6 2 ▁editor ial ▁in ▁The ▁Ob server , ▁Britain ' s ▁oldest ▁Sunday ▁newspaper , ▁concurrent ly ▁noted ▁that ▁" by ▁every ▁criter ion , ▁the ▁Ken ya ▁Som alis ▁have ▁a ▁right ▁to ▁choose ▁their ▁own ▁future [ ...] ▁they ▁differ ▁from ▁other ▁Ken y ans ▁not ▁just ▁trib ally ▁but ▁in ▁almost ▁every ▁way [ ...] ▁they ▁are ▁Ham it ic , ▁have ▁different ▁custom s , ▁a ▁different ▁religion ▁( I sl am ), ▁and ▁they ▁inhab it ▁a ▁desert ▁which ▁cont ributes ▁little ▁or ▁nothing ▁to ▁the ▁Ken ya ▁economy [ ...] ▁nobody ▁can ▁acc use ▁them ▁of ▁trying ▁to ▁make ▁off ▁with ▁the ▁national ▁wealth ". ▁Despite ▁Som ali ▁diplom atic ▁activity , ▁the ▁colonial ▁government ▁in ▁Ken ya ▁did ▁not ▁act ▁on ▁the ▁commission ' s ▁find ings . ▁British ▁officials ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁federal ▁format ▁then ▁proposed ▁in ▁the ▁Ken yan ▁constitution ▁would ▁provide ▁a ▁solution ▁through ▁the ▁degree ▁of ▁aut onomy ▁it ▁allowed ▁the ▁pre domin antly ▁Som ali ▁region ▁within ▁the ▁federal ▁system . ▁This ▁solution ▁did ▁not ▁dimin ish ▁Som ali ▁dem ands ▁for ▁un ification , ▁however , ▁and ▁the ▁mod icum ▁of ▁federal ism ▁disappeared ▁after ▁Ken ya ' s ▁post - colon ial ▁government ▁opt ed ▁instead ▁for ▁a ▁central ized ▁constitution ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁ ▁Led ▁by ▁the ▁Northern ▁Province ▁People ' s ▁Progress ive ▁Party ▁( N PP PP ), ▁Som alis ▁in ▁the ▁N FD ▁vig or ously ▁sought ▁union ▁with ▁their