By 1956 Somalis directly administered all districts and provinces.

Evidence

These local measures were reinforced by generous bursary provisions for study overseas, mainly in Italy, although Egypt also made considerable numbers of scholarships available as part of her aid programme. These developments did much to dissipate what remained of Somali scepticism over Italian intentions, and this effect was greatly enhanced by the progressive opening of senior posts in all branches of the civil service to Somali officials. Here advancement proceeded with rapidity, to such an extent indeed that by 1956 all Districts and Provinces were in the direct charge of Somali administrative officers. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 382

Categorization

• XREF: This directly undoes the earlier ranks, dismissals, and imprisonments of S.Y.L. officials; a symmetry in Lewis’s narrative.

Related

• Somali politics and administration advanced in step (similarity 0.82)