MOGADISHU (Halbeeg) – Mogadishu Mayor, Abdirahman Omar Osman, has cancelled the lease contracts given to businessmen to manage the city’s recreation areas.
The contracts and garden licenses given to individuals have previously raised eyebrows.
In a statement dated 3rd July 2018, the Local Government of Mogadishu revokes all the agreements signed with the businessmen.
“The Mayor of Mogadishu and the Governor of Banaadir region has terminated and cancelled the deals on the control of the city gardens,” reads the statement in part.
The Mayor termed the agreements inked with businessmen as shoddy contracts.
“After witnessing the issuance of garden lands at the Junction of Mogadishu streets and confirming that they (deals) were signed in a way contrary to the Constitution, we decided to revoke all the contracts,” Mr. Osman said in the statement.
The Mayor lambasted the lease payment terms saying the amount is unsatisfactory.
“The licences for public garden land do not meet the requisite standards. The rental amount is low compared to the strategic values of the gardens,” he said.
Though he did not mention the period of the leasehold, the Mayor said his predecessors issued long time contract to the businessmen.
“The period of the lease exceeds one year and even the procedures to manage government properties have not been followed,” he noted.
The Mayor warned the businessmen against breaching the directive saying the government would take legal action against the violators.
“Whoever breaks this directive or fails to abide by it, will have legal action taken against them,” he vowed.
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