British created a Protectorate Advisory Council in 1946 as a proto-representative body
Evidence
The most notable experiment launched in this period, however, was the creation of a Protectorate Advisory Council, which in the presence of the Governor, held its first meeting in July 1946. Delegates representing most sections of public interest, the new as well as the old, attended from each District. … This last item concerned the conflicting grazing movements of the Isaq and Dulbahante clans from the Protectorate and those of the Ogaden, a problem to become increasingly difficult of solution after the surrender of the Ogaden and Haud to Ethiopian administration. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 364
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Colonial authorities aimed to manage subjects’ aspirations as a political necessity