Mogadishu, Mayor Eng. Abdirahman Omar Osman, Mayor of Mogadishu and governor of Banadir Regional Administration has issued a directive regarding the Base of the Navy located in Abdiaziz district as well as the house of the naval forces` commander.
The mayor, after checking the provisions of the Federal Republic of Somalia`s constitution, the Law of the Regional and District Administrations, the law of the Land Management and Constructions of Banadir Region and after realizing the necessity to re-organize the Master Plan of the city and seeing the urgent need for assigning proper sites for the embassies, has issued this regulation:
We are here to inform all the relevant sides that the Base of the Naval Forces and the House of the Naval Commander and all the adjacent lands behind, as well as all the lands alongside the Beach on the Ocean remain a diplomatic zone and premises, which had previously been a governmental land meant for public ownership.
The motive of this plan is to allow the Embassies and the International Organizations operating in the country to secure a proper operational zone and to revive the beauty of the city in which many diplomats are due to work from. This regulation revokes and nullifies all the documents that had been illegally possessed of this land since it was meant for public ownership. Likewise, I would like to inform all the Agencies under the Federal Government of Somalia to stop the habit of issuing public lands and approving them for construction, since the government gave such powers solely to the Local Government of Hamar.
We came to realize that the Commanders of the Armed Forces had erected some storey buildings and put their interest first instead of considering the general interest as their first priority. They should, therefore, comply with this plan so as to restore these premises back to the public ownership. Who will serve this nation if everyone thinks of his or her personal interest?
Mayor of Mogadishu, Eng. Osman, has finally reiterated that whoever defies this directive or fails to comply with will have legal actions taken against.