WANJIGI CALLS FOR LAUNCHING OF GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER

Nairobi DAILY NATION in English 23 Sep 82 p 5

[Article by Chris Musyoka]

[Text]

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"THE ‘chairman of the
+Presidential «Commission
<on Unemployment, Mr.
Maina Wanjigi, has
Frecommended the setting
.up of a Government
“newspaper and_privately-
- owned radio and television
stations in Kenya.
Mr. Wanjigi made. the’recom-
“mendation yesterday. when he
= and several members of the com-
mission met Information and
Broadcasting Minister Eliud
} Mwamunga and officials in
} Nairobi to discuss the employ-
+ ment situation in the Ministry.
; A Government-ran newspaper
would reshape ‘the country’s:
shattered image and “play a role

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in manipulating our policy in the.

newspaper world,” Mr. Wanjigi”

“said. |
Saying he was not worried
about local privately-owned
newspapers, Mr.. Wanjigi said
however newspapers in Kenya
, were “dangerously in foreign
i hands”.

He further charged that local’

‘ newspapers were subjective in
their reporting -as they lacked
deeply analysed articles. He gave

“the example of President Moi’s
statement on the country’s state
of the economy published yester-
day and claimed that nobody

.. bothered to digest and analyse it

so wananchi could know its

implications and goals.

On the setting up of a private
radio and TV. stations, Mr.
Wanjigi said this idea was
mooted some years ago and dis-
: missed. He said the services giver
[by the Voice of Kenya were far

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KENYA

from adequate, adding that a
private corporation would. be
: more efficient and would produce
‘top quality programmes which
cannot be made inside the Civil
Service.
He said Kenya’s media is not
doing enough to promote the
“country as a filming centre.



LIBERIA

LAMCO TO SUSPEND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES, ADOPT FOUR-DAY WORK WEEK

Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 21 Sep 82 pp 1, 10

: “prevent
estockpiles from ‘growing’ beyond! :
iwhat can be Practically handled. ‘|
_Mr. Kawah 1 was interpreting & |
‘memo circulated to’ the Press!
yesterday “by ‘the Minister of!
Lands, Mines and Energy, Dr.=
Fodee Kromah, which’the Lam-"
CO. president, Mr, Artie:

Copies of “the memo: for “the:
Liberian - Directors Were. sent’
through “Lamco’s general
manager John Pervola.

Mr. Kawah was qui :
out that no lay-offs of workers '
‘were anticipated and that each
of the company’s 3,827
employees would be fully paid
“on the basis of a 48-hour

their ‘operations’. “for periods
“ranging Som’ one to

‘Europe, Lamco’s major market,
‘the ‘steel mills. have drastically
“cut their intake of iron ore in re-
eent months because of reduced
stect production ‘and heavy ore

‘imventories.

- Referring « to” Lameo’s par-

‘ticular ‘situation, he ‘said’ the

company’s reduced shipments to

_its regular European customers;

a-complete’stop of. deliveries to:
Mimex in. Roumania (which can-.

“not pay its.debt of $5.2 million

for ore already delivered), and
the inability on the part of Delta
Steel in Nigeria to take its con-
tractural’ quantities” have put”

Lamco in its worst shipping

situation ever.’ ,

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‘euréailment will be made by clos-“
fing the operations: fora: certain.”
period of time, probably s some,

‘Mines and Energy, Dr. Kromah,
reacting” to -Mr.\ Dhalstrom’s.

memo; told the Daily Observer,
‘4t is time the’ Liberian’ people.
are“ told:-the truth about. the-
worldwide depression. ”. :

He said Mr. Kawah’s indica-
tion that a four-day work week
\instead of six -days would be
adopted was a very mild way of
“presenting ’ the true picture. -
“The fact_is that the company

jwill have to shut down its’ pro-

duction plant for about six
weeks, so that it does not pro-
duce more iron ore to add to the
existing stockpiles that it cannot
sell’, Dr. Kromah pointed out.
“You cannot shut down an ore
producing plant for four out of
six days’’, he explained. ‘‘Those
machines work 24 hours a day.”.



NATIONAL BANK GOVERNOR NAMED NHSB PRESIDENT
Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 24 Sep 82 pp 1, 10
[Article by Abdullah M. Dukuly]

[Text] Mr. Hitler D. Richards, the dismissed comptroller of the
National Port Authority (NPA), who had been fighting for
his acquittal in the $18,845.00 embezzlement charge against
him, yesterday raised his hands and breathed a sigh of relief
when he was pronounced “not guilty” by the non-jury

Special Court on Theft and Related Offences in Monrovia.

[The pronouncement was
‘followed by massive jubilation
-by: relatives, ‘friends and well-
wishers at the crowded court
room and the corridors of the
Temple of Justice, where the
trial court is located.

Following an audit conducted
by the Bureau of General
Auditing, Monrovia, during the
datter part of “last year, “Mr.
Richards ‘was reported to have
allegedly embezzled a total of
$18,845.00 of funds belonging to
«the NPA: He was dismissed ear-
ly this year in connection with
‘the charge. 7

Upon his arraignment before
‘the court, the defendant entered
a plea of not guilty to the charge
i brought against “him, thus join-
“ing issues with the State.

At the call of the hearing of
the case, the prosecution pro-
duced six: witnesses, prominent
among whom was Mr. Solomon

B. Williams, senior principal
auditor at the Government
- auditing bureau, who testified to
the effect that Mr. Richards
embezzled $18,845.00 from
NPA, while working there. He
added that Mr. Richards receiv-
ed his salaries from NPA

without Government’s tax
deduction.

‘But under cross examination,
the witness dismissed the notion
-that Mr. Richards ever ‘‘con-

verted” any amount during his*
employment with the National
Port Authority. Mr. Solomon B.
Williams was the head of a two-
man team designated by now
Auditor-General J. Seyon
Browne, to audit the finances of
the National Port Authority.
Taking the stand to testify to
his possible exoneration, Mr.
Hitler Richards gave an exten-

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: Zizay,, are to
;secution by the Ministry of
Justice.

Messrs. Yancy and Zizay
are charged with allegedly
failing to account for
$200,000 of bank func .

Puzzle ©

Yesterday’s release -clari-
fying the appointments
removed at least one puzzle
from the minds of many in
financial circles, who had
been wondering how to inter-
pret what was* reported ‘to be.
Mr. Hanson’s new job.

All other banks are
answerable to the Governor
.of the National Bank of
‘Liberia;. thus some people’
cwere puzzled as to whether
Mr. Hanson had received a
demotion. Some, however,

LIBERIA



LIBERIA

BRIEFS

DEPUTY MINISTER TO INDIA--The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed Friday that
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Administration, Brigadier General Rudolf
Kolako, has left the country for India. He is expected to participate in a three-
month training program in Development Administration at the Nehru University in New
Delhi. The program is sponsored by the Indian Government. General Kolako left
Liberia on Friday. [Text] [Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 20 Sep 82 p 2]

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GHANA

TWO NEW ENERGY BODIES ESTABLISHED
AB121628 Accra Domestic Service in English 1300 GMT 12 Oct 82

[Text] Two new public economic institutions to be known as Ghana National
Petroleum Corporation and National Energy Board are to be established soon
in the country by the Provisional National Defense Council [PNDC]. It will
operate under the Ministry of Fuel and Power and handle all petroleum
products, concessions and other related matters in accordance with a new
comprehensive petroleum law being processed,

A statement from the office of the PNDC says the council has given approval
for the Tanza National Resource. Associate Incorporated of New York to be
engaged to provide consultancy services’ in the establishment of the two
institutions and their specific roles defined. The agreement covers the
drafting of model petroleum contracts and related documents for use in new
negotiations with foreign oil companies and, in the new negotiations, to
assist in petroleum agreements, It will also provide ongoing assistance for
the establishment of a. petroleum corporation and the training of its personnel.
The agreement also involves the conducting of a'short training course for
personnel of ‘the two institutions on the economic and financial aspects of
petroleum exploration and development.

In giving the approval, the PNDC [words indistinct] owned by the Tanza firm
reputed for its extensive experience in working with developing countries will
seek to establish the two institutions as quickly as possible. It will be
recalled that over the past 2 years, the UN Center on Transnational Corpora-
tions, New York, has provided assistance relating to some aspects of the
current agreement with Tanza’and the Ministry of Fuel and Power. Nevertheless,
it intends to continue to use the available facilities of the center toward
the crash program in oil exploration and other related ventures.

With the approval by the PNDC, the minister of finance and economic planning
has also authorized the immediate transfer of immobilization fee of $40,000
initially for the early start of the project by Tanza. The success of the
project will make it possible for the government to proceed with the imple—
mentation of a new system for awarding concessions offshore Ghana as soon as
possible.

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ZIMBABWE

FIRST TRADE DEFICIT IN THIRTEEN YEARS REPORTED
Harare BUSINESS HERALD in English 23 Sep 82 p 1

[Text] Zimbabwe had a trade deficit of $68,4 million last year--the first since
1968.

Domestic exports totalled $888 million with another $63,9 million (1980--$115 mil-
lion) earned from gold sales.

Total imports came to $1,027,7 million according to the latest statement of exernal
trade compiled by the Central Statistical Office.

The volume indices also reflect the depressed export market, with 1964 as the base
mark of 100, the export index is 101,2--back to the level of 10 years ago.

On the other hand the import index has climbed steadily since 1975 and was 111,9
last year.

South Africa remained this country's largest trading partner, providing 27,5 percent
of Zimbabwe's imports and taking 21,6 percent of the exports.

On the import side the next three countries were the United Kingdom (10 percent),
the United States (7,3 percent) and West Germany (7,2 percent).

For exports the:order was slightly reversed with West Germany taking 8,2 percent,
the United States 7,9 percent and the United Kingdom buying 6,9 percent.

By sectors, machinery and transport equipment had the biggest slice of the import
cake with over $327 million spent on goods ranging from fractors to boilers.

Nearly $26 million went on chassis for trucks etc to be built in Zimbabwe. Another
$21 million was spent on parts for the manufacture of motor cars.

Fuels and related materials were next in line for foreign currency with over $211

million earmarked for petrol, aviation fuels, oils and electrical energy. Zimbabwe
paid about $20 million to Zambia for Kariba Dam electricity.

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The last ministerial meeting in

Nairobi early this month formed a
legal committee to handle the
distribution but Ndugu Jamal
said this was a contingent team,

“That is a contingent committee,
which is supposed to record. in
series agreements on distribution
as they take place... if the
mediation process is delayed by
fundamental issues the team can
not function”, he pointed out.

The committee would comprise
one member from each of the for-
mer partner states but there is a
provision to enlarge it.

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ir bal Court tried

;Mabengano for trying to
erthrow the Chairman of

the Caprivi Exco and

itraditional leader of the
jasubia tribe.

}.. He was found guilty and.
sentenced to 24 head of
cattle and six cuts for chal-
lenging the authority of a
ichief.

© Mabengano said .. he.
;Wrote ‘a letter to Chief’
=Mamili while in detention
to -help him pay ‘for ‘his
{sentence.. Only 12 head of
,cattle were paid for after
FMabengano’s release.
‘Mabengano absconded
‘from .Caprivi before com-
plying with the sentence
‘and went into hiding in
= Windhoek. 4

& He took legal recourse
“to contest the election of
®Mr Sinvula as Ngambela
-through a Supreme Court
interdict.

t. When I interdicted the
! Tribal Court of Bukalo and
ight others, I knew I could
jot challenge them over
e appointment of Mr Sin-

p ula”, Mabengano said. .

“Historically a
yNgambela is not elected,
“but a chief generally ap-
joints his assistant.

y Lapplied for the interdict
because it was a plot to
iiprotect me: I am no longer
‘interested in the position of
\Ngambela and T give up.
sThis is the honest truth”.
=
ty The, ‘Windhoek Supreme
(Court postponed the mat-
ter to November 12. Cost
n the application will also

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UNHCR SURVEYING REFUGEE, SOCIAL SERVICE NEEDS

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 28 Sep 82 p 1

[Text] THE United Nations High Com-

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mission for Refugees (UNHCR)
office in Tanzania is conducting a
survey on refugee social service
needs in the country, particularly
training and, “ employment
opportunities.

A statement issued by the UN
information: centre in Dar es
Salaam yesterday ‘said the
research covering some 150.000
refugees started at Kigwa
settlement in Tabora Region last
week and that it would also cover
Mishamo (Tabora) and Dar es
Salaam.

The statement said the survey
would extend to Ulyankulu and
Katumba settlements early next
year.
| The aim is to collect accurate
data which will form the basis for
opening new registers for proper
enrolment of all refugees in the
country estimated at 200.000.

A_ special identity. number
would be given to each refugee
participating in the. research.
According to the statement, the
new numbering system was being
developed at the UNHCR office
and refugees would use the
identity numbers in future
contacts with the UNHCR.

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The statement said refugees in
Dar ‘es Salaam would. be
interviewed at the refugee social
services centre near the Umoja
wa Vijana building in the city
between October | and 31 while
the survey at Mishamo would be
conducted during November.

Dar es Salaam refugees of the”
age of 16 years and above should
call at the centre for interviews
after which they would obtain
the identity ‘numbers, the
statement said, adding that the

interviews would be closed
promptly on schedule. ,
It said the survey on

employment — openings for
refugees would be conducted in
five i
countgy. They were not named.

The statement explained that
the research would detect job
openings to absorb recognized
refugees living in the country.

Sixty per cent of refugees in
the country come from Burundi
while the rest’ crossed the
borders from Rwanda, Malawi:
Zaire. South Africa and
Comoro.

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industrial towns inthe ©

, including water,

TANZANIA

A recent census showed that
there were 21,000 Zairean
refugees living in Kigoma and
Rukwa regions. There are some
24.000 Burundi refugees mixed
up with villagers in Kigoma

Region. |
ie Minister tor Home

Affairs. Ndugu Muhiddin
Kimario, told parliament last
July that the government had
received pledges totalling 72
million/- to finance a five-year
impravement programme on the.
spontaneous _ settlements - of
urundi refugees.

The programme beginning
this financial year would cover
communications — infrastructure
and provision of social services
dispensaries
and schools.

The UNHCR Resident Rep-
resentative to Tanzania, Ndugu
Abdallah Saied disclosed
last June. that “his
organisation would spend 40.
million/- this year for similar
Projects in “other refugee
Settlements,



CIDA GRAMS TRC REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 25 Sep 82 p 1

[Article by Patrick Mwanukuzi]

[Text] THE Canadian International »

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Development Agency (CIDA)
has pledged a total of
2514.068.000/- in’ grant: to ‘the
Tanzania Government to help
finance a five-year rehabilitation
rogramme of the Tanzania
ailways Corporation (TRC).
The Minister for
* Communications and Transport.
Ndugu. John Malecela. said
yesterday that the grant would
spent on strenghthening the
country’s railway infrastructure
and improve social services
rendered by the Corporation.
The Minister was speaking in
.Dar es.Salaam on-his return from
“Ottawa, Canada. where he: led
Tanzania’s delegation to talks
with Canadian officials on the
strengthening of TRC services.
He said some 124,200,000/-
would be. spent on. a modern
telecommunication network to
be set up between Dar es Salaam
and Morogoro along the Central
Line. The money would go to
engineering drawings and
construction of the network.
Ndugu Malecela said Canada
had also agreed to provide
quarry plants under the same
agreement reached in Ottawa. A
total of 39in/- has been allocated
for.the purpose. +

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coaches. improvement of a

-The first plant is expected to
arrive in the country early next
year and it would greatly help in
the production of ballast stones
needed for the railway line, the
Minister said. ,

Another 34.5 million/- would
be spent for purchasing 30 ballast
wagons while some 70,425 ,000/-
would be spent on staff and
students’ accommodation at the
TRC workshop in Morogoro,
Ndugu Malecela said.

Ndugu Malecela explained
that Canada will provide
technical experts in different
sectors and sponsor local and
overseas training for Tanzanian
personnel.

