The consensus among politicians too was that letting the jihadis rule was not an option although ex-President Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo' and his former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire (who is Hawiye/Murusade) and their allies did not comment...
In February 2017 then Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire promised to tackle corruption uncompromisingly without ever saying how it would be done...
This is important for the silent battle taking place in parliament between him and the former president Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed 'Farmajo' and his one-time prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire...
He had hoped to get support from his former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire after Hassan Sheikh promised to review contracts with foreign companies (especially fisheries and oil)...
The former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire flew to Doha to make a case for himself as an alternative while Fahad Yasin was summoned there to report we hear (AC Vol 61 No 16 Clearing a path)...
But the faction that most wanted to avoid combat which includes former President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire eventually prevailed helped by the international pressure...
Meanwhile Sadeq Umar Hasan 'John' a former Banadir police chief sacked in April for trying to prevent a sitting of parliament designed to rubber stamp the extension of Farmajo's tenure called his own supporters (mostly his own Haber Gidir/Saleban militias) to join him on the outskirts of the city possibly to support Farmajo's previous prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire...
Recently a key commander of Danab the highly effective Special Forces unit of the Somali National Army which is trained and mentored by the US was arrested by NISA because we hear he belongs to the same clan as Hassan Ali Khaire the prime minister sacked by Farmajo in the summer (AC Vol 61 No 16 Clearing a path)...
Prime Minister for over three years Hassan Ali Khaire was unceremoniously sacked on 25 July after an overwhelming parliamentary vote of no-confidence...
A meeting of federal member state presidents in Dhusamareb in mid-July only accentuated the gulf between them and Farmajo but it also showed differences between Farmajo and his Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire...