# Jalalaqsi solar street lights reported installed in 2015

> Goobjoog News reported on 2015-10-20 that solar streetlights were erected in Jalalaqsi town for the first time, citing security and night business as goals.

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 1 October 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Infrastructure and Services
- Tags: electrical-work, utilities
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/jalalaqsi-solar-street-lights-2015

## Key points

- On 20 October 2015, Goobjoog News reported that solar streetlights had been erected across Jalalaqsi town for the first time.
- The report attributes the project to an unidentified 'administration' and gives no installation date, contractor, cost or number of lights.
- No information is provided on whether the lights operated after installation or their current status.

On 20 October 2015, Goobjoog News reported that solar streetlights had been erected across Jalalaqsi town for the first time, with the stated aim of improving security and allowing business activities along the roads to continue at night. The report, published on its website, said residents welcomed the move and urged the government to erect more streetlights in other areas.

The Goobjoog report does not name the authority responsible for the project, describing the implementer only as "the administration". It provides no installation date, contractor, consultant, funder, tender details, project value or number of lights. No location detail beyond "Jalalaqsi town" is given, and no residents or officials are identified by name.

The report also includes two claims about night-time activity. It states that residents started going out for shopping at night after the country's slide into lawlessness in the 1990s following the fall of the government led by Mohamed Siyad Barre, according to its own account. It separately quotes residents, especially youths, as saying they would use the lights and take responsibility to guard them from criminal elements. Both claims are attributed only to the report.

Goobjoog News further states that similar street-illumination projects have been going on in most towns in Somalia in recent years, but it does not name any towns, dates, funders or values. The report does not establish whether the Jalalaqsi lights functioned after installation, who maintained them, or their operational status since 2015.

## Questions

### When were the solar streetlights installed in Jalalaqsi?

The Goobjoog News report was published on 20 October 2015, but it does not give a date for the installation itself.

### Who funded or installed the Jalalaqsi solar lights?

The report attributes implementation to an unidentified 'administration' and names no contractor, funder or budget.

## Sources

- [Solar Powered Lights Installed In Jalalaqsi](https://en.goobjoog.com/solar-powered-lights-installed-in-jalalaqsi/) — Goobjoog News, 2015-10-20