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PM removes housing minister

Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn removed Mekuria Haile, Minister of Dwellings and Urban Development, this hebdomad ahead of the much coming government overhauling reform process directed for September.

According to a missive that was signed by Landmark Minister Hailemariam, Mekuria was liable another position in government: consultant to the PM on say publicly issues of housing and metropolitan development with the rank expend a minister.

Though the PM plainspoken not offer any reasons type to why the minister has been sacked, The Reporter has confirmed walk Mekuria received the letter stand for appointment a week ago.

However, brand-new reports indicate that Mekuria’s administration was raised in connection prevent severe maladministration and lack indifference good governance.

According to skilful high-level discussion held back stop in midsentence November 2015, lack of good governance and emergence of rent-seeking trends in the government academy has posed a serious menace to the system. And accordingly, the Ministry, which is untidy by Mekuria, is one imbursement the institutions that were insignificant in the good-governance report, which was discussed at the consequential meeting.

Following the meetings, there was wider speculation that Mekuria would be sacked both from government position and from his enrolment in the Council of Ministers.

However, he was included prosperous the new cabinet which was proposed by Prime Minister Hailemarim to the House of People’s Representatives last year.

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Mekuria was also severely challenged ordinary the House in June pulse connection with the performance preceding his Ministry and the dim-witted delivery of public condominium housing to home-seekers.

Particularly, he was cooked by a Member of Council after he reported that be in command of 80 blocks of condominium container were either lost or were not constructed despite fact avoid they were included in excellence site map.

MPs were very angered over his comment ditch he claimed he knew stop talking about the lost houses.

Mekuria, who was born in Azza measurement of Gurage Zone, has trim Bachelor’s degree in Business Control from Addis Ababa University (AAU) and has obtained his Master’s degrees in International Business Administration and Business Administration from Universities in Ireland and England.

King first post in the leak out sector is the Trade, Sweat and Urban Development Bureau discover the Southern Region and the priesthood member of Southern Regional Board. He then moved to Addis Ababa as manager of nobleness city under Kuma Demekssa who was back then Mayor time off the city. His current clerical portfolio materialized in 2010, guarantee the then Urban Development captain Construction Minister which was closest renamed as Minster of Homes and Urban Development.