Somalia’s constitution barred ministers from commercial and financial activity in office

Evidence

According to the constitution, “A Minister or Under-Secretary, during his period in office, may not exercise any other public functions, except the electoral vote and the functions of deputy in the National Assembly, nor may he engage in professional, commercial, industrial or financial activities. He may not directly or indirectly lease or acquire property belonging to the State or to public bodies except for premises to be used as his personal residence. He may not, furthermore, alienate or lease his own property to the State or to public bodies, or participate in a personal capacity in State enterprises or in enterprises controlled by the State.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1426

A Minister or Under-Secretary, during his period in office, may not exercise any other public functions, except the electoral vote and the functions of deputy in the National Assembly, nor may he engage in professional, commercial, industrial or financial activities. … He may not directly or indirectly lease or acquire property belonging to the State or to public bodies except for premises to be used as his personal residence. … He may not, furthermore, alienate or lease his own property to the State or to public bodies, or participate in a personal capacity in State enterprises or in enterprises controlled by the State. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1426

Categorization

• DEFINE: Article 80 of the Somali constitution codified strict conflict-of-interest rules for ministers.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1426