The pledges follow a sectoral
study of TRC made by CIDA
and whose report was presented
to the President in January this
year, Ndugu Malecela said.

In the 12-volume report, the
Canadian experts recommended
45. priority projects covering
equipment and repairs,
telecommunications and signal
improvement. training and some
technical requirements.

The whole grant, Ndugu Ma-
lecela further explained, covers
the phase Two development
assistance plan. In the Phase
One plan. Canada helped TRC
to purchase 15 locomotives, 205

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mile stretch on the central line
and the construction of the
locomotive shed in Morogoro.

The minister said ‘that the
grant fits well in the Structural
Adjustment Programme (SAP)
which has placed emphasis.
among other things, on the .

, improvement of transport and
telecommunication finks in the
country.

He pointed out however that
TRC needed more funds to solve
its present problems and hinted
that negotiations are underway

to secure these from the
European Economic
Community.

.... Ndugu Malecela | | was

‘accompanied by the Chatrnian of’
the TRC Board of Directors,
Ndugu H. Limihagati, the
corporation's General Manager,
Ndugu “Tom = Mmari, the
Assistant General Manager,
Ndugu Omari Kitenge and some
officials from the Ministry of
Communications and Transport
as well as the Treasury.



LEGAL AGREEMENT WITH GDR--Mozambique and the GDR have signed an agreement on
judiciary cooperation in civil, family, penal and employment legislation.
With a view to strengthening relations between the two states in the legal
field, (?4t'was established) that citizens of each of the states have free
access to courts inthe other. The agreement also stipulates that citizens
of the one country appearing in court in the other in civil, family, penal
and employment cases do so under the same conditions enjoyed by the citizens
of the other state. [Text] [EA260042 Maputo Domestic Service in Portuguese
1700 GMT 23 Sep 82 EA]

BANDIT BASE DESTROYED--Military officials have announced that the Mozambican
army destroyed a bandit base earlier’ this month in Gaza Province, killing
three (Kizumba) terrorists. The attack was made by an army unit pursuing
terrorists who had attacked and derailed a goods train carrying machinery

to Zimbabwe on the Limpopo line. A quantity of arms and ammunition was cap-
tured from the base, including bazooka rockets, antitank mines and plastic
explosives. A number of local people kidnapped by the terrorists were also
freed by the army, The train to Zimbabwe derailed when it hit a mine planted
on the line, Army’and rail workers have since cleared the line. [Text]
[MB121402 Maputo Radio in English to southern Africa 1100 GMT 12 Oct 82]

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OVER 1,500 CO-OP OFFICIALS ‘REPLACED!

Nairobi DAILY NATION in English 18 Sep 82 p 3

[Text] - MORE than 1,500‘mani

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(committee members were |
‘replaced following. President
/Moi’s directive requiring politi-
‘cians and civil servants to quit
the management of agro-based
Co-operative societies in the
country, =~ .
The effect on the Presidential.
directive has been analysed by
the head of the education and
information section of the
; Kenya National Federation of
Co-operatives (KNFC), Mr.
:Tom Oyieke, who helped to
organise a crash training
¥ programme for new committee
members.
"President Moi gave the direc-
;.tive nearly a year ago, and by
‘duly, this year, the programme
had covered 931 new committee
| members, =
i. ‘The subjects taught included
{elementary management prin-

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-communication and human_re-
lations. ' M =e

:+ In a report, Mr, Oyieke said
that the effect of the Presiden-.
..tial directive varied from one

_“society to another. In some
societies, 90 per cent of the com-
mittee members were affected.

: _ Meanwhile, a member of the
Igembe Co-operative. Society’
‘management committee, Mr.

'dustus Kiecha, has written to
Co-operatives Commissioner
Alfrik Birgen alleging that a
cashier of his society, had com-
bined his Co-operative position
with that of councillorship.

Mr.’ Kiecha called this a
“deliberate violation” of the
Presidential directive and.
appealed to Mr. Birgen to inter-

'-vene.

‘The Meru District Co-
‘operative Officer, Mr. Mwangi,

was not available for comment *

‘ but his office confirmed that the
+ councillor was the cashier of
‘cthe society. we
2. .-WATION Reporter and KNA

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“costs. He said United States
Steel, -America’s largest’ steel
producer,’ was recently “losing”
$100 million’a month, Not only!’

ar ne ee ee

‘system | ‘must: make, Liberia“
have to decide; he said, whether
‘to keep- 4000 ‘Lamco employees:
employed and see the company:
seollapse, or scale: down employ-
ment to’ about.2,500 and
the company’s. survival. “:

“Aifically;~ and. to: “educate the’
public - about these Gtiticak’

“The ‘people must ‘kriow -that.
“when a ‘company like Lamco
~ makes decisions to ensure its sur- |
> vival; “it ig not that the Govern-|
“ment is encouraging the private |
“investors. to: treat-their workers:
bad. The simple fact is that these
things are being done all over the’
world’’, said the Minister,

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Displaying the completed form to the House, Mr Van der Byl said: "I still have the
paper here because the enumerator never came back."

Amidst laughter, the Prime Minister, Cde Mugabe interjected: "He must have thought
that you had emigrated."

Cde Chidzero said there were always acceptable margins of error in any counted but
"5 percent might not have been counted but "five percent this way or that does not
matter", he said.

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University of Liberia Reopens After Twenty-Day Shutdown

(DAILY OBSERVER, 23 Sep 82) ......... eee e cece eens ceeseee
IDA Making Grant To LWSC to aaa Monrovia Water Supply

(DAILY OBSERVER, 23 Sep 82) ....seeeeeceeeeees eee eee e eee
Briefs

Deputy Minister to India

MOZAMBIQUE

Peoples Militia Reportedly Runs Into Recruiting Problems
(AFP, 12 Oct 82) ........ Dec e cece cence nen cena c eens sees

Commentary Scores Cooperation with South Africa
(Maputo Radio, 14 Oct 82) ...csccccecccccceeesceeceeees ..

Briefs
Congo Party Delegation
Chinde To Reopen
Cooperation with GDR
Cooperation with Cuban CP
Legal Agreement with GDR
Bandit Base Destroyed

NAMIBIA

Turn of Events in Caprivi Coup Story
(THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER, 29 Sep 82) .....+...e00e bee eeee

TANZANIA

Minister Expresses Disappointment at Delay in EAC Assets Mediation
(Mkumbwa Ally; DAILY NEWS, 28 Sep 82) ......... eee eeeeees

DPRK Memorandum Signed
(DAILY NEWS, 28 Sep 82) ....eeeeecececccscerenees we ee nee

UNESCO Report Proposes Swahili, Hausa as Subregional Languages
(DAILY NEWS, 29 Sep 82) ......eeeveeeneee errr reer eee

Minister Discusses Food Production Before Attending FAO Meeting
(Emma Faraji; DAILY NEWS, 29 Sep 82) ...

UNHCR Surveying Refugee, Social Service Needs
(DAILY NEWS, 28 Sep 82) ..

Government Orders Hoes from PRC To Supplement Local Production
(Attilio Tagalile; DAILY NEWS, 28 Sep 82) ....

Drilling of Second Well of Kimbiji Gas Field To Begin in October
(Mike Sikawa; DAILY NEWS, 26 Sep 82) ...ssceeeesesscecoes

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ZIMBABWE

ARRIVAL OF NORTH KOREAN EXPERTS EXPECTED
Harare THE HERALD in English 23 Sep 82 p 3
{Article by: William Bango]

[Text] More experts from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will arrive in
Zimbabwe soon to work in Government ministries short of skilled manpower, the Korean
Asbassador to Zimbabwe, Cde Li Won Guk, said yesterday.

In an interview, Cde Li said talks had started between the two countries to find ways
of inviting Korean businessmen to invest in Zimbabwe.

"No agreement has yet been reached on that issue, but negotiations are still contin-
uing." Such investment would give a major boost to trade, and increase the amount
of Korean goods on sale here.

Three forestry experts were already here and 16 others would arrive soon to help
develop natural resources. They would stay a year.

"The Korean government is prepared to assist Zimbabwe's development programmes, just
as it helped the country to achieve its independence. The experts already here are
part of a large group to come in the near future."

“We are always ready to recruit technicians needed in any particular field," said
the ambassador.

Trade relations with Korea had entered a new chapter with the dispatch of 6,600
tonnes of rice due to arrive in November to offset the shortage in Zimbabwe.

More rice would be exported in future, depending on needs. "In addition, we would
like to increase the volume of trade by supplying cement, fertiliser and even in-
dustrial plant and machinery."

On South Africa and Namibia, Cde Li said his country would continue to support the
struggles against apartheid and colonial rule.

“We have always supported liberation movements in Africa and elsewhere. Our stand
on colonialism and apartheid remains very strong. We are committed to the imple-
mentation of United Nations resolutions on the struggle for peace and justice.



Manufactured goods was the third largest category with $196,5 million going on im-
ports, with the biggest slice for synthetic fibres.

To ensure that people are kept in the best of spirits $678,000 was spent on import-
ing whisky $655,000 on brandy and $231,000 for wines.

Big Sellers
Zimbabwe's manufactured goods earned $236,686,000 or nearly 27 percent of the total.

The big sellers were nickel and nickel alloys at $46 million, ferro-chrome products
brought in nearly $80 million and iron goods netted over $41 million.

Inedible raw materials were also high earners of foreign exchange with asbestos
selling for $76 million and cotton for over $60 million.

Food and live animals took 14,7 percent of the export market and brought in over $130
million.

Last year this country sold $4,25 million worth of beef to world markets, over $34
million of maize and nearly $55 million of sugar.

But the biggest single boost to the country's coffers came from tobacco which sold
for $224 million or 25 percent of total exports.

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BEEF INDUSTRY FACES CRITICAL FEED SHORTAGE

Harare THE HERALD in English 24 Sep 82 p 3

Co

[Text]

‘said.

> Talks were continuing
‘between the Government
Yand the union in an
‘attempt. to ‘control the
jsituation and avoid
‘further losses of cattle
jwhich would: affect the

seountry’s beef supplies,

‘ “There are only 24 |
‘months to go- during
‘which the demand for
stockfeeds must be met,
+if we are not td sustain
ifurther losses in the
national herd,” said Mr
Laurie. ‘
Matabeleland and the
;Midlands were the worst-
“affected areas, and al+
‘though the “millers were
“working to capacity to.
‘meet the  demand,- the
| shortage of, raw materials.
iad worsened the ‘situa-
| tion,
» “Farmers ‘in the
- drought - stricken fsreas

have been hit hard by the
» shortage of stockfeeds.
» “The drought has also
affected the supply of raw
} materials with the ingre-
{ dients “needed in the
“ manufacture of  stock-
feeds. There are short-
ages of wheat and maize

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‘THE critical shortage of stockfeeds in Zimbabwe due to
hit the- beef industry unless the situation improves by December, the
(vice-president of the Commercial. Farmers’ Union, Mr John. Laurie, has .

‘offal, cotton hulls, cotton *
‘cake, soya and cotton

seed’ which are making

,the situation worse,” he
said.

The demand for stock-
feeds this year had far
exceeded that ‘of the pre-.
vious year, One large
milling company in Bula-
wayo was — “virtually
working to full’ capacity
and ig still unable to meet
the needs of the farmers”.

“Although soya meal
nd maize are both avail-

jable, I ‘understand there
‘are some problems in re-
placing the items in short
jsupply as this would add
leonsiderably te the. cost
of feedstuffs. © .

i {nm addition, if soya
mea} is used to- replace
‘cotton cake, there wili also
\be problems ‘with © the
binding factor in mainten-
‘ance “blocks,” said Mr
Laurie.

The increased demand
for roller meal had also
affected the production of
stockfeeds and = millers
‘were struggling to serve
both people and livestock.
The roughage content of
cotton seed hull was also
leritically short.

72

£~"gpokesmen” for stock-
* feeds manufacturing com-

panies in Harare said yes-
‘terday that if the -situa-
| “tion did not improve with-
\in the next few months,
‘their production capacity
\ would be severely. affected
“because _ more

would. be | demanding

stockfeeds to ‘save their:

cattle. .
“Our machinery 1s
oworking every day for 24
hours but we are - failing
‘to meet the farmers’
“needs. We are only pray-
ing that we will have
early rains in this cout
try so that farmers’ live-
stock will have grass to
supplement their féeds,”
one company spokesman
said.
» The Government is seri-
ously considering contin-
ency plans to alleviate
the problem which . is

likely to affect the beef -

. position of the country.
‘According to" well-
|. fnformed sources, the min-
fstries of Agriculture and
Industry and Energy De-
velopment are exploring
various avenues to im-
| prove the supply of raw
materials and ingredients
needed in the manufacture
of stockfeeds.

farmers |

ZIMBABWE

the drought will

'- Consultative" meetings —
are being held between

< the milling companies, the

| CFU and’ the two Gov-

, ernment ministries on the

t shortages.

Spokesmen for the two
‘ministries could not be
contacted for comment
+ yesterday.



MINISTER DIRECTS ENFORCEMENT OF RENT REDUCTION DECREE

Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER In English 21 Sep 82 p 3

[Excerpt] ‘The Acting Minister of

cso:

Justice, Honourable Elwood L.
Jangaba, has directed all pro-
secuting attorneys of the coun-
ties, territories. and districts
within Liberia, as well as all city
solicitors to give fall effect to the
enforcement of Decree No. 32
relating to rent reduction,

A Justice Ministry press release
issued yesterday said that the move
was necessary to curb the mounting
wave of complaints which are being
referred to the Executive Mansion,
the Capitol Building and the Justice
Ministry by dissatisfied tenants
regarding the arbitrary’ increase in
house rents by Landlords or the
compulsory romoval of tenants
from houses in order to have rent in-
creased upon occupancy by a new te-
nant.

The acting Justice Minister noted
at this arbitrary increase in house

rent was illegal, and if anyone was

* found in violation of this decree, his
ministry would not hesitate to des-
cend on them with the ful weight of
the law.

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According to Decree No. 32, the”

penalty for such violation shall be a
fine of $2,000.00 for the first of-
fense, and $2,000.00 with thirty (30)
days imprisonment for the second
offense.
The acting minister explained that
the decree was promulgated in order
_ to ease the economic hardship on the
broad masses of the Liberian people
as house rent was being constantly
increased by some “unscrupulous
Landlords” without consideration
to the plight of the people.
However, since the decree came
into effect, the release said, some
landlords have sought to ignore it by

‘employing devious means to circum-
vent the enforcement of the decree.

“This has not only resulted in
numerous court cases’, Acting
Minister Jangaba said, ‘‘but
dissatisfied tenarits have also for-
warded their complaints to other ad-
ministrative organs of Government,
including the Executive Mansion for
sedress’’.

Such a practice can no longer be
permitted to continue, he said, em-
phasizing that the Justice Ministry
was directing ‘all prosecuting at-
gorneys nationwide to ensure the en-
forcement of ‘Rent Decree’’.

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LIBERIA



OUKO EXPLAINS COUNTRY'S FOREIGN POLICY

Nairobi DAILY NATION in English 19 Sep 82 p 4

[Interview with Dr. Robert Ouko by John Esibi]

{Text]

“Q. COULD you explain
“what specific changes
the Government has
.instituted into our
foreign policy of late?
+! AsNothing. There has been: to:
"change into our foreign policy:
| Our foreign policy is based oma:
‘number of cardinal principles.
©One. of them is that of -good,
i neighbourliness.
i , we believe in peace, as
~ without it, there can be no
+ development, no co-operation in
the country, in the region, in the
‘continent and the world as a
' whole. Peace is one of the princi-
ples in the Nyayo philosophy.
Thirdly, we believe in and
stand committed to the Charter
- of UN in its entirety. We believe
| in regional co-operation. We con-
|, tribute to the philosophy behind
tthe Organisation of African
+ Unity.
3: This is because it is the OAU
which embraces the total libera-
_ tion of Africa as well as
© development of various aspect of
} life in the continent.
~ ‘We also firmly believe in the
? principle of Non-alignment. This
is purely because we seek to avoid
“being drawn into the rivalry
‘between East/West. We seek to.
remain Non-aligned and to free
ourselves from the Super Power
rivalry, so that we can focus our
- attention where it.should be in
the development of our countries
struggling against very: difficult
odds, promoting the welfare ‘of
our people.

