KISMAYU (Halbeeg News) – The cabinet of Jubbaland regional state has approved 2019 budget on Thursday.
According to a statement released, USD 24.2 million was approved during the weekly meeting attended by the regional leader Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe.
The approved budget will be submitted to the regional assembly for final endorsement.
The cabinet has also passed a draft law submitted by the ministry of environment on environmental protection.
Jubbaland Ministry of fishing has presented a report about the recent conference in Nairobi on the blue economy and how regional state can take advantage of the output of the meeting.
Meanwhile, President Madobe who addressed the cabinet mentioned about the planned military operation by Jubbaland forces against armed group Alshabaab in the state.
The President said the operation is aimed at liberating territories that are still in the hands of the Alshaab fighters mainly in the middle Jubba region and open strategic roads blocked by the Al Qaida linked Al-Shabab group.
Jubbaland leader visited troops in the outskirt of the port city of Kismayo on Wednesday where they have been undergoing training ready to launch an assault.
Ahmed Madobe announcement comes a day after the African Union mission in Somalia approved a plan to launch an offensive against Al-Shabaab.
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