Ex-Governor Ali Jeyte laid the foundation stone for the construction of a regional palace in Hiiraan.
Jeyte, sacked by HirShabelle President Ali Gudlawe as Governor of Hiiraan last week, laid the stone in a ceremony carried out on Tuesday.
He is now the self-proclaimed President of Hiiraan state.
There has been tension in the region following Jeyte’s sacking and his subsequent decision to declare Hiiraan a new state away from HirShabelle.