Osman refused vote-buying even when it cost him the 1967 presidency

Evidence

Further, Osman’s disdain for corruption and money in politics had no parallel in postcolonial Africa. He not only avoided using his perch in state power to amass private wealth but also kept his hands clean when it came to political graft during the contest for the presidency in 1967. While the opposition was using cash to buy votes from parliamentarians and promising them future ministerial appointments, Osman remained steadfast in opposing both tactics. In fact, he went further by refusing to accept cash gifts from wealthy Somalis who pleaded with him to take their money and use it to pay for the support of the MPs. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1103

The two candidates were separately interviewed by La Tribune, an Italian-language Somali newspaper, and Osman took his famous stand that he was not going to beg or pay people to vote for him. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1463

Categorization

• XREF: Directly connects to the reader’s core interest in how democracy worked before 1969 and why Osman lost in 1967.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1103; Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1463