The Protectorate was actually governed directly despite nominal indirect rule

Evidence

Thus, despite some superficial concessions to the principle of indirect rule, in practice the Protectorate was governed as directly as Somalia, though with a much lighter hand and a more restricted purview. … All effective power remained with the District Commissioners who also acted as magistrates, the territory being divided into six separate Districts, ruled from the secretariat and seat of government at Berbera. With the poor quality of communications and the remoteness of many out-stations from the capital, District Commissioners naturally wielded very great authority and their position was enhanced in this respect by the Illalo tribal police detachments assigned to their control. A separate police force was only created in 1926. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 293

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Protectorate’s clan system and homogeneity made cheap indirect-style rule possible; Colonial bureaucracies collected information largely irrelevant to actual decisions; Somali clan genealogy enabled cheap colonial administration without indirect rule — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 290

Related

• The Protectorate’s clan system and homogeneity made cheap indirect-style rule possible (similarity 0.94)
• Somali clan genealogy enabled cheap colonial administration without indirect rule (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Somali clan genealogy enabled cheap colonial administration without indirect rule #qualifies (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 290
• Colonial bureaucracies collected information largely irrelevant to actual decisions #complicates (0.45)