The airline English requirement provoked accusations of Northern favoritism

Evidence

Once the language requirement for the candidates became public knowledge, many Southern politicians heavily criticized the government, and Hussen in particular, for favoring Northerners. He met with them and tried to persuade them to the necessity for the condition but to no avail. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 720

The ministry immediately advertised twenty-eight openings on the national radio station and in the daily papers. Once the language requirement for the candidates became public knowledge, many Southern politicians heavily criticized the government, and Hussen in particular, for favoring Northerners. He met with them and tried to persuade them to the necessity for the condition but to no avail. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 720

Categorization

• XREF: English-medium education was concentrated in the former British North, so the requirement looked regional even though it was practical.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 720