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On Wednesday that Somalia’s Security Forces had arrested the directors of four Hospitals for refusing to enforce a directive requiring patients to pay VAT tax on mobile money transactions, They were in custody for 3 days, this step seems to be intimidation and enforcement of the tax…
A Senior opposition leader and Wadajir party head Abdirahman Abdishakur said The directors of Shafi, Kalkaal, Somali Sudanese, and Mogadishu hospitals have been detained in CID headquarters following their refusal to enforce VAT tax on mobile money transactions for patients.” The government is now requiring patients who are paying out-of-pocket for their healthcare to pay taxes, despite having failed to provide them with free health services.
In a blistering attack on the government of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Abdishakur stressed that “this is not about tax or governance; it is extortion and ransom, reminiscent of the era of warlords.” Unkown Source said, Hassan Sheikh family is constructing a house within the Aden Adde airport runway area, The country seems to be deteriorating due to corruption.
