[3] As his last name suggests, he came to own and was bequeathed to him a huge swath of land in the Eastleigh section of Nairobi, including the Air Force base area, as a result of his father’s legacy.

[2] During his political career he campaigned vigorously to improve the conditions of Somalis in the four frontier districts from its utter neglect and isolation.

At the conference, Lord articulated Somalis' fear and concern over their political rights as a religiously distinct and minority ethnic group.

Consequently he filed a number of petitions to the governor Sir Patrick Renison that Somalis be given a greater autonomy in their political, cultural and social affairs.

Though a federal solution was proposed in the Kenyan constitution as an amendment on the eve of Independence, the government suspended the clause and opted for a centralized format in 1964.