Banadir Regional Administration Demolished Illegal Buildings
Banadir regional administration destroys Jeenyo football stadium which was constructed illegally in a public land.
The Governor of Benadir Region, Mogadishu Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman Yarisow, was present at the scene of the demolishing and said that the building was a government land which is not allowed to be used by individuals for their own interests.
The Benadir Regional Administration has previously destroyed several buildings that were illegally built in government lands.
There have been numerous allegations of corruption regarding the selling of public land with claims of fake title deeds finding a way into the official system.
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo early this year halted selling, leasing and allocation of public land.
Land and property ownership in Mogadishu remains an emotive and complex issue dating back to the collapse of the government in 1991 and even before.
It is not only the public land which is facing scramble, lack of legal precedents and multiple ownership of private land over time make it difficult to resolve land ownership in the city.
Since the collapse of Somalia’s central government in the 1990s, the public premises and government institutions had been occupied by individuals.
