 actual (US$) | 2026 budget (US$) | 2027 proposed (US$) | |---|---:|---:|---:| | Ministry of Public Works and Reconstruction | 36,838,541 | 98,593,630 | 121,258,115 | | Somali Construction Development Agency | none | 508,725 | 492,900 | Most of this is World Bank project money. The largest projects in the 2027 proposal are the **Infrastructure Development for Access and Jobs** programme (US$67.6 million), the **Somalia Urban Resilience Project phase 2** (US$23.6 million) and the Horn of Africa road corridor to Djibouti and Ethiopia (US$23.1 million) (same source). ## What it reports doing - **Rehousing families:** on 8 May 2026 the minister announced a plan to move about 12,000 families, nearly 80,000 people, who live on state land in Mogadishu to new homes in the Jaziira area on the city's edge, with schools, clinics and markets. The first phase is 6,000 homes ([Dawan Africa, 8 May 2026](https://www.dawan.africa/news/somalia-launches-plan-to-rehouse-12000-families-after-evictions-from-government-land)). The same day, former President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo said the plan was a response to public anger over demolitions in Mogadishu and asked whether it had been in the budget ([Dawan Africa, 8 May 2026](https://www.dawan.africa/news/former-somali-president-farmaajo-questions-government-housing-plan)). - **Investors:** in August 2026 the minister met investors from [Türkiye](/en/relations/turkey/), Djibouti and [Sudan](/en/diaspora/sudan/) ([Dawan Africa](https://www.dawan.africa/news/somalias-public-works-minister-meets-investors-from-turkiye-djibouti-and-sudan)). - **Resettlement:** it works with IOM on reconstruction and resettlement ([SONNA](https://sonna.so/en/article/ministry-of-public-works-and-iom-strengthen-collaboration-on-reconstruction-and-resettlement)). - **Hargeisa roads:** a 45-kilometre road project in Hargeisa backed by the World Bank and UNOPS was announced ([Dawan Africa](https://www.dawan.africa/news/somalia-announces-45km-road-project-in-hargeisa-backed-by-world-bank-unops)). ## Other records The Ministry of Planning published a study of the real estate and construction sector in 2026 ([Ministry of Planning, Real Estate and Construction Sectoral Study](https://mop.gov.so/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Real-Estate-and-Construction-Sectoral-Study.pdf)). For people forced from their homes, see [Internal displacement](/en/society/internal-displacement/). ## Its legal basis The ministry's mandate from the Council of Ministers under the 2012 Provisional Constitution, as amended in 2024 and 2026. --- I want to help with this: email hello@calankii.com. Fix this page: email hello@calankii.com with the page link and your source.