I believe this interview occurred during the early days of his Presidency and yes it was a campaign promise mixed in with his catchy slogans such as Nabad iyo Nolol; Danta Dadka Dalka, it rolls off the tongue quite smoothly, he should have paid the person that came up these slogans
his promise was to rebuild the army and take on Shabaab within two years but he must known this was quite ambitious and far too unrealistic as Shabaab is not only a milita but a shadow government who have supporters within the shacab, nabad diid rich businessmen who want the status quo to continue, and similar nabad diid foreign governments who are also dawlad diid as they do not want the country to improve
You ask what was he smoking before making such a promise? He must have been chewing on our noble leaf, it has medicinal benefits you know
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