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South West State Ministry of Finance: budget and revenue
South West State's Ministry of Finance runs the state budget from Baidoa. In 2025 the state had US$26 million in revenue and grants, of which only US$5 million was its own revenue and US$21 million came from donor grants. In March 2026 the finance minister, Ahmed Mohamed Hussein, briefly became acting president. In September 2026 the new leader, Aden Madobe, said he wanted a digital tax system linked to the treasury.
What it does
The ministry handles the state's money; its leader in 2026 praised it for its work on economic development (Dawan Africa). South West State administers the regions of Bay, Bakool and Lower Shabelle, with Baidoa as its interim capital (Dawan Africa, 16 July 2026).
Where the money came from in 2025
Ministry of Finance data published by the Central Bank of Somalia give South West State's 2025 accounts as follows (Central Bank of Somalia, Annual Report 2025):
| Item | US$ |
|---|---|
| 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). 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 (Laftagareen) resigned and named his Finance Minister, Ahmed Mohamed Hussein, acting president (allAfrica, 1 April 2026; Al Jazeera, 31 March 2026). 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).
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).
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).
Related pages
Institutions of the member states, the Jubaland, Puntland and Hirshabelle finance ministries, and the federal Ministry of Interior.
Sources
- Dawan Africa · dawan.africa
- Dawan Africa, 16 July 2026 · dawan.africa
- Central Bank of Somalia, Annual Report 2025 · centralbank.gov.so
- allAfrica, 1 April 2026 · allafrica.com
- Al Jazeera, 31 March 2026 · aljazeera.com
- Dawan Africa, 27 September 2026 · dawan.africa
- Dawan Africa, 19 July 2026 · dawan.africa
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