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Ministry of Public Works, Reconstruction and Housing of Somalia: what it does
Somalia's federal Ministry of Public Works, Reconstruction and Housing builds roads and public buildings, sets construction standards and housing policy, and runs large World Bank urban and road projects. Ayub Ismail Yusuf is minister. Its budget is the largest of any economic ministry in the 2027 proposal, at US$121.3 million, and in May 2026 it announced a plan to rehouse 12,000 families in Mogadishu.
What it does
The ministry is the federal body for public building works, roads and housing. Its work, as reported:
- Roads: it runs federal road projects, such as the 22-kilometre Beledweyne to Kalabeyr road, for which it sought supervision consultants in 2026 (MoPWRH, April 2026), and road works in Dhusamareb that began in February 2026 (MoPWRH, 25 February 2026).
- Building permits: in July 2026 it tendered for a National Electronic Building Permit Management System, to digitise building permits across Somalia (MoPWRH).
- Housing policy: it finalised a National Housing Policy in May 2026, to guide urban development and building standards, for the cabinet to approve (Dawan Africa).
- Construction industry: the Somali Construction Development Agency sits under it with its own budget line since 2026 (Appropriation Act for 2027, as submitted).
Who leads it
Ayub Ismail Yusuf is minister (Dawan Africa, 8 May 2026). He became minister in the December 2025 reshuffle that also changed the commerce minister (SONNA, December 2025). An earlier minister was Mohamed Adam Moalim, now minister of communications (Wikipedia, Mohamed Adam Moalim).
The money
From the federal budget (Appropriation Act for 2027, as submitted):
| Line | 2025 actual (US$) | 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). 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).
- Investors: in August 2026 the minister met investors from Türkiye, Djibouti and Sudan (Dawan Africa).
- Resettlement: it works with IOM on reconstruction and resettlement (SONNA).
- Hargeisa roads: a 45-kilometre road project in Hargeisa backed by the World Bank and UNOPS was announced (Dawan Africa).
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). For people forced from their homes, see 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.
Sources
- MoPWRH, April 2026 · mpwr.gov.so
- MoPWRH, 25 February 2026 · mpwr.gov.so
- MoPWRH · mpwr.gov.so
- Dawan Africa · dawan.africa
- Appropriation Act for 2027, as submitted · mof.gov.so
- Dawan Africa, 8 May 2026 · dawan.africa
- SONNA, December 2025 · sonna.so
- Wikipedia, Mohamed Adam Moalim · en.wikipedia.org
- Dawan Africa, 8 May 2026 · dawan.africa
- Dawan Africa · dawan.africa
- SONNA · sonna.so
- Dawan Africa · dawan.africa
- Ministry of Planning, Real Estate and Construction Sectoral Study · mop.gov.so
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