# Somaliland VP Inaugurates Boodhari Flour Mill Complex

> Somaliland's VP inaugurated the Boodhari flour mill in Abaarso on 30 August, as reported by Somaliland Standard on 5 September 2021…

- 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: estimating, underbidding
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## Key points

- Somaliland Standard reported on 5 September 2021 that Vice President Abdirahman Sayli'i inaugurated the Boodhari Mills flour complex in Abaarso, outside Hargeisa, on 30 August.
- The report describes the mill as fully operational with a claimed production capacity of up to 100 tons per day, and quotes the chairman projecting 10% short-run and 30–40% long-term flour market coverage.
- No project value, construction cost, contractor, or financier is disclosed, and nothing in the source establishes any operating record or market share since the inauguration.

Somaliland Standard reported on 5 September 2021 that Vice President Abdirahman Abdilahi Ismail Sayli'i officially inaugurated a new flour mill, called Boodhari Mills, on 30 August. The report places the ceremony at the Flour Mill Complex in Abaarso, on the outskirts of Hargeisa, and says installation and construction works were completed before the launch.

According to the Somaliland Standard, the mill is described as fully operational with a milling production capacity of up to 100 tons per day. The chairman, Mr. Abdirahman Ahmed Nur, claimed the facility will cover up to 10 percent of flour consumed in the country in the short run and forecast long-term market coverage of 30 to 40 percent of flour production. These figures are claims and forecasts, not achieved output.

The report does not disclose any project value, construction cost, contract value, contractor, consultant, or financier. It quotes the chairman saying the company will invest "millions of US dollars" in farming communities, but no evidence of funds deployed is provided. Boodhari Mills also announced that all funds spent on construction and installation were paid up front and the facility is not in debt; this is the company's own statement, not an audited fact.

Other details from the report: the investment department manager, Mr. Mustafe Ibrahim, said 45 percent of shareholders are women; the speaker, Hon. Abdirisak Khalif, urged the trade ministry to waive taxes on industries; and the management was said to be acquiring wheat plantations in Dad Madheedh, Gebiley, Sanaag, and Awdal provinces. A deal with farming communities for the management to buy wheat is mentioned, but no signed document, volumes, or prices are given.

Nothing in the source establishes what has happened since the 30 August inauguration. There is no operating record, no actual milling output, no achieved market share, no confirmation of the announced Puntland visit, and no evidence of investment in farming communities. The tax waiver appeal was not granted as policy in the report.

> **Note:** The 30 August date is as reported by Somaliland Standard; the year is not directly stated in the extract but the article date is 5 September 2021.

## Questions

### What is the capacity of the Boodhari flour mill?

The Somaliland Standard report describes the mill as having a milling production capacity of up to 100 tons per day, but this is nameplate capacity, not actual output.

### Who owns and built the Boodhari flour mill?

The report names Mr. Abdirahman Ahmed Nur as chairman and says 45% of shareholders are women, but it does not identify the contractor, consultant, or financier for the construction and installation.

### How does this affect flour supply and prices in Somaliland?

The chairman claimed the facility would cover up to 10% of flour consumed in the short run and 30–40% in the long term, but no achieved market share or price impact is reported since the launch.

## Sources

- [Somaliland's VP Inaugurates Boodhari Flour Mill Complex](https://somalilandstandard.com/somalilands-vp-inaugurates-boodhari-flour-mill-complex/) — Somaliland Standard, 2021-09-05