Finance Minister Awil illegally diverted postal bank funds for his campaign

Evidence

Thus, he closely watched his cabinet members’ public engagements. Senior police investigators and the audit service carefully examined claims that cabinet ministers and underlings were involved in corrupt practices, and they provided the results of their investigation to the prime minister. After careful consideration of the report Hussen authorized the police to pursue the matter vigorously and conduct a more thorough investigation. In due course the investigators submitted reports on three senior ministers and one deputy minster: Awil Haji Abdillahi (also known as Anthony James) of Finance, Ismail Duale Warsame of Agriculture and his deputy minister Islao Mahadalla Mohamed, and Osman Mohamed Adde of Industry and Commerce. The national audit discovered that the minister of Finance illegally used 300,000 shillings from the postal bank in Burao for his election campaign in 1963–1964. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 830