One of the major pressures that forced Sidi to act the way he did towards the end was the threat of a commission being formed to investigate the financial side of his wife’s foundation, which would surely have done him in ever more deeply. 
Mojawapo ya mashinikizo yaliyomfanya Rais Sidi afanye alivyofanya ni kuwapo tishio la kuundwa tume huru ya kuchunguza mapesa ya mfuko wa maendeleo wa mkewe, tume ambayo ingemuweka hata yeye mwenyewe pabaya zaidi.