# Banadir Governor Inspects Ongoing Somali Armed Forces Hospital Works

> On 2023-04-03 Goobjoog News reported Governor Yusuf Hussein Jimale inspecting ongoing reconstruction of the Somali Armed Forces Hospital…

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 30 September 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Infrastructure and Services
- Tags: utilities, building-services
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/banadir-governor-inspects-armed-forces-hospital-reconstruction

## Key points

- On 3 April 2023, Goobjoog News reported that Banadir Governor and Mogadishu Mayor Yusuf Hussein Jimale inspected the ongoing reconstruction of the Somali Armed Forces Hospital.
- The report says the work is being funded by the Somali Banking Commission, though it also calls the same body the Somali Banking committee.
- The report gives no start date, completion date, percentage complete, contractor, budget or funding figure, and does not establish what has happened to the project since 2023-04-03.

On 3 April 2023, Goobjoog News reported that the governor of Banadir and Mayor of Mogadishu, Yusuf Hussein Jimale, inspected the ongoing reconstruction of the Somali Armed Forces Hospital in Mogadishu. The same report says the work 'is being funded by the Somali Banking Commission'.

That is the extent of what the report establishes about the project's status on that date. It does not state when reconstruction began, when it is due to finish, what share of the works is complete, who the contractor is, or what the hospital will look like when finished. No contract value, funding amount, disbursement record or budget is given.

## Who was on the tour

Goobjoog News reported that the governor was accompanied by the Deputy Commander of the Somali Armed Forces, Brigadier General Abbas Amin Ali, together with members of the Somali Banking committee.

## Attribution and a naming problem

The report uses two names for the funding body: it says the reconstruction is being funded by the Somali Banking Commission, while describing the delegation as members of the Somali Banking committee. The evidence does not establish whether these are the same institution, what its legal status is, or whether it has signed any agreement, allocated funds or contracted works. The report also does not say whether the Somali Banking Commission or the Somali Armed Forces have confirmed the funding or the works.

Governor Jimale said, according to Goobjoog News, that he had earlier appealed to the Somali Banking committee to support the government by reconstructing the hospital, and he thanked the committee for responding positively to that appeal. The report gives no date for the appeal, and it does not describe the appeal as an approved project or a formal government decision.

## A separate matter in the same report

Goobjoog News also reported that Governor Jimale received 18-year-old Ramla Abdullahi Ali, described as a victim of torture who sustained serious injuries in her legs. She 'is said to have been tortured by people at a house in Hamar', an anonymously sourced and unverified allegation, and the governor said, per Goobjoog News, that she will be flown abroad for specialized treatment. The report gives no destination, date or funder for that transfer. The case is not connected in the report to the hospital project.

> **Note:** The 2023-04-03 report supports only 'ongoing' as the status of the hospital reconstruction on that date. It provides no evidence of what happened afterwards, including whether works continued, stalled or were completed, and no evidence of the hospital's current condition.

What the report leaves open is the substance a reader would need to judge delivery: scope, cost, schedule and who is answerable for them. Until those are documented, the 2023-04-03 inspection remains an inspection, not a completion record.

## Questions

### What did the Banadir governor inspect on 2023-04-03?

Goobjoog News reported that Governor Yusuf Hussein Jimale inspected the ongoing reconstruction of the Somali Armed Forces Hospital, accompanied by Deputy Commander of the Somali Armed Forces Brigadier General Abbas Amin Ali and members of the Somali Banking committee.

### Who is funding the reconstruction?

Goobjoog News reported the reconstruction 'is being funded by the Somali Banking Commission'. The same report refers to the delegation as members of the Somali Banking committee; the evidence does not establish whether these are the same body or what its legal status is.

### Is there a completion date or budget for the hospital reconstruction?

No. The report gives no start date, completion date, percentage complete, contractor or funding amount.

## Sources

- [Governor of Banadir inspects reconstruction of Somali Armed Forces Hospital](https://en.goobjoog.com/governor-of-banadir-inspects-reconstruction-of-somali-armed-forces-hospital/) — Goobjoog News, 2023-04-03