11th Parliament

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has assured the country that the recent political agreements reached by the National Consultative Council will need to be ratified by parliament following sharp criticism…

speaker Sheikh Adan Madobe held talks with Italian Ambassador to Somalia Alberto Vecchi who paid him a courtesy call.

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Upper House will today debate three bills in continuing accelerated passage of several bills in recent weeks. Up for the Third Reading is the Data Protection Bill…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Upper House is expected to commence the third reading of the Anti-Terrorism Bill today following its passage by the Lower House last week. According to article 83…

GOOBJOOG NEWS: The Senate has elected five senators who will seat in the Joint Parliamentary Constitutional Review Committee. The committee of five will now join an equal number of their…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Senate has this afternoon passed the National Identification and Registration Bill paving way for the role out of National IDs to Somalis for the first time in…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The government will now have the power to seize the property of a convicted terrorist or impose monetary penalties, the new Anti-Terrorism Bill which is now proceeding to the…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Upper House is today expected to pass two crucial bills that have been debated by the Federal Parliament’s two chambers. The 54-member chamber will be endorsing the…

The Somali Upper Council voted to adjourn the temporary financial section bill. On Saturday, Somali senators debated for the second time the financial section bill, which the lower chamber passed…