The various tribal chieftains met each spring to elect an overlord that would lead them in time of war.

2007 April 22, //www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/world/africa/22iht-somalia.4.5393615.html Somalian government tells Mogadishu residents to flee, in The New York Times

Recruitment firm Glassdoor has similarly alarming statistics: 23% of employees who took annual leave in 2018 regularly checked their emails, while 15% continued working throughout their holiday because of fear of falling behind and the consequences of not hitting their targets.

Both were worried that Bailey would break some of their delegate commitments to keep them from primarying.