Q. How wise is it for Kenya
not to revise her foreign policy
when we know the world keeps
on changing and shifting her
strategies as the case may—

f

A. Nothing changes to rieces-
sitate us from moving away from
peace, or in pursuit of peace. No.
thing changes. to require us to
modify our foreign policy with
our immediate neighbours. No-

thing changes which will neces-
 gitate us of being pulled into
one side or the other.
the other.

Indeed nothing changes to
move us away from the principles
standing committed to the OAU

y-and UN charters. These remain
© sour basic tenets and the method.
\-with which we pursue our foreign
‘policy may change with the
2, changing circumstances. But the-.
basic principles of our.
policy remain unchanged.
&” @. How. can Kenya
‘being non-aligned when atithé
+ same time she takes stands in
» world politics?
& >. A, We are not taking sides: We
Sepursue what is right. And whatis
ight is that independence, self:
‘determination and soverei; is'

is)

‘something that God gave to man.
| The dignity and liberty of man

are things that were bestowed by
+ God to man.
:- Domination, colonialism,
imperialism occupation of
[territory by force of arms are
declaration from: God’s own
endowment.
We take the view that where
«man’s dignity, or man’s right has
"been taken away the on or
country responsible for it is in the
+ wrong, and must be asked to
{restore it.

That is why we in Kenya are

% constantly. reminding South
Africa to get out of Namibia,
} because the people of Namibia
fue entitled and have a right to be
+ free.

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KENYA

So we do riot take sides as such.

2 We only take sides with the truth »
Lor. with the rights of people.
‘Whoever happens to share our
_gommon view, is purely a coin- j
cidental. It does not mean that
Ewe are siding with them.

: In terms of Africa’s
‘priorities, will Kenya first have
to assist Yasser Arafat with his
:PLO’s struggle against Israel,
“or will she begin with giving
assistance to the guerrilla
“ Teader — Sam Nujoma — to free
‘Namibia from South Africa
first? .

A. We are doing all these things

concurrently: There ‘is no link
between ‘the creation of. the:
Palestinian -homeland. “and | th-
3:freedom of Namibia.
+ Both of them are

‘incidentally happened a long
time ago. Na
been free long time ago if it were
not for South Africa whose policy
has made their government blind
to reason.

. _ There can be no peace in the
Middle East without the problem
of Palestine being solved and it

‘cannot be solved before the right

* of Palestinians is positively and
ger

publicly acknowledged, that they-
are entitled to a home in: the
“Middle East and that Israel also
is entitled ta be récognised as a:
sovereign state.

‘This is why we say that there iss
no link between these things that
have happened. When
‘Afghanistan was invaded by the
Soviets, -we condemned it. We
refused to take part in Moscow

+ Olympic games to demonstrate

our displeasure and disapproval

»of a Super Power country going

into a small country to occupy it
by force of arms.



PRESIDENT MOI'S GUIDELINES ON ECONOMY, TRADE

Nairobi DAILY NATION in English 22 Sep 82 p 6

KENYA

['Excerpts' from speech by President Daniel Arap Moi, date not given]

[Text]

4 MY dear countrymen,

today I want to talk more
about the state of our
‘economy and also touch on
the after- effects of the eyents

‘of August 1. [

In talking ‘about our economy:
our development and our future, {

» am in tum asking all of you to
| assist me. The events of August
1 have aggravated an already,
; difficult economic situation. We
: know that: businesses suffered;

|that the amount this country
“earns in foreign exchange: has
«been affect. and that the

Government’s own revenue will
: be affected. We must therefore
haccept and face these hard
‘economic realities. These are
facts and we must face them.

On businesses affected by
: looting, I will first make a few
‘observations. After more careful.
consideration of the loss and
+ damage, we have assessed that
: the financial losses amounted to

no more than 400 million

shillings, This loss has already

‘been reduced by the combined
efforts of the police; the.
administration, the business
"gommunity ‘and the public at
Targe in recovering looted;

ait businesses are already.
‘back in operation and I con-
‘ gratulate them on their speed of
; recovery which has given me
‘much encouragement. However,
there are a few businesses which
‘suffered on a scale which calls for
‘special assistance. They suffered
either because of the specialised
‘nature of their business or
"because they are relatively small
with much of their assets tied up
‘in their looted stocks. We need to:
give them support in their efforts
» to get back into business.

We shall appoint a sp a Special”
committee to undertake this

This committee will be Sa
from the insurance groups,

“business community and the

Government.

Tshall expect the committee to
consider the problems of debt
repayment, The banking sector
will suffer if loans are not repaid,
but we need also to consider how
businesses wil] be able to stay in
operation while servicing their
loans. If their businesses
critically depend on imports for
raw materials or spares,
everything possible will be done’
to assist them.

Property

Iam also appealing to property
owners that any rents payable by.
affected businesses be frozen at
their present levels for one year.

It is my sincere hope that those
in the business community will
stretch their financial resources

extending trade credit to help

jose affected by the August 1
disturbances.

Iam confident these measures
and the work of the special com-
mittee will help the affected
businesses to recover.

T also want to say a few words

“about ownership of businesses. It

has been and will continue to be
our policy to encourage
Kenyanisation of businesses.

Indeed,. the. Government would
like to see more Kenyans advanc-
ing in the business world.

However, Kenyanisation policy is
not intended to be discriminatory

‘ against any race or community,

but to correct any imbalance
which existed in the past.

21

We are all working to-
gether to help build a
stronger Kenya. I
want all.of you to
feel: part of that ef-
fort. I would, none-
theless, like you to
be aware that a heal-
thy business world is
one free of domina-
tion by any one group-
ing whether tribal,
ethnic or religious.
I would, therefore,
appeal to all of you
to be true citizens
and genuine investors,
and to think of all
Kenyans as your bro-
thers and sisters.
So, I
urge you to be corifident in
owning and running your
businesses in accordance with the
law and sound business practices.
I pow turn to maattory concern-
ing industry in general. At a time.
| like ae in eee have many
' problems. Ihave listened to them
and discussed them generally
* with some of you. We appreciate
any development. that increases
employment and earnings for the
nation. In the light of the prevail-
ing-circumstances, I now wish to
‘announce several measures

aimed at assisting industrial
development and growth.



JOURNALIST CHARGED WITH TREASON

Nairobi DAILY NATION in English 24 Sep 82 p 1

{Article by Andrew Kuria]

[Text] A JOURNALIST, Oti

cso:

Mak’Onyango, yesterday
Ff appeared before the chief
magistrate’s court in Nairobi on a
charge of treason.

Mak’Onyango, an assistant
managing editor of the Sunday
Standard who was arrested on
‘August 17, is alleged to have com-
passed, imagined and intended to
‘overthrow the Kenya Govern-
‘ment.

‘Mak’Onyango was brought to
‘court under tight security by CID
* ‘officers and the charge read out to

him. He was told by the court
that overt acts.and deeds of the
case will be made available to
him before the casé comes up for

‘mention in a fortnight’s time.

y. Mak’Onyango, who appeared
before chief magistrate Abdul
Rauf was unrepresented. He was
also told by the magistrate that
he. was at liberty to engage a

lawyer within the time.

-*Mak’Onyango is accused of
; treason contrary to section 40 (1)
= (a) (iii) (b) of the Penal Code,
Cap 63 of the Laws of Kenya.

He is accused that on unknown
date between July and August 1,
this year, in Nairobi, being a
| person owing allegiance to the
Republic of Kenya he allegedly

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‘cornpassed, imagined or intended”

to overthrow -by unlawful means
| the Government of Kenya and
* expressed, uttered or declared
such compassing, imagination or
intention by overt acts and deeds.
|. ‘The overt acts and deeds are to
be, stated later, the prosecution
told the court.
The Deputy Director of Public
Prosecution, Mr. Sharad Rao,
told the court that the position in
*\Mak’Onyango’s case was similar

-to thg ones in which Raila Amolo
\ Odinga and University of Nairobi
} professor Alfred Vincent Otieno
‘are facing charges of treason and
{' misprision (concealing knowledge
of treason).@The last two, cases
“were brought to court on Wednes-

{ day. ~ —
i. “This is a treason charge wh
Exequires a preliminary inquiry

be held and overt acts and de:
gin the case are to be supplied

f the accused,” stated Mr. ‘Rao €
applied for the case to be m

j:tioned. together with. the ot
two cases.

f Mak’Onyango was remanc
in custody until October 6 w!
his case will be. mentior
together with the other two'ce

{ of treason and misprision,

17



AIR LIBERIA TO PURCHASE BOEING 707 FROM GLOBAL AIRWAYS

Monrovia NEW LIBERIAN in English 24 Sep 82 pp 1, 4

[Excerpt]

Global International Air-
ways, the airline which re-
cently flew the Liberian
leader to -the far East,
Europe and the United States,
is to sell to Air Liberia an
aircraft .from its fleet of
Boeing 707s. .

The Chairman of the board
of Global International, Mr.
Farhad Azima, arrived in the
country Thursday ‘afternoon
with the aircraft which is |
to be sold to Air Liberia
shortly. -

ria", the plane will this
morning take Head of State
Doe and. ranking government
officials -on an inspection
flight taking . off from the
Roberts International Air-

field in Marshall Territory. |

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Already marked "Air Libe-'

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LIBERIA



GHANA

BRIEFS

EEC ASSISTANCE--Ghana is to. receive assistance worth about $31 million from the
EEC, The money’ is meant to compensate for the shortfall in the country's
earnings from the export of cocoa beans and cocoa products to the community

in 1981. Twenty-four million dollars of the amount is in the form of an
interest-free loan whilst the remaining $7 million is a grant to be utilized
in development ‘projects to be agreed upon between the government and the
community. A statement from the office of the delegation of the communi ty

in Accra said this is the second time Ghana is receiving such assistance under
the stabilization of exports earnings, stabex system, which aims at remedying
the harmful effects of the instability of export earnings on economic growth
in the African, Caribbean and Pacific, ACP, countries. In 1976, about

$4 million was provided in respect. of a shortfall in timber export earnings

to the community the previous year.. The EEC has also agreed to grant $87,000
to the Government of Ghana to assist it in combatting the outbreak of cholera
in the country. The funds, which are an emergency aid, will be used to provide
drugs and other medical supplies. The money will also be used to provide
spare parts to repair 20 pick-ups given by the EEC in 1980 for the yaws-
yellow fever campaign under an area aid project. [Text] [ABO71826 Accra
Domestic Service in English 1800 GMT 7 Oct 82]

ECOWAS DELEGATION--A delegation of the ECOWAS has held talks in Accra with
officials of the Ghana Government. The talks centered on the implementation
of decisions taken by the community since 1978, They covered trade
liberalization, transport and telecommunications and the easing of customs

and immigration laws concerning the movement of people and goods among member
states. This was announced by the deputy executive secretary of the community,
Dr Sacko, who led the six-man delegation. He told newsmen, before the delega—
tion flew to Togo to continue its five-nation tour, that the aim is to assess
the limit of the implementation’ of ECOWAS decisions and protocol in those
countries. According to Dr Sacko the delegation is counseling the authorities
of the countries on technical hitches hindering full implementation and also
examining problems facing them in the implementation of the protocol. He said
the delegation had useful talks in Ghana and was impressed about efforts being
made to implement the ECOWAS decisions. Dr Sacko said the visit is the first
phase of a series by officials of the ECOWAS secretariat to monitor the opera-
tions of the decisions. From Togo, the team will go to the Ivory Coast, Upper
Volta and Niger. [Text] [ABO71946 Accra Domestic Service in English

1800 GMI 7 Oct 82]

12



“We condemn any action or plan to delay the independence of Namibia. Everything
should go according to UN Resolution 435."

He urged SADCC members and the frontline states to increase bilateral trade so as to
reduce dependency "on the racist regime down south".

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DRILLING OF SECOND WELL OF KIMBIJI GAS FIELD TO BEGIN IN

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 26 Sep 82 p 1

{Article by Mike Sikawa]

[Text] DRILLING of the second well

CSO:

at the Kimbiji gas field in
Temeke District, will start
next month, the Minister for
Water and Energy, Ndugu Al-
Noor Kassum disclosed in Dar
es Salaam last Friday.

He said in an interview that
the Algerian rig, which was
also used to drill in Songo
Songo was now being moved
from the first well at Kimbiji
(KE-1), to the site of Kimbiji
Well: NumberTwo for further
drilling in search for gas.

Ndugu Kassum said the
second well was being drilled
with assistance from the

OPEC Fund Technical: |

Assistance in Vienna, amoun-
ting to 10 million US dollars
(100°. million/-) | whose
negotiations were recently
completed.

Ndugu Kassum explained
that the purpose of drilling
the second well was to con-
tinue separate structures
which make up the Kimbiji
gas field in order to make an
initial appraisal of.the quan-
tity of the gas in the reservoir.

The Minister said it was the
intention of the government to
edrill a total of five wells as a
first step in. the appraisal
programme. “Should. these

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test wells give positive results,
then further appraisal drilling

‘will be required”, he said.

Ndugu Kassum said the fur-
ther appraisal drilling was
required in order to firstly.
determine the_total gas at
Kimbiji, and out of the total,
how much -percentage was
recoverable.

“It is only then that the
government will be in a
position to determine what
‘use could be made of the gas
in order to maximise its
economic worth”, the
Minister added.

He added that the govern-
ment had embarked upon a
gas utilisation study as. an-
nounced in Parliament inor-
der to have a full range of op-
tions so thatthe best use of:
gas is made.

“The options will take into
account the quality and quan-
tity of gas and other economic
factors such as location, tran-
sport facilities and so on”, he
said. -

In a special statement in-

Parliament on July 5. this
year, Ndugu Kassum said
reserves at Kimbiji have been
estimated at 130 billion cubic
metres and stated that the
reserves were three to four
times bigger than those at
-Songo Songo. *

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TANZANIA

OCTOBER

The Minister said taking
into account the size o the
structure, the fault block in
KE-I was drilled, it is
estimated to contain probable
recoverable gas reserves of the
order of 40 billion standard
cubic metres.

The Kimbiji structure con-
sists. of four large fault.blocks
and: a few other smaller
blocks. The OPEC fund is
also expected to finance the
drilling of the third well.



entrenched imperialist powers-~France, Britain and the United States—-and
the other smaller powers--Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal--had already
divided the world among themselves and (?opposed) their control of the rest
of the world being destroyed by the wild ambitions of Germany's financial
groups,

As regards the Soviet Union, Hitler's Germany wanted the young Soviet state
destroyed because first it served as a model to all the world and the German
workers of how. to develop a society freely, fairly and equally without
colonizing other peoples and oppressing them. And secondly, the Soviet Union
was itself a country with vast resources which various companies and financial
magnates of Germany desired intensely.

The German people led by the working class ‘and progressive intelligentsia
were concerned that never again should a war be unleashed from German soil,
Therefore, they deprived ‘the social group who had benefitted from the war

of their social and economic base, The workers and all anti-fascist
democratic forces expropriated the industrial enterprises belonging to war
criminals, Nazi activists, the armed front and big monopolies. The big
landowners' were. also expropriated and land given to those who did not hoard
and make profit from their control of it but wanted it to produce food with
the peasant and agricultural workers. From. this point onward, the capitalist
forces in West Germany, the GDR itself and the other imperialist countries
began to attack and sabotage’ the GDR in various ways, using all the available
ideological, political and economic methods.

If we take women in the GDR--an area in which I am very interested--the achieve-
ments are simply outstanding. More than 40 percent of all industrial workers
are women ‘and ‘in the health and social services they fill some 80 percent of
all jobs. Equal pay for equal work is a principle which is accepted everywhere.
Nursing mothers go on maternity leave for half a year with full pay and a

grant is given to the family on the birth of a child.

