Hussen guaranteed opposition poll-watching to ensure referendum probity

Evidence

Mindful of the legacy of the 1959 election in the South, Hussen worked very hard to ensure that the forthcoming plebiscite was conducted with utmost probity. In that spirit, he wrote to the Speaker of parliament informing him that the opposition should station their representatives in all polling stations for the duration of the referendum. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 712