What happened in 2005 was that a military-personal-tribal dictatorship was overthrown and the chance arrived to replace it with a civilian semi-authoritarian structure that respected most democratic norms most of the time, and which made sensible moves towards national reconciliation, refugee return and economic development; not heaven, but infinitely better. 
Kilichotokea mwaka 2005 ilikuwa kwamba madikteta wa kijeshi walioegemea katika ukabila waling'atuliwa na nafasi ilijitokeza ikasimika badala yake utawala wa kiraia uliokuwa na muundo wa nusu-mabavu ambao uliruhusu desturi nyingi za kidemokrasia kwa muda mwingi zaidi, (utawala huo) ulishughulikia zaidi muwafaka wa kitaifa, urejeshwaji wa wakimbizi na maendeleo ya kiuchumi; ingawa siyo hema, lakini ilikuwa bora.