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that will dedicate to advocating for food security and nutrition in
Somalia. On his return to the country, Siraji together with Hon. Ali advocated for the formation of a parliamentary group dedicated in ensuring that the government allocates resources that will ensure food security and nutrition. In March 2019, Food Security and Nutrition Committee was formed with Siraji being a member.
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Finance had to be enacted into a law. While the actual decision eventually happened to be March 2020, the IMF and World Bank initially suggested to have the decision point pushed back to March 2021 because it was almost impossible to pass all the necessary bills through the parliament.
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October 2018, Siraji together with Hon. Abdi Ali attended The Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition held in Madrid, Spain. In this summit, Siraji gave a moving speech about the status of food security in his home country of Somalia and pledged to form a parliamentary group
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Minister Roble announced his new cabinet with Hon. Mohamud Siraji nominated as the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation. On 24 October, the House of the People of the Federal Republic of Somalia gave the vote of confidence and approved the new
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Financial Management (PFM) Act is one of the benchmarks that was set for the government of Somalia in order to qualify for debt relief by the IMF. Siraji who was spearheading the legislative aspect of the SMP debt relief process, tabled the PFM act for debating and pushed for it until it
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Mohamud who is the chair of the
Committee on Budget, Finance, Planning and Financial Oversight of Public Institutions, was awarded the best performing member of parliament by the speaker on the closing ceremony of the 6th session of the 10th parliament. In just under a year, Siraj tabled over 10
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Just like the PFM act, the
Revenue Management Act was a key element to the SMP debt relief benchmarks set by IMF and the World Bank in order for Somalia to qualify for debt relief. This act was controversial as all the member states unilaterally rejected it since they have not initially been
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Somalia to qualify the debt relief under the HIPC initiative, it had to do both structural and policy changes. The government of Somalia were required to streamline their public financial systems so that they can be entrusted with funds. For that to happen, a dozen number of bills all
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December 26, 2018, Mohamud Siraji was elected as the chairman of the House Committee on Budget, Finance, Planning, International Cooperation and Financial Oversight of Public Institutions. His election came after the former leadership of the committee has been disbanded after they submitted a
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Siraji who was at the time the chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee took the sole responsibility to fast track the passage of those bills in both houses of the parliament. For a period of one year, Siraji and his committee tirelessly worked to meet all the benchmark set for the
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Following the Madrid meeting, Siraji pledged to form food security committee both in Somalia and the Region. This followed subsequent meetings in Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania and the ultimate formation of the East Africa Parliamentary Alliance on Food Security and Nutrition (EAPA FSN)
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consulted. This was an opportunity for the young Siraji to shine as he embarked on consultative meetings with the Federal Member states. This bill was tabled for 2nd and 3rd reading on the 26th of Oct. 2019 and within the course, the bill was as well approved by the upper house.
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country in order to qualify the debt relief. As announced by the IMF on their website, Somalia successfully met all the benchmarks and a such, qualified to receive a debt relief under the HIPC process- thanks to Siraji and the team that worked to make this happen.
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This is a regional committee composed of all the East African countries. Somalia is represented by Hon. Siraji and Hon. Ali. The East Africa Parliamentary Alliance on Food Security and Nutrition (EAPA FSN) is currently chaired by Somalia's Hon. Abdi Ali Hassan
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bills that have all been approved by both houses of the parliament. Some of the bills he sponsored are: Public Financial Management Act (PFM), Customs Act, Statistics Act, Revenue Management Act, Amendments to Procurement Act, The Audit Bill etc.
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controversial financial report that claimed that over $ 42 million have been lost through corruption. This, however, was later deemed to be incorrect report and the parliament apologized for the wrong report on the missing money.
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Siraji was a bright student and has completed at the top of his class both in primary and high school. Because of his high performance in the national exam, he was awarded a scholarship to study his bachelor's degree in Canada.
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Public financial management has to do with the effective administration of funds collected and spent by governments. It underlies all government activity and incorporates all components of a country's budget cycle including:
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Statistics Act was also an SMP benchmark that the Federal Government of Somalia has to meet before it can qualify for debt relief under the IMF/World Bank Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative.
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After the assassination of his late brother, Abass Siraji, he decided to come back and serve his country. After a 9-month wait, he finally won the by-election on landslide on the 15th of Feb 2018.
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Born to strict religious parents, Siraji and his siblings have started Qur'anic school (Duksi) at an early age. It was long before he completed his Qur'anic studies and started learning the
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Public financial management (PFM) is critical to basic economic governance and essential in establishing the performance, legitimacy and accountability of functional states.
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Mohamud completed both his primary and secondary school in Dadaab, Ifo Refugee camps and later proceeded to Toronto, Canada to Study Bachelor of Commerce at York University.
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The bill was approved on the third reading by the House of the People (HoP) of theparliament of Somalia on 28 October 2019 and the president signed the bill into law.
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