Hargeisa (SL Times): The new Mayor of Hargeisa, Hussein Mohamud "Guray", has authorized the continued payment by the municipality of the staff salaries and fuel costs of the central government-owned newspaper Maandeeq.
Hargeisa Municipality has been meeting this expenditure ever since May 31, 1998 following an order to this effect by the late Somaliland President Mohamed Ibrahim Egal. Before the local council election held in Somaliland on Dec 15, 2002, mayors used to be appointed through a presidential decree. The incumbent Mayor, Mr. Guray had been elected, together with other 24 members, to the local council of Hargeisa Municipality. He was chosen as Mayor by the elected members of the council in early February.
Meanwhile the Mayor has accepted to subsidize Hargeisa’s only private TV with a monthly amount of $600. A number of council members have vowed to raise this issue at the next council meeting.
Meanwhile, some members of the Hargeisa local council have been appointed by the Mayor to administrative positions within the Municipality.
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