Corruption within the ruling party undermined Somali parliament by 1959

Evidence

Osman was even less forgiving in his remarks at the end of December when he realized the depth of corruption: … December is over, and so is the year 1959, which was decisive for our country and continent… . In parliament discontent is smoldering against the The Somali Youth League and the Nationalist Project | 77 government, a proof of which are the “snipers.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 422