Qatar government on Tuesday donated 30 new brand buses to be used to expand the work of the local governments across the country.
In a handing over ceremony held in Mogadishu, officials from Qatar government handed over the keys of the vehicles and their logbooks to Somali officials.
According to Somali government, 17 of the buses will be given to Mogadishu local government; of which will be used in facilitation of the government works in the seventeen districts of the capital.
The other remaining thirteen buses will be divided among the regional states.
Neither the government nor Qatar had announced the value of the buses donated to Somalia.
Mogadishu local government in collaboration with the federal government has been charting up plans to revive municipal bus transportation for the first time over two decades.
Qatar is one of Somalia’s political and economic ally. The Gulf country provided millions of USD in aid and investments in the recent year.
In February, Qatar handed over 30 new brand Toyota land-cruisers to Somali police.
Following last year agreement between Somalia and the government of Qatar, the Gulf nation will soon implement $200 million deal that will go towards the reconstruction of roads and government institutions.
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