Ghana. and the GDR have enjoyed a long history of cooperation in the field of
education through scholarships, industrial projects and sale of equipment,
drugs, machinery and general goods. In the years ahead, the PNDC will
endeavor to strengthen these’ ties. Firstly, because we have found the GDR
as a responsive, responsible and efficient’ partner and also because on any
goods the GDR is among the best in the world and its prices are cheaper than
elsewhere... In particular, we thank the GDR once again for the assistance
offered in various ways since 31 December. The form of trade arrangements
that the GDR, like other socialist countries, enters into with countries like
ours are equitable and serve our interests, The insistence of the socialist
countries for agreements to ‘supply goods over a certain period of time at an
agreed rate prevents some of the rapid ups. and downs that characterize trade
with the capitalist world and offers our nation a chance to plan, knowing that
prices will not change abruptly for some time and that when they do so, we
would be consulted in fixing ‘the next price.



LIBERIA

MTA MANAGEMENT REACTS 'SHARPLY' TO YEST ALLEGATIONS

Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 24 Sep 82 pp 1, 10

{Article by Kenyahk Best]

[Excerpt]

The management of the Monrovia Transit ‘Authority

(MTA) has reacted sharply to allegations made by the
managing director of YES Transport Company, Mr. Ar-
-ehie Bernard, that MTA was’ incapable of
running Monrovia’s transport system.

In an interview published
on the front page of this
newspaper on September 14,
1982, Mr. Bernard urged
Government to hand over the
city’s. transport system to
private hands,«’as an alter-
native to MTA, a ‘public cor-
poration. He argued — that
private handling of transpor-
tation was far more reliable
and efficient, as constracted
to what he called “‘the in-
herent pattern of inefficien-
cy’? found in public-run
business. This inefficiency,
he said, was due to the
“lackadaisical attitude of
public employees”.

‘Mr. ‘Bernard proposed that
chis company -be given the
permission to set up the bus
transport system for
Monrovia, and asked for cer-
tain Government incentives,
including duty free privileges
and interest subsidy.

In a three and ao half
page rebuttal submitted
to this. newspaper yester-
day, MTA’s acting manag-
ing director, Mr. J. Wilson
Lardner, described the
YES manager’s proposal
as “selfish and contradic-
tory’, and his attack on
MTA as “unwarranted and
unjustifiable’.

‘Turbulent Beginning’

Mr. Lardner, 52, admitted
that his company had pro-
blems, born of. what he called
“‘a turbulent beginning’’
which, he said, was due to
under capitalization, inade-
quate establishment struc-
tures, and“the extraordinary
events of April 12, 1980”.

Howevi; he declared that
his corporation was making

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efficiently

“streneous efforts” to revive
the business and give the
public the service it was
established to render.

Brazilian Loan
Currently, he. said, “his
managing director, Maj.

Joseph N. Douglas, wds

leading a _ thrée-person

delegation to Brazil to con-

inue negotiations for a $3
million loan to purchase a
number 0: 52-seater buses,
with standing room for 20
persons.

The loan: is being made
available by FINEX, a
Brazilian government .agency
created to promote, that
country’s exports abroad.
Finex is arranging the funds
from CITIBANK, and Citibank
Monrovia is being asked to
underwrite part of the loan.



RESERVE BANK SEES NEED TO INCREASE EXPORTS

Harare BUSINESS HERALD in English 23 Sep 82 p 1

[Article by Keith Atkinson]

[Text]

A RETURN +to high
i yates of economic
* growth .an only come

about by a significant
: inerease ‘in the. level
lof exports and an in-
} flow of investment
; capital, says the latest
Reserve Bank .quar-
terly review.

“Both of which “will - was not overtly evident,

{but the rate of price in-
} flation rose sharply dur-

prove difficult ‘in. the
prevailing world economic
¢limate,” adds the gloomy
report.

‘Also’ any attempts to
boost by ‘higher
domestic spending without
{am improvement. in the
; balance of payments will
' eause higher inflation and

worsen the pressure on the '

country’s foreign reserves:

: HELD DOWN

‘The report notes that
“the country will not be
able to keep financing
both the balance of ‘pay-
ments deficit and the Gov-

ermment’s budget deficit -

external borrowing, as
was the case in 1981.

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Zn future; balance of
payment deficits will have
to be held down by export
earnings or investment in-
flows. The Government
deficit will have to rely to
a greater extent on domes-
tic sources.

‘The says thal
efforts to contain inflatior
have ‘een encouraging

‘ar,

SHARP RISE
‘During 1980,~’ inflation

ing the first half of 1981
and by August, consumer
prices were over 18 per-
‘cent above the level in
the previous year.

“By the end of the first
quarter in 1982, the year
on-year increase ‘in’ con-
sumer prices had fallen’to
just over ‘16 percent.”

‘This drop was a result
of more stringent price
controls, and the decline
in the growth of consumer
demand offset the slower

————

"growth in “domestic pro- +7

duction. =:
But with the substantial
minimum increases

wage
it is expected that the
gap between demand and
production may widen
again, thus inoreasing in-
flationary pressures.

‘The report paints «a
rather different picture of

| to the previous two years,

| [when the increase in real

“GPD was almost 25 per-
cent.

Agricultura! production
is expected to fall as a
result of the serious
drought. Little, if any
growth is expected in in-
dustrial output.

Causes include the re-
duction in import alloca-
tions and the deterioration
in manufactured and min-
ing exports.

Despite an improvement
in the transport system,
the recession in the rest
of the world is holding
back Zimbabwe's export

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ZIMBABWE

“With & scenario of
lower industrial, agricul-
tural and mineral prdduc-
tion on the one hand, and

_ a, poor. performance of

exports on the other, it is
clear that not only will
there be a lower rate of
economic. expansion in
1982, but a difficult bal-
ance of payments situation
will’ continue to be a
major problem.”

The sector analysis by
the review is not particu-
larly heartening. Headi
include: Manufacturing —
growth continues to slack-
en; Mining — output con-
tinues to decline; Terms
of trade deteriorate; Zim-
dollar - weakens
against the US dollar and
‘strengthens against the
rand; and Stock Exchange
turnover improves but
prices remain depressed,



EFFORTS TO FIND NEW MARKETS REPORTED

Harare THE HERALD in English 22 Sep 82 p 1

[Text] ZIMBABWE

|
|
cso:

“all>
out to find new markets
for. its products,

The Deputy Minister of
‘Trade and Commerce, Mr
John Landau, said iter-
day that although Pre-
derential Trade Agreement”
with South Africa, Zimba-
bwe's largest market, had
been extended, the Govern-
Ment and, private sector
- were looking elsewhere.
: Potential new markets

bin Burope, ‘America, ‘the
> Far East and areas closer

to home were being in-
._ vestigated,

And the chief executive
of the CZI, Mr John Read,
said: “We have put our
hopes in the SADCC and
the East and,

Central

African PTA.”
{ Mr Landau wale in an
4nterview that the pre-
ferential agreement with
South Africa, renewed in
* March, “is not likely to

end at the moment”,
But | uncertainty over
the future of- the. agree
ment before March ?
caused some People a nag
South Africa to stop buy-
ing ‘eertain. Zimbabwean
foods.
astra “Landau said this
“trend had continued, but
he hoped matters would
‘Improve soon.
The PTA, worth infllions
of dollars to Zimbabwe,
“has been extended pending

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further discussions,

i

But Mr Read said it had
become very difficult to
maintain trade links with
South Africa,

“We are looking. at
ways and means of
diversifying our export
markets.” “

Because of the: earlier
doubt over the PTA, many
South Africans had de-

‘ cided to buy elsewhere,

‘The exchange rate. also
_favoured South Africa

rather “than Zimbabwe.

The biggest problem for

the CZI in seeking new

> markets was that many
economies could not afford
Zimbabwean . exports.

_ Apart from the SADCC
and the East and Central
African PTA, the con-

’ federation was also look-
ing towards Europe and
the Far Hast ‘for new

its chief
mist, Cde Roger Rid-
dell, returns from a com~-
prehensive tour of
America, Japan, China
and North Korea,

Mr Read leaves for a
ssimilar tour of eight West
European ‘countries ‘on
October 2.

Mr Read said: “This
year we are trying to

ZIMBABWE

ternational trade fairs.”
Mr Landau earlier told

‘<a, meeting of fruit farm-

ers keen on exporting to

‘ ‘Britain that their propos-

evaluate new markets
quickly, with the hove of
getting going by nextTM

year.
“We also intend comple-

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depended on freight
Saree and the strength
of the Zimbabwean dollar.
Zimbabwe's export pot-
ential was suffering be-

. cause the growing st

of the dollar relative
the. a Rave South

Hea an advantage. .
The alternatives were
either to devalue the’ dol-
lar or create bigger export
incentives. \

‘The Government) was
an
bonus
. Bcheme to enable producers
“to sell their goods at‘more
competitive prices,

Under present condi-'
fons, ‘it was not feastble

to export to places like
Britain.

In_ reply the farmers
urged the Government to
ora. ways of subsidis-

t and packaging
charges to bring Zimba-
.‘bwe’s exports. up to
internationally competitive

standards.

They also called for an
investigation into reduce
ing the 22,5 percent duty
‘on exports from Zimbabwe
to. European Economic
Communi ty. Members un-
the Lome Convention.



ZIMBABWE

CENSUS RESULTS WILL NOT BE TRUE, SAYS MP
Harare THE HERALD in English 24 Sep 82 p 6

{Text] The recently conducted census was not an authentic record of the number of
people in some areas of Zimbabwe, Cde Sydney Malunga (ZAPU, Matabeleland North)
alleged in the Assembly.

Speaking during the Committee of Supply debate on the $9,343,000 Economic Planning
and Development vote, he said although the count had gone well in some parts of the
country it had not done so in others which were affected by the security situation.

He said when he had told census officials there were people who had not been counted
even in Bulawayo, an official had confirmed this was so.

He mentioned Tsholotsho and Lupane as areas where the results of the census would
be inaccurate and said it would not even be authentic in Bulawayo.

The Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Bernard Chidzero, re-
plied that Cde Malunga seemed to be privy to information not available even to
those who conducted the census.

He said he was not prepared to make any judgment on the authenticity of the census
until the results had been made available. :

He said Cde Malunga had not produced a shred of evidence to support his contention.

Cde Malunga siad he would provide the minister with evidence, and Cde Chidzero said
he would welcome this.

Cde Chidzero said he believed an efficient census had been carried out, "albeit in
difficult circumstances which might have peen helped by some of us".

Mr P. K. van der Byl (RF, Kadoma/Chegutu) suggested the national count should have
been carried out on a single day because of the movement of people from one place
to another.

In his case, he said, an enumerator had come to his house and found him and his fam-

ily out. The enumerator had left a specimen form to be filled in but had never
returned.

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KENYA

BRIEFS

FUEL EXPORTS HALTED--Kenya, facing petroleum shortage, has suspended shipments from
the East African Refinery to Rwanda and Burundi Western diplomatic sources said
yesterday. Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and parts of Zaire have relied heavily for their
fuel on the Kenyan refinery at Mombasa. The sources, who declined to be identified,
said Kenyan diese fuel stocks for domestic use could run out as early as of today,
crippling transport and some factories in the country, They said the shortage was
mainly due to a Central Bank cutback in granting licenses to oil-importing companies
to use foreign exchange to buy foreign oil. Kenya has no oil resources of its own.
Energy Minister Gilber M'Mbijjewe announced on August 19 that the Government was
trimming oil imports by 10 percent to conserve fuel and Kenya's foreign currency
reserves. Kenya's oil imports in 1981 cost around $400 million out of a total import
bill of about $500 million. [Text] [Nairobi DAILY NATION in English 22 Sep 82 p 5]

MOMBASA REFINERY SHUT DOWN--East African Oil-Refineries' general manager, Mr. G. J.
Luijk, confirmed yesterday that the plant has run out of crude oil. He said the
only complex which has been in operation since July 29 was shut down yesterday
morning. But reliable sources told the NATION yesterday the 58,000 tons of crude
oil was expected in the port last night or this morning. The crude oil belongs to
Agip (Kenya) Ltd. Informed sources assured the NATION that the temporary closure
of refinery would not create any shortage of petroleum products in the country since
marketing companies have enough stock. The new complex which closed down on Tuesday
morning was refining a total of about 3,000 tons of petroleum products daily. The
entire refinery used to produce about 10,000 tons of petrol a day before the short=
age of crude oil struck. It is the first time for the refinery to be shut down due
to shortage of crude oil since the multi-million shillings plant was inaugurated in
1963. Sources said the closure would not have any effect on the work force. [Text]
[Nairobi DAILY NATION in English 23 Sep 82 p 5]

OIL LOAD ARRIVES-~The East African Oil Refineries plant in Mombasa will be in full
operation before the weekend, the general manager, Mr. G. J. Luijk, said yesterday.
He said crude oil was now flowing normally from the port to the plant and "as soon

as. we are ready we shall start normal operations." Meanwhile, a spokesman of the
Kenya Ports Authority has said that steps have been taken to reduce the intensity

of explosions at the port entrance where dredging work is going on to enlarge the
entrance. Mr. Andrew Bunard, a KPA chief enginner said complaints that some houses
in the nearby Kizingo area were shaken by the blasts and that some of them had

cracks had been investigated. [Text] [Nairobi DAILY NATION in English 24 Sep 82 p 28]

24



ANGOLA

BRIEFS

TRANSPORT MINISTER TO FRANCE--The Angolan minister of transport and telecommuni-
cations, Comrade Faustino Muteka, recently concluded his official working visit
to France, during which he made contacts with the French authorities on
technical, economic and scientific cooperation between the two countries. The
Angolan official also met with Charles Fiterman, the state minister for
transport, and with other individuals specializing in the field of transport.
The two sides agreed to jointly work together for the socioeconomic develop—
ment of the People's Republic of Angola. The two sides also agreed to set up
a committee of experts of the two countries to work out the means of developing
their objectives. [Text] [AB081320 Luanda Domestic Service in English 1130 GMT
8 Oct 82] :

OFFICIAL RETURNS FROM KINSHASA--The Angolan deputy minister of foreign affairs,
Venancio da Silva Moura, returned home yesterday from Kinshasa, Zaire, where
he represented the Angolan head of state in the Franco-African conference
which ended on Saturday in this capital. Venancio da Silva Moura who attended
the summit delivered a personal message of the Angolan head of state

President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire. It will be recalled that the People's
Republic of Angola participated in the summit as an observer. [Text]

[AB111152 Luanda Domestic Service in English 1130 GMT 11 Oct 82]

UNITA FIGHTING--Lisbon, 12 Oct (AFP)--Sixty-seven Cubans, 123 Angolan army
troops and seven Portuguese were killed in fighting late last month with UNITA,
that group. said Monday. UNITA added in a statement issued here that its

forces attacked the Government Palace in Huambo, Central Angola, causing
"major material damage and human losses." It gave no additional details on
that attack, The statement said the fighting with Cubans, Angolans and
Portuguese forces--the presence of which Lisbon has repeatedly denied--occurred
during the second half of the month, in central and southern Angola. It added
that 29 UNITA fighters were killed in the clashes. UNITA, which is led by
Jonas Savimbi, said it resisted [word indistinct] success" a large-scale

Cuban offensive in central and southern Angola, It said that a large quantity
of military material--including heavy weapons--was captured, and that 89
military vehicles were destroyed. UNITA also repeated its opposition to the
use of Portuguese troops in'a United Nations peacekeeping force for the
independence of neighboring Namibia. "No one should be unaware that Portuguese
troops are responsible for the current situation in Angola," it said. [Text]
[AB120945 Paris AFP in English 0422 GMT 12 Oct 82]



Norconsult Group Identifying Rufisi Hrdro-Power Sources

(DAILY NEWS, 25 Sep 82) ............ see e wees seen

CIDA Grams TRC Rehabilitation Assistance
(Patrick Mwanukuzi; DAILY NEWS, 25 Sep 82) .......

