At this point, I can't speak to the competence of the individuals who have stepped into those positions. I will repeat what Ian said, which is that I think we have to be really careful about counting too much on individual personalities overcoming really structural problems in Somalia. The political cartels that profiteer from the current situation are very powerful and have been able to outmanoeuvre and/or co-opt some pretty good people who have tried to right this ship, which a lot of Somalis have really tried to do, but to date have not been able to outmanoeuvre these political cartels.
On November 8th, 2017. See this statement in context.