An example of lack of accountability regarding the activities of the Police Commissioner is the gap between theory and praxis of the revenue agents of the Somali Police Force who are responsible for the supervision of import-export duty collections at Mogadishu sea- and airport, as well as the airports at Baidoa, Johwar, Beletweyne and K-50.

He has been a member of the Board of the Japanese Political Science Association since 2001; a member of the Board, Japanese Association of Election Studies since 2000; a member of the Editorial Board of Administrative Theory and Praxis since 1998; a member of the General Council (Hyogiin), Institute of Administrative Management (Gyosei Kanri Kenkyu Senta), since 1998; a member of the General Council (Hyogiin), Japanese Research Institute for Local Public Employees Union (Jichi Sogo Kenkyusho) since 1998; a member of the Research Advisory Committee, International Institute of Administrative Sciences (Brussels) since 1998; a member of the Executive Board of Governance, Structure of Government, International Political Science Association since 1997; a member of the Editorial Board of the Asian Journal of Public Administration, Eastern Regional Conference for Public Administration, 1994; and an executive member of the Board of Directors of the Japanese Society for Public Administration since l984.