Briefs
Iringa Region Potato Pileup
TANESCO, Japanese Firm Sign Agreement
Jumbe on Islamic Teachings
CCM Workers to Bulgaria

ZAMBIA

EIU Issues Quarterly Review of Nation's Economy
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 28 Sep 82) ...

Voters' Registration Period Extended Two Weeks
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 28 Sep 82) ......

ZIMBABWE

Reserve Bank Sees Need To Increase Exports
(Keith Atkinson; BUSINESS HERALD, 23 Sep 82) .....

Staff Crisis Hits State Accounts
(THE HERALD, 22 Sep 82) ....csccecccccccvucceccces

Efforts To Find New Markets Reported

(THE HERALD, 22 Sep 82) .......cecececeececececececs

Census Results Will Not Be True, Says MP
(THE HERALD, 24 Sep 82) ....scceccuccucceccecceces

First Trade Deficit in Thirteen Years Reported
(BUSINESS HERALD, 23 Sep 82) ......... eee ects eeee

Arrival of North Korean Experts Expected
(William Bango; THE HERALD, 23 Sep 82) ....seeeeee

Beef Industry Faces Criticial Feed Shortage
(THE HERALD, 24 Sep 82) .......cceeeceeececececuce

Briefs
Zisco Workers Quit
Mine Sackings Postponed
Postal Unions Seek Merger
Motor Industry Unions Merge
Beitbridge Voters Harassed
Libyans Help Printers

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(MASS PRODUCTIVITY DAY' CONTEMPLATED--The PNDC will shortly declare every Friday
mass productivity day" on which workers, in both public and private sectors, would
be drafted to work on institutional farms. The Council has also decided to cut down
the working force of all the ministries and departments and all the redundant workers

made to go into active food production. Mr. Ato Austin announced this when he
lau ched the National Public Education Campaign by a 27-member task force in the
Ashanti Region at the Ghana National Culture Centre in Kumasi. He said that this
would break the tradition whereby office workers regard farming and other manual
jobs as something reserved for illiterates and rural dwellers. He affirmed that
there was mass redundancy caused by overstaffing in the Civil Service and said the

PNDC would correct this before it got out of han .- (1

English No 3399, 27 Sep 82 p 2524] 4. [ext] [London WEST AFRICA in
PNDC SECRETARIES APPOINTED--The Provisional: National Defense Council [PNDC]
has. made some new appointments, Dr Charles Boadu, the present deputy secretary
for health, becomes the substantive PNDC secretary for health. Mr Quainor Mettle
becomes deputy secretary for the greater Accra region, and Mr C. K. Annan,
has been appointed PNDC deputy secretary in charge of agriculture in the
greater Accra region. The appointments take immediate effect. [Text]
[ABO81908 Accra Domestic Service in English 1800 GMT 8 Oct 82]

GDR DONATES MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS--The Embassy. of the GDR in Ghana today donated
a number of ‘musical instruments to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation [GBC]
appeal fund, The instruments, worth about $3,000, is the first donation by a
foreign mission since the launching of the fund. The GDR ambassador,

Mr Herbert Denzler, who handed over’the instruments to the acting director
general of the GBC, Mr Kwame Karikari, noted that the instruments come from
the solidarity committee of his country. He said the gift is an expression
of the good relations ‘between Ghana and the GDR and solidarity with the
aspirations of the people.: Mr Denzler hoped the instruments would contribute
to the equipment rehabilitation exercise being undertaken by the GBC toward the
social liberation of Ghanaians. [Excerpt] [AB122114 Accra Domestic Service

in English 2000 GMT 12 Oct 82]. . Co

LIBYAN TRACTORS--Fifty tractors, gifts from Libya for agricultural purposes are ex-
pected in the country soon. The tractors which have already been shipped, will be
distributed to food farmers' co-operative societies... The Secretary for Rural Devel-
opment and Co-operatives, Mr. Kwaku Ankomah, who announced this when commissioning
the 22nd "People's Shop" at Dadeeso in the Lower Afram Plains, said 14 trucks have
also been allocated to co-operative societies to cart foodstuffs to urban centres.
[Text] [London WEST AFRICA in English No 3399, 27 Sep 82 p 2524]

NO WAGE FREEZE AGREEMENT--The Interim Management Committee of the Trades Union Con-
gress had denied a report in an Accra daily paper that the labour movement has agreed
on a wage freeze with the PNDC. At a news conference in Accra, the chairman of the
committee, Mr. E. K. Aboagye, said it would be hypocritical and a betrayal of the
sacrifices of workers to clamp down on wages while prices were allowed to increase.
He said the TUC stood by its policy of free collective bargaining for determining
wages and conditions of service. [Text] [London WEST AFRICA in English No 3399,

27 Sep 82 p 2524] :

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GHANA

PNDC MEMBER PRAISES GDR ON 33D ANNIVERSARY
AB141140 Accra Domestic Service in English 2107 GMT 13 Oct 82

["Edited version" of address by Provisional National Defense Council member
Anna Enims on the occasion of the 33d anniversary of the founding of the
GDR on 9 October--read by announcer]

[Excerpts] On behalf of the PNDC [Provisional National Defense Council] and
as a representative of the Ghanaian people at this celebration of the 33d
anniversary of the founding of the GDR, I wish to extend warm and sincere
greetings to the people of the GDR.

There are three broad themes which will run through my address as I try to
analyze what I see as the importance of this 33d anniversary. There are:
the significance of Ghana and the world's people of the GDR's achievements
since its founding; the importance of Ghana of strengthening and deepening
of present economic, social and’political ties with the GDR; and finally
the importance of the search for international peace which is such an
important part of the GDR's foreign policy and which arises from the same
concern for world peace that motivates the PNDC.

For our very young revolutionary process in a country which has only a very
limited experience of profound social transformation, a dependence on the
experiences of other countries with a longer tradition is vital. Even more
important, the correct application of the lessons to be learned from other
places is indispensable as we attempt to transform our people's condition
from one of poverty to one of prosperity, from one of dictatorship of the
few to one of democracy of the people.

The GDR was founded on 7 October 1949 in a Germany devastated by World War II.
This war had been caused by the thirst within imperial Germany for an
expansion of her borders and the desire to create an invincible military
machine to conquer other people in Europe and elsewhere so as to secure

their resources and labor for the exclusive benefit of Germany's companies,
financial magnates and the political elite of the Nazi party led by

Adolf Hitler. In this project of expansion and imperialist ambition, war was
inevitable because independent nations like Czechoslovakia had to be seized
by force, War erupted also because the more powerful, older and more



TWO SHIFTAS KILLED AFTER STOCK RAID

Nairobi DAILY NATION in English 21 Sep 82 p 16

[Article by David Nderitu and Kna]

[Text]

cso:

“TWO shiftas were shot '
-dead and several others
/-wounded by security forces
r while they were driving 350
jhead of sattle they had
F stolen a across the Kenya-
x Somalia border.

: Lamu police’ said 10 Somali
bandits attacked Bujra’s_ ranch
‘near Witu and made away with
'-850 cattle and kidnapped two
i herdsmen.

The sgurces: said that on.

September 15, the anti-poaching

unit’s air wing sighted the stolen

animals being taken towards
= Tjara near Garissa and reported to
= security forces at Witu at 10.30
am.

© Police and homeguards and the
| General Service Unit (GSU) were

{ also alerted and the tracking
started immediately. At Iara,

| they came into contact with the
bandits and an exchange of fire
ensued.

3400/44

The two shiftas were killed and
296 head of cattle recovered along
with a Russin-made rifle, a

“pistol, a GB rifle and 141 rounds
of ammunition, The sources said
the cattle were now being driven
back to Witu by the security
forces.

Mr. Bujra, the ranch owner,
has thanked the Government and
the forces for the steps taken
immediately after the incident.
He also thanked the area DC, Mr.
Ben Makosewe.

Meanwhile, police headquar-

ters in Nairobi yesterday reported
". that five people were killed in dif-

ferent incidents throughout the

country over thé weekend.

A shepherd boy died. and
another was taken seriously ill
immediately after drinkin
something ffom_an abandoned

\ jerrican at Treetop manyatta,
Samburu. Both were rushed
home after they fell unconscious,
but one of them died, police said. |

The other was rushed to
Wamba Health Centre and
admitted there in a serious condi-
‘tion.

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Since June, more than 1,000 men and women workers have completed 45-day
training courses to defend their places of employment, and a far greater
number of country dwellers have been grouped into village-based militia
units, trained by the army.

While local self-defense is the stated task of these units, there have been
several reports of their participation in regular army sweeps in the central
provinces of Manica and Sofala, so far the worst-affected by MNR attacks.
The Buzi Sugar Estate is in Sofala.

The militia program has, however, run into some difficulties as it gets
under way.

Analysts note that authorities in some areas, under pressure to enlist as
many militiamen as possible, have recruited people who are unwilling to serve
out. of fear for their lives. The militiamen and their families are regarded
as targets by the MNR.

The recruiting pressure’ can be seen ‘through the example of the Sofala branch
of the State Electricity Company. With a work force of 250, which was given
a quota of 150 militiamen, ‘the goal was met, with difficulty.

In other industries in Sofala, some workers have reportedly quit their jobs
rather than serve in the militia.

(Residents: of the Chibwedziva area of southeastern Zimbabwe, 50 kilometres
(30' miles). from the Mozambique border, told journalists last week that

18 Mozambican militiamen had recently fled into Zimbabwe with their weapons
from Gaza Province, where the MNR is also active.

(The militiamen, among about 1,500 Mozambican refugees settled at Chibwedziva,
had been caught shooting game in the Gonarezhou National Park, the residents
said.)

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GHANA

COMMENTARY ON FORMATION OF PEOPLES MILITIA
ABO72008 Accra Domestic Service in English 1800 GMT 7 Oct 82
[Station commentary]

[Text] The issue of forming and institutionalizing the people's militia in the
country, has become one of urgent importance today. A representative of the
National’ Defense Committee has said that patriotic members of People's Defense
Committees (PDC) in border towns will be selected and trained in the people's
militia to assist border guards on patrol duties. One member of the pro-
visional national defense committee, Mr Chris Atim, has also said that guide-
lines on the formation of the people's militia will come out soon.

More significantly, the masses of people themselves have been demanding the
formation of people's militia since January to defend their own revolution.
This is a democratic demand and in several cases the people have always taken
the initiative to organize their own militia,

The security demands of the nation at the present stage of the revolution
require a response far beyond what the professional army alone can provide,
Indeed, it would be an irrational use of human resources to deploy our soldiers
in places where trained civilians could easily do the duties required. Also
the formation of people's militia which in effect amounts to the arming of the
masses, is the hallmark of any popular revolutionary process. It means the
breaking of the monopoly over arms by only a tiny section of the population

to frighten and oppress the majority, marking the end of an exploiter army
and the beginning of a true people's army. The whole people--soldiers and
civilians--would from then on turn their arms only on their real enemies,

the exploiters and cheats.

As is well known, when a bunch of exploiting classes and their collaborators
are overthrown in a revolutionary process, they never cease to dream of
staging a comeback, Reactionaries and counterrevolutionaries do everything
possible to seize political power again. This makes the defense of the
revolution as important as its continual advancement. And the whole people
must be armed to face and deal with all armed counterrevolutionary maneuvers
and sabotage, no matter the source,



The search for international peace is a major preoccupation of the GDR, not
only because the GDR is on the front line of any European conflict of the
future. Over and above that, the GDR has consistently maintained such a
position also from the broader viewpoint that there is no more important

task for the whole world today than to secure peace. Peace is rightly regarded
by the GDR--and for that matter by the PNDC and the people of Ghana--as an
elementary basis for the life and happiness of all peoples.

We are confident. The future for the forces of peace, democracy and social
progress remains ‘bright and they will shine even more if we steadfastly
maintain ‘the time-honored principles of popular democracy, national inde-
pendence and militant anti-imperialist solidarity.

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TANZANIA

GOVERNMENT ORDERS HOES FROM PRC TO SUPPLEMENT LOCAL PRODUCTION

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 28 Sep 82 p 1

[Article by Attilio Tagalile]

[Text]

cso:

THE Government has placed
an emergency order of 500,000
hogs from China to sup-
plement local production for
the forthcoming -farming
season, it was learnt in Dar es
Salaam yesterday.

The Ubungo Farm Im-
plementts (UFI) General
Manager, Ndugu HN. Kida
also said that they would also
be receiving several con-
signments of spare parts for
agricultural implements
manufactured at the factory.

He said both spare parts
and hoes to be imported from
China were expected to arrive

jin the country soon. Orders _

for ‘several consignments of
semi-finished materials for

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ploughs have also been placed
from India. .

Speaking on the same sub-
ject, the Minister for In-
dustries, Ndugu
Mramba told the Daily News
that the Government had em-
barked on an_ emergency
measure to bring in farm tools
on account of what he
described us a deteriorating
situation on farm implements
in the country.’

He explained that the
situation surfaced in August
this year and had resulted
from economic constraints
that led to inadequate
allocation of foreign exchange
for the sector.

However, due to
seriousness of .the situation
coupled with the promising

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Basil —

the *

.agricultural outlook in the
coming séason and the im-
portance of the sector, the
government decided to
allocate more funds on im-
portation of the implements.

Ndugu Mramba noted that
the implements would
definitely be, in the country
before the forthcoming. far-
ming season. He said the
Present emergency im-
portation of implements was a
short-term measure aimed at

_Solving the present crisis.

The Minister said plans
were also underway to make
use of black smiths and small
scale industries in the country
in producing some of the |
spare parts for agricultural
implements thronch the use of |
scray metal.



LIBERIA

UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA REOPENS AFTER TWENTY-DAY SHUTDOWN

Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 23 Sep 82 p 12

[Text]

<7 _— ~
The doors to the University of Liberia have re-opened after

more than 20 days of closure prompted early this month when
students there boycotted classes in demand for buses to Con-
vey them to and from their Fendall campus outside the

capital.

The Head of State and Chair-
man of the PRC, C-I-C Dr. Doe
ordered the re-opening of the
university ‘‘without delay’’

esterday following a meeting of
the Council and: university
authorities.

An Executive Mansion press
release issued in Manrovia
yesterday, disclosed that .C-I-C
‘Doe reiterated Government’s
commitment to provide . the
university with the promised.
buses when they arrive in the
country from the People’s
Republic of China and the
Republic of Korea.,

The release quoted the Head
of State of charging the presi-
dent of the University of
Liberia, Dr. Mary Antoinette
Brown-Sherman, of being
responsible for the actitivies at
the institution.

C-I-C Doe expressed concern
over the fear of undue tolerance
of the university’s president
toward the students.

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Dr. Doe stressed the need for
a greater discipline on the part of
the students and charged the
university authorities to play
well their role in making the in-
stitution an ideal place for
academic and professional ex-
cellence.

Early yesterday, a represen-
tative group of university
students extended their
apologies to the Government for
the September Ist and 2nd crisis
at the university.

They noted, in the statement,
that it was regrettable that a
compromise could not be ef-

fected, despite the fact that
buses were provided by the
Government on September 2
following the news of the
boycott.

They told Government that
the breakdown was a climax to
long-standing transportation
problems faced by students who
had to commute to Fendall for
classes.

38

The representative group
noted that the matter was ‘‘ex-
acerbated by an extremely large
number of Science and
Agriculture College students be-
ing placed on probation’’.

They disclosed: ‘‘We
acknowledge therefore, the fact
that apologies are due and we
would like therefore to take this
gccasion to offer our apologies
to'you in this public manner, for
the situation which occurred on
September ist and 2nd.”

In response the Vice Head of
State and Co-chairman of the
People’s Redemption Council,
Gen. J. Nicholas Podier, told
the students to channel theif
grievances through ad-
ministrative procedures and
warned the administration at the
University of Liberia against in-'
citing studénts to boycott
classes.

