If he tried to do shit with marehan in xamar. Wouldnβt the Hawiye in gedo just destroy gedoOf course.. that's why the attack on Halane, he is expecting new soldiers to arrive soon to bolster his army.
He already withdrew Somali soldiers from fighting in AlShabab areas and concentrated them in Mogadishu and Gedo ( to babysit his clan).
He also made sure that the ones in Gedo are Hawiye and the ones in Mogadishu are Marehan and others loyal to him.