Abdirazak Hussen sought advice from his predecessor Sharmarkee before forming his cabinet

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With the party not opposing him, Hussen withdrew whatever reservation he had and moved quickly to think about the government’s policy program and membership of his cabinet. Before going any further, however, he called on his departing chief, Sharmarkee, to both seek his advice and invite him to join the new government by choosing any portfolio. Sharmarkee declined and added that he could not see himself being sworn in by President Osman. It dawned on Hussen there and then that the relationship between Osman and Sharmarkee had deteriorated, perhaps to a point of no political return. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 735