The statement was read by the
chairman of a 17-member com-
mittee, Mr. H. Zobon Scott, a
student from the Medical col-
lege. The students were accom-
panied by the University Faculty
Council, headed by Dr. Sher-
man.



COOPERATION ACCORD WITH GDR SIGNED

Maseru LESOTHO WEEKLY in English 24 Sep 82 p 1

[Text]

i LESOTHO and the Ger-
man Democratic Republic

ihhave signed a cultural.

‘and scientific co-operation

; agreement,

The agreement between
the two countries was
signed last week during
the three-day official visit

| by the Prime Minister, Dr

; Leabua Jonathan, at the
invitation of his counter-
part Mr Willi Stoph.

Speaking at a dinner
hosted in his honour in
Berlin by the Chairman of
the Council of Ministers,
Mr Willi Stoph, Dr Jona-
than appealed to the

{ world’s super powers to
divert the resources spent
on the arms race towards

» satisfying basic human
needs.

He said that as the arms
race picked up momentum,
the treat of a nuclear in-
ferno was becoming a

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serious possibility.

The Prime Minister said
that the world and the
super powers in particular
would.save humanity from
total extinction if good-
will prevailed and the
huge amount of resource
spent on arms were di-
verted towards satisfying
basic human needs.

Dr. Jonathan highlighted
efforts being made by the
black ‘states of Southern
Africa to reduce their

dependence on South Afri-
ca through the Southern
African Development Co-
ordinating conference
(SADCC).

With particular refer-
ence to Lesotho’s prob-
lems, Dr Jonathan said
that like the rest of Afri-
ca the country lacked
capital and expertise and
was worse off as a result
ifa colonial policy which
was calculated to use it as
a heaplabour reservoir for
South African mines.

26

He said Lesotho was ©

working for the reversal
of this situation by ap-
pealing to genuine friends
throughout the world and
across ideological lines to
assist with capital and
technical expertise. He

also emphasized Lesotho’s

The Prime Minister said

Lesotho was being victim-
ized by South Africa for
giving humanitarian as-
sistance to victims of
apartheid who are fleeing
to Lesotho. .
He said South Africa was
harbouring, training and
arming the dissiderits and
quislings of the so-called
Lesotho Liberation .Army ‘
(LLA) " under the. false
claim that Lesotho was
providing training bases
for the African National
Congress.

He said however, that
Lesotho would continue
to provide humanitarian
assistance to genuine vic-
tims of apartheid who flee
to Lesotho.

LESOTHO

Dr. Jonathan also held
talks with the Secretary
General of the Central
* Committee of the Socialist
Unity Party of Germany
and Chairman of the Coun-
cil of State, Mr. Erich.
Honecker. The talks een-
tred around bilateral
issues and on the interna-
tional issues.

Before returning to Le-

sotho, Dr Jonathan “will
visit Austria and Rome,
Italy, where he will have
an audience with His
Holiness Pope John Paul
IL .
The Prime Minister was
accampanied to the GDR
by the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Information and
Broadcasting, Mr C.D. Mo-
Japo, who came back home
this week.



MOZAMBIQUE

COMMENTARY SCORES COOPERATION WITH SOUTH AFRICA
MB141343 Maputo Radio in English to southern Africa 1100 GMT 14 Oct 82
[Station commentary]

[Text] The military chief of the South African minority regime, General Malan,
has been talking this week about his view of regional cooperation in southern
Africa, We have heard it before of course: the independent countries of the
region need South ‘Africa ‘because South Africa is rich and powerful and they
are poor and weak. Some countries, says Malan, understand this, and therefore
try to cooperate with South Africa, Other countries do not, and he names
these'as: Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. These four countries,
according to Malan, have serious political problems. The political problems
are caused by their precarious economic situation, and the economic situation
is caused by their refusing to accept South Africa's friendly helping hand.
Malan goes’on to say that these four countries will have to learn that if they
go on like this, they will be politically and economically destroyed.

This is the Malan analysis of southern Africa, and it is not by chance that
the four countries are suffering as a result of their refusal to cooperate
with an apartheid state, it is because South Africa is taking military action
against them, trying to prevent their economic development. It is not because
they would suddenly get rich if they agreed to cooperate with South Africa.
Pretoria commits aggression against these countries in an effort to maintain
its economic stranglehold over the southern African region,

One of the countries which General Malan praises for behaving itself is Malawi.
This country, he says is benefitting from its relations with South Africa.

But Malawi, as we all know, is one of the countries belonging to the Southern
African Development Coordination Conference--SADCC--and one of the aims of SADCC
is to make its member states less dependent on South Africa. Malawi has been
trying to reroute its trade through Mozambique ports to avoid relying on the
longer and more expensive South African route. Recently, the (Kizumba) bandits
in Mozambique have attacked Malawi's rail.links to Beira port. They have also
kidnapped Bulgarian road technicians working on the highway between Malawi

and the Mozambique port. of Quelimane.

43



ALIEN REMANDED--A Ugandan accused of having a seditious publication PAMBANA ORGAN OF
THE DECEMBER 12 MOVEMENT was on Saturday remanded for the second time until October
2, when his case will be mentioned. Sophos Othieno Owora, represented by Mr. Stephen
Mwangi, appeared before Mombasa senior resident magistrate Ngacaku Gakuhi. He is a
former assistant front manager at Diani Reef Hotel. Coast senior State Counsel
Nicholas Harwood told Mr. Ngacaku when the case came up for mention that he had not
received consent to prosecute. He said he expected to do so in two weeks time. Owora
is charged that on August 19, at Diani in Kwale District, he was found in possession
of the publication without lawful excuse. [Text] [Nairobi DAILY NATION in English
20 Sep 82 p 5]

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VOTERS" REGISTRATION PERIOD EXTENDED TWO WEEKS

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 28 Sep 82 p 1

[Excerpt] ITE voters’-registration- period-has been
‘extended from October 17 to 31 because
‘of the shortage of materials for issuing
ational registration cards.

{ Chairman of the electoral
commission Mr_ Justice
| Mathew Ngulube, who. is
} deputy Chief Justice, made
| the announcement at. the
j launching of the voters’
registration exercise by
i President Kaunda at Lubwa
fvard at. State House com-
pound.
{Speaking after Dr Kaunda
i registered as a voter to
launch the exercise, Mr Just-
Vice Ngulube said there had
} been a feeling time should be
t extended for registration beca-
use of the shortage of materi-
} als for green cards.
©. Originally the exercise was
to end on October 17. Mr
| Justice Ngulube said’ the
commission was grateful ‘to
the President for the example
he had shown by spearheading
the exercise. ‘This is of great
constitutional importance."

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| . The Times of Zambia yes-
terday said in its editorial on
the need to extend voters’

| tegistration period:

' “The ultimate success of the
1983 elections will depend on

; three issues — the issuing of
national registration cards to
as many eligible citizens as
possible; the registration of.

* more than two million eligible
voters and; the turn-out of
the voters themselves on elect-

). ion day — in that order.

“It (nation) should not lose
| the numerous potential voters
now through rigidly adhering
: to the time deadlines of the
‘voters’ registration period or

through the bureaucratic red-

tape on the issuing of national

registration cards in remote
| areas.

“‘We therefore implore the
», elections, office to favourably

| consider: genuine appeals for
, the extension of the registra-
, tion of voters in areas where
i the issuing of national regi-
H stration cards "has bogged

62

ZAMBIA



MESSAGE. TO DPRK LEADER--Luanda, 14 Oct (ANGOP)--Jose Eduardo Dos Santos,
president of the MPLA-Labor Party and president of the republic, has sent a
message of congratulations to his DPRK counterpart Kim I1-song, on the occasion
of the 37th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Workers Party led by
Kim Il-song. "Since its creation," the Angolan head of state stressed, "the
Korean Workers Party’has always been the principal architect of the great
transformations being pursued in your country." Jose Eduardo dos Santos

also pointed out that’ "the immense efforts made by the DPRK, led by your
party ever since its creation, are an example of abnegation and sacrifice in
defense of the gains already won in the fight for the well-being of all the
people and the progress of socialism in your country." In the same message,
Jose Eduardo’ Dos Santos commended the victories and the efforts being made
by Kim Il-song for the reunification of Korea, He went on to say that "this
will lead to the achievement of peace, stability and security for all peoples
in the region." Finally, the Angolan head of state reiterated his total

and unflinching support for the just cause of the Korean people in their
heroic struggle against imperialism. [Text] [AB141104 Luanda ANCOP in English
0935 GMI 14 Oct 82]

CUBAN PRESENCE-~Angola would be ready to make a "gesture" on the issue of
Cuban’ troops stationed there if South Africa agreed to certain conditions,
including acceptance of a United Nations plan for Namibian independence,
Ambassador to Paris Luis d'Almeida said today. Mr d'Almeida told a press
conference here that South Africa would have to withdraw all its forces from
southern Angola, break off aid to the Angolan rebel movement UNITA and
implement UN Resolution 435 on Namibia. [Text] [NC141237 Paris AFP in English
1227 GMT 14 Oct 82]

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long as they are there wesshall
‘continue to voice our disapproval.
F Youicannot rank them in order of
;their priorities. They are all
Priority issues which “must be
[ett | Wedemand.

Q. Looking at it as an expert
fin foreign affairs, which one do

Findependence first, Namibia or
Palestine?
=A. No, I don’t. want to talk

tabout. Namibia in the eontext‘of-
:Palestine.. I-want to talk if
want, about the :
of. Namibia: in obtaining
their freedom independent of any
other: country struggling: for her
independence.
&, Namibia is-soon’ going ‘to be
free.’ It has: to be ‘free whether
FSouth Africa wants it or not.
g What we have been speaking
about is not the principle of the
‘freedom of Namibia, but the
{timing of that independence.
&.. Weare greatly disturbed by the
ink some countries are seeking to
‘establish between the indepen-
lence of Namibia, and the,
withdrawal of Cuban. troops frori
‘Angola. The ‘two, in our: opinion
have no relations whatsover.
E’ Nobody «has a right: to tell
yAngola “who ‘should or who.

istight- to invite ‘whomsoever shé
f prefers.
£.- Q. Do you think time has
s’come for African countries to
yreconsider ‘their decision to
#-severe relations with Israel? _-
~ “A. That was a decision taken at
the OAU Heads of State meeting’
in Addis Ababa‘in 1973. Until it is
-revised by the same body, it stays
a-decision of the OAU.' Kenya,
therefore, has to defend and
support OAU’s decisions for so
long as they remain: valid. This
particular decision is still valid.
Q. Incidentally, the current
and out-going Chairman of the
OAU was going to hand over at
= the recent abortive Heads of
Summit in Tripoli. Now that it
ended:that way, what is expec-
ted for our Head of State to do?_
A. President Moi continues as
OAU Chairman for-two main
reasons. One, because the chair-

ra
®

cere

* manship is handed over to the

next and in-coming chairman,
only at a. properly constituted
meeting of the assembly of Heads
of States and Government. And
no such meeting was able to take
i place in Tripoli.

a

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“These ‘things happened and as”

Secondly, the Charter of OAU
Eis silent over what’ happens
F should a meeting not take place.
“This is the first time this thing
has happened, and there has been
no precedent to go by. For these.
two reasons, among others, presi-
dent Moi remains chairman until
he hands over to his successor, at
a properly constituted meeting of
theassembly,

Q. Is.this likely to take place
soon this year? If so when, and
where? :

‘A. Your guess is as good as
| mine because you are as.familiar
788 Lam as to the causes of failures
fof the meeting in Tripoli. The
; issue of the admission of Polisario
ito the OAU membership is one

zthat has split the Organisation .

fright down in the middfe. One:
alf applauding the admis-
jion..of Polisario and the other
half condemning and regretting
it. Intensive effort has, and con-
tinues to be made by the chair-
-man to'keep. the Organisation-
together.
The chairman’s efforts,
«however, succeeded. in
highlighting the gravity of the
: situation. The situation as it is
ow:. has . emerged -precisely. -as.
P President Moi had warned
“beforehand.
‘by lt is the Président’s. view.that
AU “must -not be allowed to
ollapse,” and T..am -glad that
+ following’ his concern, a number
of African Heads ‘of-States: are
assisting ‘in’ the search. of unity’
and ‘solutions: to. the ‘problems
that have kept OAU divided.
~ Q. You admitted in the course
of this interview that the OAU
Charter is silent on a number of
issues. Do you believe it is time.
it was revised?
“A. The Charter: needs to be
«revised. There is no doubt about
that. But ‘this is a major issue
which.can only be tackled at the
meeting of Heads of State. True,
the Charter does allow: the
‘Council of Ministers to bring up
an issue for discussion subject to
the. approval by”the--Heads of.
State.

Q. What of the elections of
the Secretariat?

‘A. Everything now hangs on
® the meeting of Heads of State and
«,Govertiments. That is:the only

é

3

secretary-general and others.
Until that happens, the current
secretary-general stays in office,
2sby default. :

16

body competent to select a“

'Q. Would you say that should
the membership of Saharawi
\Arab Democratic Republic
(SADR) be withdrawn, that
would amicably reselve the
problem?
- A. Prezident Shehu Shagari of
Nigeria suggested a compromise
to that solution. According to
that compromise, the Polisario
‘would. be asked to refrain from
‘attending the summit in Tripoli,
‘-but they would attend the:
| Council of Ministers. This was

= eer -
put to them and they agreed to it
Bot then we failed to get a
F quérum.
Q. How about unconfirmed
‘ Feports that again you are up
«and down trotting’ around: to
' dispatch messages in an effort
‘to ‘reconstitute yet another
Heads of State Summit?
A. There are five Heads of
tate currently: touring African
countries discussing with ‘their:
“colleagues ‘with regard to. OAU’s,
‘future.. There is a hope that a
* gpeeting will be held once they com

- “plete: the -assignment which has.

» been ignded to them. :
"There is a’ likelihood that
Tollowing their exchange of notes,
a méeting will-soon take place.
‘Whether it will be a meeting by
Foreign Ministers first to prepare
the agenda, or whether it will a be
direct meeting for the Heads of.
‘State, Idonot know. Sag
“-Q. What-of the’ reports that

; Some camp: within’ the

* Organisation wants to form its

‘| own separate union indepen-
dent of the present one?

‘A. I’ don't know’ that. I, or

Kenya for that matter, was not a’
+ party to that original idea. We
*- only believe in one OAU for the
entire continent. Therefore L do
«not want to contemplate the crea-
tion of another Organisation.
* -.Q. Does Kenya beli
that it. was the Pol
«that made it impossible for the
‘Tripoli summit to take place?

A. The majority of the coun-
“tries stated that they did not
want to go to Tripoli because of”
‘their objection to the admission
of Polisario to the Organisation.:
‘But a few countries like Egypt,
~Sudan and Somalia made it
clear, publicly, that they would
}Not go to Tripoli due to bilateral
(differences. So, it’ is really the
‘Polisario issue predominantly. ~



TANZANIA

MINISTER DISCUSSES FOOD PRODUCTION BEFORE ATTENDING FAO MEETING

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 29 Sep 82 p 1

{Article by Emma Faraji]

[Text] THE 11-man,task force formed

CSO:

to review the country's
agricultural policy has almost
completed its work and _ is
expected to present its report to
the government next month. the
Minister for —_ Agriculture,
Professor John Machunda said in
Dar es Salaam on Monday.”
The committee was formed to
look into national agricultural
policy problems, study current
crop’ production trends and

suggest solutions to problems
and towards increasing food

ctops production in the country. °
minister was speaking
shortly before leaving for Algiers

to attend an African regional

meeting of the UN Food and
Agriculture Organisation
(FAO)

Ndugu Machunda said that the
Algiers meeting which was due
to open yesterday would, among
others. discuss developments on
the world conference on agrarian
reform and rural development
and the problems of land tenure.
~* Tanzania has no problem of
land tentire because everyone
has access to the land but our
problem ‘is better utilisation.”

+ the minister explained.

