He does have the support of the locals specially Kismaayo inhabitants. Kenyan troops didn't intervene when Marehan/Cowrmale alliance attacked Madoobe back in 2016. KDF troops are there to protect the Airport and the port from Shabaab insurgency. He depends on his 6,000+ well equipped clansmen militias and no other clan can Militarily dethrone him.Madoobe does not have the support of the locals or the government. He is only there via Kenya. His days are numbered.