British officials praised Somalis who favored union under British administration

Evidence

This is how the British governor, G. T. Fisher, described Ali: “Mohamoud Ahmed Ali is an official of high integrity, and he has great ideals. He was educated in Sudan, and from the first he has had very strong views on the desirability of uniting all Somalis under a single administration—for the present, British.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1204