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He said that at Algiers. he
would present the government's
idea of setting up a com! ion
on better land utilisation.

‘The land-use plan department
in the Ministry of Agriculture ts

also expected to be resis: di with
the possible assistance ut the
FAO to further educate peasants
in giving more care to their land,"
on soil conservation and how to

revent soil erosion. Ndugu

jachunda said. .

The just-completed’ national
food strategy to be presented to
the -government soon is also
firmly in line with the Lagos plan
of action and is expected to raise

the — country food _ self-,
sufficiency and reduce food
imports.

According ‘to. Ndugu

Machunda, this year the country
would need some 325,000 metric
tonnes of food imports to fill the
ap in this year’s food shortfall.
he required grains.are 275.000

tonnes of maize, 10,000 tons of
rice and 40,000 of wheat.

The minister stressed that
food production in the country
expected to greatly improve this
year, particularly in Ruvuma,

beya, Rukwa and Iringa
regions.

53

~~ He said that even the 1981/82
performance was - satisfactory
despite the drought and that
although Arusha, Dodoma and
certain areas ‘of Mwanza and

Shinyanga experience some
difficulties this year. food
imports would “still “be
substantially lower than in: the
previous year.

On new and cenewable

sources of energy toragricultural
and rural development. the

minister said that Tanzania's
plan for irrigation demonstration,
plots would be: itroduced at the
meeting.
_ “We will also express our
tence. on using — more
livestock rather than human
on the fields including ox-
id the

$18 meeting will also
be brieted on Vanzanta’s efforts
in’ the exploitation. of hydro-
power and the afforestation
campaign.

The FAO meeting is also
expected to took into the topic of
tisheries and make pre on
Jor the L984 world conference on
fisheries manayenicnt 7



Jumbe praised the muslim leaders who conducted prayers during the BARAZA yesterday,
for their condemnations of racketeering, smuggling, hoarding and other vices. [Text]
Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 29 Sep 82 p 1]

CCM WORKERS TO BULGARIA--Fifteen workers of Chama cha Mapinduzi have left the country
for Bulgaria to undergo training in various fields on socialism and its policies.

The trainees were selected from the different Party mass organisations and the Party
Headquarters. An official at the Sub-Head Office of the Party in Dar es Salaam has
told SHIHATA that the training is part of a political training programme whose agree-
ment was signed between the Bulgarian Communist Party and CCM. The subjects to be
taught will include the set up of a socialist party, party leadership, socialist
leadership and socialist economy. This is the third time that CCM members have
undergone training in Bulgaria. The first batch of ten was sent in 1980, while the
second one of ten also, went last year. [Text] [Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English
29 Sep 82 p 1]

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60



LIBERIA

SILOGRAM LUBRICANTS TO ESTABLISH PROCESSING PLANT IN NATION

Monrovia NEW LIBERIAN in English 21 Sep 82 p 3

[Text]

cso:

Silogran Lubricants, a
U.S.-based Company which
specializes in the manufac-
ture, sales and distribution
of lubricants worldwide is
to establish a processing
plant in Liberia.

Upon . the invitation of
Head of State Doe,the Presi~
dent and Vice President
Silogram, Messrs Oscar and
Leon Margolis are expected
to arrive in Liberia next
week, -

The Management of Silo

gram's West African Branch
in. Monrovia has disclosed
that the Executives of silo-
gram are expected to call on
_ Head of State Doe, and hold
talks with government agen-
cies, including the General
Services Agency (GSA).

The talks will center
around the company's deve-
lopment’ package for Liberia,
including the establishment
of a lubrication oil proces-
sing Plant, possibly within
the Liberian Industrial Free
Zone area; and the finaliza-
tion of 10 scholarships
awarded government through
GSA for Liberians to do

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studies related to the main-

tenance of automotive and

other equipment, so as to
upgrade GSA's maintenance
program. 7

Silogram. has been serving
industries with lubricants
since 1912. According to Mr.
Oscar’. Margolis, the Presi-
dent, priority is being
given to the introduction of
energy-saving lubricants
that promise extended pro-
formance in all vehicles and
machinery.

Presently Silogram offers
a diversified lubricant pro-
duct -line, covering every
industrial - and . automotive
requirement. They range from
industrial oil and greases,
and fire resistant hydraulic
fluids. to military specifi-
eations, cutting oils and

fluids, and lubricants for
all applications.

The establishment of a
lubrication oil processing
plant in Liberia is expected
to create’ more jobs, and
ease the problems faced by
both government and the pri-
vate sector in the importa~
tion of lubricants.

33



ZIMBABWE

BRIEFS

ZISCO WORKERS QUIT--All 12 workers' committee members walked out of Zisco's works
council on Tuesday in protest at the way the council was run, the committee's chair-
man, Cde Musafare Zvikiro, said yesterday. Among their grievances were the manner
in which works council meetings were conducted, the lack of an inquiry into the
break-down of a blast furnace in August, and the failure to solve the problem of the
steady loss of skilled and professional staff, Cde Zvikiro said. A company spokes-
man said yesterday that the works council was a young body which operated on the
constitutional guidelines laid down by the Ministry of Labour and Social Services.
"Industrial relations is obviously a sensitive area and we have had our difficulties,
but we feel we are going in the right direction," the spokesman said. "This is a
minor hiccup and with the goodwill of the workers’ committee we will be able to get
back on an even keel." The spokesman said the council's constitution, its aims and
objectives, had to be reconsidered, but stressed that it was "a consultative forum"
and not a decision making body. Cde Zvikiro said that no majority decisions had
been reached in the council, which was composed of 12 members each from the workers’
committee and management. The spokesman, however, said he felt that "the council
had progressed reasonably well in its 10 meetings. [Text] Harare THE HERALD in
English 23 Sep 82 p 6]

MINE SACKINGS POSTPONED--Notices of redundancy served on 350 employees at Rio Tinto's
Empress Mine in Kadoma have been extended by two weeks--pending the outcome of nego-
tiations between the Government and the mine management. The Government will not
consider a grant to Rio Tinto to help it keep the mine going, the Minister of Fin-
ance, Economic Planning and Development, told the Assembly yesterday, reports Ziana.
It was hoped that Rio Tinto would be able to accept a loan offered on reasonable
terms and the situation would then be reviewed from time to time. The giant mining
group recently told the workers it could not afford to employ them as the mine was
running at a loss. The future of the nickel mine was jeopardised last week as nego~
tiations on a $4,7 million loan from the Government of the company reached deadlock.
A company spokesman said yesterday that the Government's offer had been considered
by the board and modified proposals had been returned to the Ministry of Mines.
[Text] [Harare THE HERALD in English 23 Sep 82 p 1)

POSTAL UNIONS SEEK MERGER--The two posts and telecommunications unions are to meet
on Friday to discuss a merger. An official on the negotiating team from the Posts
and Telecommunications Union of Zimbabwe, Mr Max Walton, said a merger depended on
whether both sides accepted certain proposals. But he foresaw no hitches to a link-
up with the Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunications Workers’ Union. [Text] [Harare
THE HERALD in English 22 Sep 82 p 1]

73



LIBERIA

MINISTER SAYS KOREAN MADE RICE MILLS TO ARRIVE SHORTLY

Monrovia NEW LIBERIAN in English 21 Sep 82 p 3

[Article by J. N. Elliott]

[Excerpt] | Rural Liberia is to bene-

cso:

| fit from several rice mills,
sestimated at $700,000. The
mills, expected to arrive in
ithe ‘county shortly, will be

| used’ “in” Helping © communal
| farmers achieve successful
} harvest.

; The amount is portion of a

! $2.7 million loan negotiated «
for the pur- +
farming |

by government
chase of modern
equipment, Internal Affairs

| Minister, Col. Edward K.
| Sackor, told the NEW LIBE-
i RIAN recently. - e :

3400/49

| He said the ‘rice mills are
i Korean made. However, the

Minister felt short of say- j

ing how many mills, or who

had provided the loan,
Minister

that proceeds from the sale

4
|

Sackor disclosed -

of the rice from the harvest ;

throughout the country,
would be used for develop-

,;ment purpose, and to pur-
chase additional farming |
; tools.

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TANZANIA

MINISTER EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT AT DELAY IN EAC ASSETS MEDIATION

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 28 Sep 82 p 1

[Article by Mkumbwa Ally]

[Text]

TANZANIA has expressed —

disappointment at the delay
in mediation over the
distribution of assets and
liabilities of the defunct East
African Community (EAC)
and reserved. comments on
whether it ‘would. attend
‘another meeting on the mat-
ter.

The protest was impressed
upon World Bank-appointed
mediator, Dr. Victor Um-
bricht, in Dar es Salaam

__ yesterday by Finance Minister

‘Amir Jamal who lamented
that valuable time was being
lost.

The minister’s concern
comes in the wake of can-
cellation . of a _ ministerial
meeting, scheduled for
Uganda on September 24
because Kenya — one of the
three partners of the defunct
community — could not at-
tend. °

Ndugu Jamal said the
Swiss . diplomat mediating
over distribution of the EAC
assets and. liabilities since
-1977 told him in a meeting

“that Kenya did not give him

reasons for failure to attend
the meeting.

“Dr. Umbricht said he had
asked precisely the same
question to Kenya (but) he
was not, given any reason why
Kenya did not meet the com-
mitment,” the minister said.

He said the mediator
wanted to know whether Tan-
zania would attend another
meeting if he (Dr. Umbricht)
convened it. :

“T told him that before con-
sidering the question of
another meeting, it was
necessary to know the reason
why Kenya had not kep{-the
commitment of meeting on
September 24 in Uganda,” the
minsiter explained.

Ndugu Jamal said the
mediator who leaves today for.
Nairobi pledged to seek ‘ex-
planation from Kenya for her

»non participation —-and—that
the reply would be com-
municated to the other part-
ners (Tanzania and Uganda).

The Uganda meeting last
Friday was expected to make

a breakthrough on the
modalities for im-
plementation of the {wo-
principle formula for
distribution of the EAC assets
and liabilities based on

geographical location and
equal ownership.

The mediation process has
apparently been stalled
following the failure of that
meeting. Authorities sources
have said a tentative
agreement on the distribution
formula would have been

reached in Uganda.

“The next step would be to
forward the minister's recom-
mendations to the heads of
state for further action”, the
sources explained.

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Ndugu Jamal declined com-
ment on alternative measures
which might be taken to push
on the mediation process in
case Kenya’s explanation for
her. failure to attend the
Uganda meeting was not
forthcoming. —

“The mediator has said he
will keep us posted on further
developments... don’t want
to conjecture on what would
happen -— why should I
guess?” he said.

He stressed, however, that
the distribution of assets and
liabilities involved the three
former partners severally and
that one or two of them gould
not be expected to conclude a
binding agreement. .

The assets and liabilities
ot the EAC which collapsed
in 1977 after operating for 10
years are valued at 12.1

billion/-.

Under the two-principle  for-
mula for distribution immovable
assets located in any of the former
partners would be retained by
that partner but she would com-
pensate the other two on the basis
of equal ownership.

Movable assets would have to
be redistributed equally among
the three partners.

‘The former partners also agreed
last June that outstanding local
claims against the defunct com-_
imunity~ should-ve dvalt with by’
national institutions formed to
provide services falling under the *
EAC in each country.

Such claims include those on
pension and other sectors which
were not revealed.



Fi there shall be a re-
introduction of the Export Com-
‘pensation Scheme. It will differ in
{ one fundamental respect from the
previous scheme because it will
give reward to those who increase
their achievements in the field of
export. It will be-based on a
system whereby the ‘more you
* export over previous perfor-'
mance, the more you benefit.

Export

There will be export compensa-
tion for all export earnings which
‘qualified under the previous
scheme at 10 per cent but any
increases over the previous year
./ will, attract 25 per cent. New.

businesses using new capital will
=: also_get 25 per cent of export
© earnings on entry into the export
* market. This new export compen-

‘sation scheme will be backdated

+ to June 18, 1982 and all transac-

; tions entered into before June’
' 18 will be compensated at the
previous rate. Lo
‘The Government is looking at
other measures to encourage
| exports and these will be announ-
‘ced in the near future. _:
Tn addition, those impo ing
essential items for production
- purposes will be assured of
* priority status on import licens-

Seogmegeecagnsey em

ing.
Fy ‘on the allocation of import
? licences and foreign exchange,
i there must be control and we
\ have mechanisms for doing this.
{ However, to ensure a more rapid
and just allocation, I am’ requir-
ing an immediate review of
: administrative machinery in
‘order to bring about a fair
application of the rules. This will
| be monitored by the various com-
mittees who will ensure the
1) smooth running of the system.
:, Iynow turn to what I consider
vital to our development strategy,
| and that is the encouragement of
investment. We need to invest to
grow and develop. The Govern-
: ment has to play its part in this,
but it is the investment of
‘individuals, companies, corpora-
tions and co-operatives that will
really fuel growth in our

| economy.
The Government will not con-
tinue with such heavy involve-
ment in projects and enterprises

‘which can be best handled by the -

private sector. We shall not seek
“ joint ventures which have led in
* ‘the past to inappropriate invest-
* ments. These -have left the
“Government burdened with
’ servicing substantial guarantees
"jin foreign exchange.

!
Joint ventures will cer- ~~ Talso wish to mention that the ”
tainly be encouraged be- | Government is now in the process

tween Kenyan firms and
overseas companies, and
the Government will as-

sist in making these
contacts in providing

information and in its
general infrastructural

development.

Over the years, the

Government expenditure

and deficits have grown
This, in
part, is due to partic-

substantially.

ipation in non-viable
joint ventures. Such

investments have forced

the

Government to borrow funds

from the banking system to an
extent which has curtailed the
rate of lending to the rest of the
economy.

I also wish to make it known
that in view of the substantial
Government deficits and serious.
balance .of payment problems,
the Government has decided to
reduce its subsidies to parastatals
and may even withdraw its par-
ticipation from businesses which
have failed to perform well.

The conclusion which emerges
from this situation is that, the
private sector will in future play
an increasingly bigger role in
development than has been the
‘ease in the past — through both
domestic and foreign private
investment — and the Govern-
ment will do everything in its
power to encourage both
domestic and foreign investors.

In order to do this, I have direc-
ted that a new Investment
Advisory Centre be established.
We do know that potential
investors need a focal point in our
system which can provide or help
to find out necessary information.
This new centre will be run
jointly between the business
_world and the Government.

Its terms of reference will be to
promote investment both foreign
and domestic, to provide adivice
and assistance to investors, to
give information to potential:
investors and to advise the
‘Government as to policies and
procedures which encourage
rather than hinder investment.
This centre will be manned by a
competent. team with the
necessary experience.

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f exports.

,.of re-examining the present laws
yregarding ‘the repatriation of
profits and capital with a view to
making them more favourable to
investors:

Investors

Foreign investors should also
know that, if they accept that
‘Kenya, like any other country, is

| interested in developing the skills
and opportunities for its own
nationals — which in fact is what
*Kenyanisation policy is about —
- and are willing to make every
effort in training, then they will.
not be prevented from bringing in
their own people to look after
their business affairs. .

'For local.investors, the Govern-
ment will strengthen the
Industrial Development Bank
and the Kenya Industrial Estates
to encourage sound investments.
Local firms will also be permitted
to bring in non-Kenyans with
| appropriate knowledge and
“experience to ensure their
; businesses are run effectively

where no Kenyans are available.

;, 1 would now like to touch
‘briefly on agriculture. I am
pleased to note that our farmers
are responding to our production
requirements in .a very positive
manner.

