The recent events in Tanganyika have greatly strengthened the position of Oscar Kambona, the Foreign and Defence Minister, who is widely regarded as the most important representative of the left. Firstly, while Prime Iflinister Nyrere panicked during the mutiny and fled to a boat in Dar harbour, Kambona rapidly restorod the civilian authority. Secondly, Kambona is known to have been warning Nyrere for some time of the dangers both of slow Africanisation and of the existence of a professional, Dritish trained army. Following the mutiny, the remnants of the professional army are basing dismissed and it is reported that a new militia is to created based on the youth wing of the party - TANU (Tanganyika African National Union)
The WeekThe Week Vol. 1, No. 6, 5 February 1964
Professional Army or People‘s Army in Tanganyika
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