The 1965 government filled top civil service posts by political need, not merit.
Evidence
- It is also evident that no reasonable criteria based on capacity, skillness, experience or educational qualification has been followed in the distribution and appointments for the highest positions in the Civil Service, which have instead been filled only to satisfy immediate political need thus risking to represent a dangerous precedent affecting the stability, independence and guarantee of the Civil Service. It is in fact not to be ignored that if such a system is allowed to be introduced, the Government will always claim the right to transfer or dismiss the Civil Servants regardless of the rights of the latter to a minimum of stability and safeguard in their administrative career. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 806
Categorization
- XREF: Echoes the broader Somalia civil service story and the politicization issues discussed in earlier chapters of this book.