New regime accused Hussen of misappropriating 2 million shillings despite his anticorruption record

Evidence

When this strategy failed, the government team turned to another trick. They decided to accuse Hussen of misappropriating public money to the tune of 2 million shillings. They claimed that he was corrupt despite his anticorruption drive during his tenure as prime minister. Once the accusation was leaked, a number of MPs who originally betrayed the Osman-Hussen team in the presi- dential campaign, such as Haji Bashir Ismail, Sheikh Mukhtar (Speaker of par- liament), Ibrahim Oonlaayeh, and the wealthy businessman Yusuf Egal, openly challenged the accusation. They told the instigators that such a scheme would im- mediately destabilize the government and the country and that no one would be- lieve their assertions. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 996

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Direct sequel to the earlier chapter on Hussen’s anticorruption drive in government.

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