The Somaliland Quality Control Commission was established through presidential decree in 2010. The office of the president in a letter dated 26/09/10 REF: RSL/P/SQCC/092010 appealed to development partners to assist SQCC.
The parliament of Somaliland enacted SQCC Bill in 2014 and the president of Somaliland H.E Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (Siilanyo) signed SQCC Bill into a law in 2015. Law No. 68/2014 explains the SQCC mandates and its organogram.