# Somalia Speaker and UNHCR Discuss Housing and Jobs for Displaced Persons

> Mustaqbal Media reported on 26 March 2023 that Speaker Madobe and UNHCR's Magatte Guisse discussed housing and jobs for IDPs and refugee returns.

- 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: Business and Costs
- Tags: project-management, construction-risk
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/somalia-speaker-unhcr-housing-jobs-displaced

## Key points

- Mustaqbal Media reported on 26 March 2023 that Speaker Sheikh Adan Mohamed Noor (Madobobe) met UNHCR Somalia head Magatte Guisse in his office.
- The report says the meeting discussed Somali refugees returning and how to create housing and jobs for internally displaced persons.
- The report does not name a programme, budget, funding source, site, unit count or timeline, and no follow-up has been reported since that date.

On 26 March 2023, Mustaqbal Media reported that the Speaker of the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Sheikh Adan Mohamed Noor (Madobobe), held a meeting in his office with the Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Somalia, Magatte Guisse.

The report says the two discussed Somali refugees living abroad, in order to help them return to their country, and, separately, how to create housing and jobs for internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Neither subject was reported as having produced a decision. Mustaqbal Media's report does not name a programme, a project, a site, a unit count, a budget or a funding source for housing or jobs. It does not state a timeline, a delivery date, a contract, a contractor or a government budget line. It gives no figure for the number of displaced people concerned.

## What the report attributes, and to whom

According to Mustaqbal Media, the Speaker thanked Magatte Guisse for his visit to Somalia.

Mustaqbal Media attributes the refugee-return discussion to a statement from the meeting. That statement is not named in the report, not dated, and not identified by an issuing party or document. It is reported as a statement, not as an independent confirmation of what was said.

Mustaqbal Media's report does not include any confirmation from UNHCR Somalia of the meeting or its content, and none from the Office of the Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia. The article carries an MM Staff byline dated 26 March 2023.

## What is not established after 26 March 2023

No subsequent step has been reported: no agreement, memorandum of understanding, funding pledge, policy change or follow-up meeting. Nothing in the evidence establishes that any housing has been built, any job created, or any land, materials, funding or contractor committed.

The discussion, as reported, was a discussion. What happens next is not known from the record available.

## Questions

### What housing initiatives were discussed?

Mustaqbal Media reported on 26 March 2023 that Speaker Madobe and UNHCR Somalia head Magatte Guisse discussed how to create housing and jobs for internally displaced persons, and Somali refugees returning home. The report names no programme, site or unit count.

### What funding commitments were made?

The report states none. Mustaqbal Media's report does not name a budget, a funding source, or a pledge by UNHCR or the Somali government.

### What is the timeline for implementation?

No timeline or target date appears in the report, and no follow-up after 26 March 2023 has been reported.

## Sources

- [Somalia: Speaker Madobe discuss with UNHCR head about creating housing and jobs for the displaced persons in the country](https://mustaqbalmedia.net/en/somalia-speaker-madobe-discuss-with-unhcr-head-about-creating-housing-and-jobs-for-the-displaced-persons-in-the-country/) — Mustaqbal Media, 2023-03-26