EAST AFRICAN CLAMOUR (Extracted from 'Panafricat) ~*fren Mery Kleppor
"Dissatisfaction with the slow progress towards East African Federation and a strong impetus for action was given in Nairobi recently when 10 representatives of the Tanganyika National Union(consisting of all TANU MPs) flew to Nairobi for an emergency conference with 10 representatives of the majority Kenya Party's similar Parliamentary Group. The Conference sent firm and precisely worded resolutions to the leaders of each of the governments of ast Africa asking: 1) for a further meeting of the leaders before May 20th in order to promulgate a decision of the countries to fedcrate. 2) a recognition that if necessary the United “epublic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar should fedcrate with “enya- leaving the door open for Uganda if she were not ready to federate now. 3) A hint that a public challenge in the Kenya Parliament might follow failure to take some dramatic step forward before the budget debate in June,
The leaders responded: Nyerere with a clear commit ment to immediate federation, Obote of Uganda was "unwilling for Uganda to be pushed into federation", and Kenyatta said nothing. The MPsitsisted that their urgency was based on popular demand and that they were fulfilling their responsibi -lities to their electors by bringing pressure to bear in their owm governments to take the plunge NOW and work out details later through the national assemMYies or a spécially clected body.