This guy knew the art of diplomacy, and I truly believe if he wasn't assassinated NFD iyo the Ogaden Terrority would be in our hands without bloodshed. We were of great importance to two great superpowers of the time, with the right leadership Somalia would have gotten it's way.In July 30, 1962, at the end of Jomo Kenyatta’s visit to Somalia, the country’s Prime Minister Abdirashid Sharmake said: “If the commission reports that the majority of the people wish to become a part of independent Kenya we will not object. But if the people of NFD want to join Somalia, the Government would be happy to see them reunited with their Somalia brothers”.
He continued: “ Just like other African countries, we seek to promote constructive and harmonious relations, but our neighbours are our Somali kinsmen whose citizenship has been falsified by indiscriminate boundary arrangementsÉ we occupy the same terrain and pursue the same pastoral economy. We speak the same language and share same creed, culture and traditions. How can we regard our brothers as foreigners? Of course we all have a strong and very natural desire to be united.”
