The administration of Benadir region has ordered officials to clear livestock from the streets of Somali capital, Mogadishu in a new move meant to enhance sanitation, cleanness and ease traffic jam in the main roads.
A statement issued by the mayor of Mogadishu, Abdirahman Omar Osman on Wednesday banned livestock that hang around the streets.
The statement further called the livestock owners to keep their animals in safe places away from the roads, failure to do so the owners will be fined.
“All the people in Mogadishu particularly the livestock owners that allow their animals to illegally loiter along the streets are notified that rearing of animals within the city is prohibited” the statement reads apart.
The mayor said the livestock have two weeks to put into practice the directives issued failure to do so the city will confiscate the livestock from the owners.
In most of the streets in the capital livestock especially goats and cattle and other domestic animals are seen prowl open fields, roads and sidewalks in search of water and pasture.
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