It is strange that [few people know me well] . . . after so many years in public life, nobody, I say nobody, as far as it seems, believes that I would have the courage to ignore the decision of the majority party, leaving Abdirashid [Sharmarkee] on the sidelines and entrusting Abdirazak [Hussen] to form a new government.

Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, loc. 1412