# South West State Ministry of Finance: budget and revenue

> What South West State's finance ministry does, its 2025 accounts, the 2026 change of government, and plans for tax collection.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## What it does

The ministry handles the state's money; its leader in 2026 praised it for its work on economic development ([Dawan Africa](https://www.dawan.africa/news/south-west-leader-madobe-says-baidoa-security-improved-in-first-100-days)). [South West State](/en/states/south-west-state/) administers the regions of Bay, [Bakool](/en/regions/bakool/) and [Lower Shabelle](/en/infrastructure/k50-airstrip/), with Baidoa as its interim capital ([Dawan Africa, 16 July 2026](https://www.dawan.africa/news/south-west-state-lawmakers-approve-26-member-cabinet)).

## Where the money came from in 2025

Ministry of Finance data published by the Central Bank of Somalia give South West State's 2025 accounts as follows ([Central Bank of Somalia, Annual Report 2025](https://centralbank.gov.so/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Annual-Report_2025.pdf)):

| Item | US$ |
|---|---|
| Revenue and grants | 26 million |
| Own revenue | 5 million |
| Donor grants | 21 million |
| Spending | 25 million |
| of which building | 2 million |

South West raised the least own revenue of the five member states in 2025 (same source; see [member states' money](/en/economy/member-states-money/)). This site has not found a published total for its 2026 or 2027 budget.

## The 2026 change of government

On 30 March 2026, after federal forces and allied troops took control of key sites in Baidoa, the state's leader [Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed](/en/people/abdiaziz-laftagareen/) (Laftagareen) resigned and named his Finance Minister, Ahmed Mohamed Hussein, acting president ([allAfrica, 1 April 2026](https://allafrica.com/stories/202604010762.html); [Al Jazeera, 31 March 2026](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/31/somali-army-takes-over-key-city-in-southwest-as-state-leader-resigns)). [Sheikh](/en/regions/sheikh/) Aden Mohamed Nur (Madobe) later became leader. On 16 July 2026 the state parliament approved his cabinet of 26 ministers, with 26 deputy ministers and three state ministers ([Dawan Africa, 16 July 2026](https://www.dawan.africa/news/south-west-state-lawmakers-approve-26-member-cabinet)).

## Plans for tax collection

At the annual forum of regional governors and district commissioners in Baidoa on 26 September 2026, Madobe said he wanted to introduce a structured tax collection system using a digital platform linking regions and districts to the state treasury, and that the public should be able to see the taxes collected ([Dawan Africa, 27 September 2026](https://www.dawan.africa/news/security-revenue-top-agenda-as-south-west-leaders-meet-in-baidoa)).

## Donor-funded work

On 19 July 2026 the state launched the World Bank-backed Bulsho project in Baidoa, part of the federal Bulsho Programme for 2025 to 2030 led by the Ministry of Interior, to strengthen local government and services ([Dawan Africa, 19 July 2026](https://www.dawan.africa/news/south-west-state-launches-world-bank-backed-bulsho-project)).

## Related pages

[Institutions of the member states](/en/institutions/member-state-institutions/), the [Jubaland](/en/institutions/jubaland-ministry-of-finance/), [Puntland](/en/institutions/puntland-ministry-of-finance/) and [Hirshabelle](/en/institutions/hirshabelle-ministry-of-finance/) finance ministries, and the federal [Ministry of Interior](/en/institutions/ministry-of-interior/).

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