I must however turn to one dis-
‘tressing aspect on the
agricultural scene. We all know
that to produce, you must have
| fame. Many farmers have been

given credit funds to achieve their
production, but some of them
have not yet repaid their loans. A
tem cannot work like that.
‘Credit funds must be repaid.
jolding up repayments means
‘that others will suffer.
Having given this word of
warning, let me repeat my
‘pleasure on the production
| response of the agricultural com-
munity. In order to give further

encouragement to our farmers, I
[ a

am considering to establish an
award system for those farmers
who perform particularly well.
There will be two main critetia.
for that performance: firstly, the
| increase in production and
! secondly the repayment of loans.
| But it is not only our farming
community that should be con-
sidered for awards. I have spoken
‘ at some length about stimulating
‘our industrial sector. I would also
like to introduce awards for
| industry. This means recognising
‘nationally those firms which
perform exceptionally well in
increasing their production and
sales and those who increase their



UNESCO REPORT PROPOSES SWAHILI, HAUSA AS SUBREGIONAL LANGUAGES

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 29 Sep 82 p 3

[Text]

cso:

KISWAHILI and” Hausa

languages have been proposed
sub-regional languages for
West Africa. and East Africa
respectively ‘in a move to
develop’: ..’ sub-regional
languages to enhance closer
co-operation in the area, a
UNESCO press report issued

in Dar es Salaam yesterday
said.

A Tanzanian board member
of ‘the United: Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, Ndugu
Donald Kusenha, — said
romotion of sub-regional
anguages in Africa like
Kiswahili and Hausa in the
two regions, would enhance
co-operation and un-
derstanding in the continent.

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~~ Ndugu Kusenha — was

commenting on a UNESCO
draft action plan for 1984/89
period at the organization's
executive board meeting held
in Paris recently.

He urged UNESCO to en-

courage the creation of sub-
regional language centres in-
stead of national..ones as a
move to develop sub-regional
communication vehicles.

The UNESCO board mem-
ber, however, stressed that
national languages remained
important not only in primary
and adult education fields but
also in the promotion of
African cultural values and
identity.

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TANZANIA



EIU ISSUES QUARTERLY REVIEW OF NATION'S ECONOMY

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 28 Sep 82 p 2

[Excerpt]

BRITAIN supplied Zam-

bia with goods worth

about K337 million
“ during 1980 to become
tZambia’s leading
5 trading partner.
The figure represents 25
; per cent of total imports
;.during the year and other
notable . partners included
West Germany and the
United States which sup-
;-plied 11 and eight per cent
‘of imports respectively.
f According to the Economist
Intelligence Unit (EIU), a third

‘Africa was Zambia’s. fourth
jranked trading» partner and
jsupplied seven per cent of our
requirements.

Zambia’s need to improve
welations with her neighbours
shas been made much more
jurgent by economic problems.

cso: 3400/41

£ In 1980 copper exports net-
sted about K1,131 million while
ithe rest of the sectors earned
;only about K125 million.
\Zambia’s public foreign debt
‘ stood at K1.8 billion during the
ryear. :
:. The ‘review. predicts that
Zambia’s Gross Domestic Pro-
} duet (GDP) is likely to decline
about five per cent in 1982 and
‘the mines might incur losses
totalling about K200 million
representing an increase of
‘about 50 per ceht of the
revious year’s losses.
On the continuing negotia-
tions with the International
} Monetary Fund (IMF) over the
‘release of the remaining K500
* million out of the K800 million
i credit facility granted last year,

it predicts that the talks might
not reach a conclusion czrly,
“The current tranche of
loan is likely to be delayed
* considerably as the Govern-
. Ment tries to cut its Budget
deficit and reduce credit suffi-
, ciency to_ the ‘International
} Monetary Fund.’*

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ZAMBIA



Journalist Charged with Treason
(Andrew Kuria; DAILY NATION, 24 Sep 82) ........

Over 1,500 Co-op Officials 'Replaced'
(DAILY NATION, 18 Sep 82) ......... ee

Two Shiftas Killed After Stock Raid
(David Nderitu and Kna; DAILY NATION, 21 Sep 82)

Country To Receive Sh. 220m. in Aid
(Philip Wangalwa; DAILY NATION, 21 Sep 82) .....

President Moi's Guidelines on Economy, Trade
@aniel Arap Moi; DAILY NATION, 22 Sep 82) .....

Briefs
Fuel Exports Halted
Mombasa Refinery Shut Down
Oil Load Arrives
Alien Remanded

LESOTHO

Cooperation Accord with GDR Signed
(LESOTHO WEEKLY, 24 Sep 82) ....... tee e ee eeeeees

LIBERIA

MIA Management Reacts 'Sharply' to Yest Allegations
(Kenyahk Best; DAILY OBSERVER, .24 Sep 82)....--.

Minister Directs Enforcement of Rent Reduction. Decree
(DAILY OBSERVER, 21 Sep 82) .

Air Liberia To Purchase Boeing 707 from Global Airways
(NEW LIBERIAN, 24 Sep 82) ..

National Bank Governor Names NHSB President
(Abdullah M. Dukuly; DAILY OBSERVER, 24 Sep 82)

Silogram Lubricants To Establish Processing Plant in Nation

(NEW LIBERIAN, 21 Sep 82) ..

Minister Says Korean Made Rice Mills To Arrive Shortly
(J. N. Elliott; NEW LIBERIAN, 21 Sep 82) .......

Lamco To Suspend Production Activities, Adopt Four-Day Work Week

(DAILY OBSERVER, 21 Sep 82) .....-eeeeeeeee seen

Firestone Rubber Company Branch Adopts Cost Saving Measures

(S. Toe Nowinnie; DAILY OBSERVER, 23 Sep 82) ...

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MOZAMBIQUE

PEOPLES MILITIA REPORTEDLY RUNS INTO RECRUITING PROBLEMS
AB121317 Paris AFP in English 1223 GMT 12 Oct 82

[Text] Maputo, 12 Oct (AFP)--People's militiamen in Mozambique have scored
their first reported succeed against anti-government guerrillas, according
to a newspaper, but the four-month-old mobilization of peasants and workers
continues to encounter problems.

The DIARIO%DE.MOZAMBIQUE:in Beira, Mozambique's second city, said yesterday
that armed workers at the Buzi Sugar Estate 30 kms south of Beira had killed
six rebels of the Mozambique Resistance Movement (MNR) and destroyed two of
their camps.

The militiamen, supported by remobilized former guerrillas from Mozambique's
independence war, had "recuperated" a large section of the plantation that had
been closed off by the rebels, the paper said. However, it added, the planta-
tion's distillery had had to close because of MNR sabotage to its electricity
supply.

The attack was the first such operation reported since the government of
President Samora Machel began giving paramilitary training to ordinary citizens
in June. This move followed’ an intensification and geographical spread in the
activities of the MNR, which the black governments of southern Africa accuse
of receiving support from the white South African regime in its assaults

on villages and economic targets.

(The MNR's most “recent action was the kidnap of seven Portuguese working on a
water treatment project in the central province of Manica, the Portuguese
News Agency ANGOP reported yesterday. A number of foreign aid workers,
including six Bulgarians, have been seized by MNR rebels in recent months.)

Ks the ‘Maputo Government armed workers, it also began to reintegrate a number
of former "freedom fighters" from the war against Portuguese colonialism that
ended with independence in 1975. This is'seen as ‘an attempt to politicize
the campaign against the MNR and give local support 'to the increasingly
dispersed regular army,

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LIBERIA

IDA MAKING GRANT TO LWSC TO IMPROVE MONROVIA WATER SUPPLY

Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 23 Sep 82 p 10

[Text]

cso:

The . International Develop-
ment Association (IDA), is to
make available $5 million to
“the Liberia Water and Sewer
Corporation (LWSC) to im-
crove: the water distribution
system ‘in the greater
Monrovia area.

IDA, a subsidiary of the
World Bank for soft term
credit, is making the money.
available free of interest.

The water improvement

project will include the rein-
forcement of the distribution
system, construction of
storeage tanks and inten-
sification of low pressure
areas to provide-'a continual
flow of water throughout the
day in alf parts of the city.
The total cost of the project
which is expected to start
early next year is mot yet
known. .

This was made known
yesterday in Monrovia by two
experts from the water supp-
ly division of .the African:
region of the World Bank.

Experts, Gunter Heyland,
senior financial analyst; and
E. Aikins Afful, a civil
engineer, arrived here about
11 day ago’ to prepare the
package for the water pro-
ject.

3400/49

"system, which is

In an interview with LINA,
the experts said. they would
also assist the Liberia Water
and Sewer Corporation
(LWSC) to improve its opera-
tional and administrative
structures. ~

They said IDA would assist

with meter repairs shops,
vehicles, spare parts for
equipment and needed
equipment such. as. elec-
tronic data ~ processing
facilities to improve the bill-
ing the accounting systems.

The World Bank officials
explained that in 1979, IDA
made available $8 million to
the corporation to undertake
a Project at White Plains

| which is expected to be com-

pleted by the end of the year.
Under the: project, the out-
put of the water supply
eight
million gallon of water per
day at present, will be ih-
creased to 16 million gallons.
The total. cost of the pro-
ject, which is estimated at
$20 million, is being co-
financed by the African
Development Bank (ADB), $3
million; the British Com-
monwealth Development

39

Corporation (CDC), $2
million; while the rest of the
money will be provided by
Liberian Government.
According to the experts,
both projects are being sup-

: ported by aid. through the

West. German Ministry for
‘Technical Corporation (GTZ).

Giving their personal views
about the projects, the World
Bank officials expressed
satisfaction over the pro-
gress made so far, and noted
their pleasure that the loan
for the project was being us-
ed properly.



STAFF CRISIS HITS STATE ACCOUNTS

Harare THE HERALD in English 22 Sep 82 p 1

[Text] “, GRrricaL staff shortagéfana

CSO:

; unsatisfactory ¢ompliance’ with
-financial regulations and proce-
dures are adversely affecting the
“keeping of Zimbabwe's public
accounts, says the Comptroller
and Auditor-General, Mr J. A. K.
Prowse. ,

4 In his report ‘on’ the year
‘ended June 30, 1981, tabled in
the House of Assembly yesterday
che said staff shortages and

failure of accounting F officers

submit proper accounts on time
‘had made it impossible for him
to submit his report by the re-

,@uired date,»
He should have completed his
| report before March 31,

“have been revealed but satis-
factory corrective action has
been, or is being taken by the
accounting officer, no comment
thereon has been made in this
' “report,” Mr Prowse said,

Apart from auditing the.
accounts of all people entrusted
with public money or State pro-
perty, the comptroller is also

\ traditionally supposed to test
administrative efficiency - and

, effectiveness and expose instan-
ces of waste, extravagance or

5 ota Crow pointed out tl

TOWSA out that
the extent. to which he could
carry out “value for money”
audits or special investigations

He did not totally blame the:

‘ accounting officers and pointed
out that, there had been a “con-
siderable” Joss of experienced
accounting and . administrative
staff over the iast year. His
office had also suffered serious
losses of experienced staff who

. eould only be replaced in the

y Jong term,

y. ; Because of ‘the staff shortage
in his office, the audit had- been

| evenmore restricted than usual
to .only considering financial

\) accountability and compliance
with appropriate laws and regu-
lations.

f “Where weaknesses in finan-

 ‘etai‘control or other irregularities

3400/38

bbe limited by his staff situa
on. \,

“There is also distur! evid-
ence that financial regulations
and procedures, all well-establish-
ed and intended only to ensure
proper control of public moneys
and property, are ‘not being com-
plied with to the degree that can
be regarded as satisfactory.” Mr
Prowse said.

‘These factors posed a threat
to the maintenance of satisfact-

ory standards of control and |

Jnculeats’ financial discipline at
all levela and in all fields of gov-
ernment activity, — Ziana.

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ZIMBABWE



GHANA

EFFORTS TO INCREASE FOOD PRODUCTION SURVEYED

London WEST AFRICA in English No 3399, 27 Sep 82 pp 2503-2505

[Article by

[Excerpts] ©

Ben Ephson, Jr.]

Any analysis of agriculture in Ghana is
meaningless without an -appraisal of the
country’s life blood, that monocrop which
accounts for 62 per cent of the country’s
foreign exchange earnings — cocoa.

For the past decade, Ghana has lost her

position as the leading producer of cocoa in
the world. Cocoa farmers had been cutting
down cocoa trees to grow cash crops like
maize and cassava. The situation was
brought about by a low price of C4,000 per
tonne paid by the government to the higher
prices fetched by cash crops. There was
even non-payment as a result of the pay-
ment-by-cash or chit system. Under that
system, farmers could not be paid prompt-
ly for their produce, largely because of
difficulties in moving large sums of money
to the buying centres, due mainly to lack of
bullion vans and poor state of the access
roads to the buying centres.

Some unscrupulous officials took advan-
tage of the system and asked farmers to
hold on to chits while they used their
money as capital for their own private
businesses. Farmers often held on to the
‘chits’ for sometime and this caused undue
hardships. When they needed money to
pay their children’s school fees, buy drugs,
etc, they could not use the chit and fell,
prey to ‘Shylock’ money lenders. The chit
system came into-full glow when the
producer price was raised from €4,000 to
€12,000 per tonne. Moreover, payment by
cash was fraught with many risks. When
farmers received cash in payment, they
stood the risk of losing all to highway
robbers or burglars who broke into their

houses. For example, in December, 1981,
thieves made away with C3m. meant for
the payiment of cocoa farmers around
Antoakrom in the Ashanti Region.

From the beginning of this main cocoa
season, cocoa farmers will be.paid for their
produce by a special cheque through the
banking system. This policy has been
adopted by the government of the-PNDC

in view of problems involved in the pre-
vious system. The farmers’ cheque system,
popularly known as the ‘Farmers New
Deal’ was launched by the Chairman of the
PNDC, Fit-Lt. J. J. Rawlings. Over 20,000
farmers at Tepa-Ashanti, the largest cocoa
growing area in Ghana, 57 miles from
Kumasi. The Chairman said that as at
June, this year, a colossal amount of
C11.1m. meant for the payment of cacoa
purchased had been misappropriated by
purchasing clerks.

In spite of rumours, the PNDC has

decided not to reduce the producer price of
cocoa. At the moment, Ghana is earning
only £900 (about €5,000) per tonne while
it pays 12,000 per tonne to farmers. The
country spends €300m. annually on
spraying machines and chemicals and these
heavily subsidised items are smuggled
across the borders by both farmers and
officials. In maintaining the present pro-
ducer price of cocoa, the PNDC has
decided that farmers should bear a little
fraction of the cost of chemicals and
spraying machines. Consequently, the



DPRK MEMORANDUM SIGNED

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 28 Sep 82 p 1

[Text] TANZANIA and the

cso:

Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea (DPRK) yesterday
signed a memorandum of un-
derstanding in Dar es
Salaam, to signal the begin-
ning of construction of the
agro-scientific research in-
stitute at, Dakawa, Morogoro.

The minister for
agriculture, Ndugu John

‘achunda signed on Tan-
zania’s behalf and the DPRK
ambassador, Ndugu Chong
Nam Ho represented his coun-

try. -

Ndugu Machunda said
materials that include trac-
tors and ploughs would be
delivered to Tanzania from
DPRK by the middle of next
month. ‘ .

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The proposed institute is. in
Keeping with a decision made at
the Non-Aligned. agricultural
ministers meeting in Pyongyang,
DPRK -last year, that such a
Centre oe set up.to assist some
Non-Aligned countries

The “institute , will’ serve
member countries ‘in east and
central Africa. A similar centre
which‘flaunched in Guinea last
year is to cater for West Africa.

Ten_ agricultural experts.
from DPRK are now doing ex-
perimental field work on part
of the 100 hectare ground to
incorporate the new centre
and the experimental plots.

The experts are ex-
perimenting on different crops
to single out those better
suited for Tanzanian soils.

A committee of Tanzanian
and DPRK experts has been
formed to supervise construction
of the centre expected to take
two years.

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TANZANIA



NORCONSULT GROUP IDENTIFYING RUFISI HYDRO-POWER SOURCES

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 25 Sep 82 p 1

[Excerpt] A group of hydro-power con-

cso:

sultants’ from a Norwegian
firm, NORCONSULT A.S., is
in the country to identify
hydro-power sources in the
Rufiji river basin.

.. The group, which started its: >
studies: this month, will take
about a yeat to submit its fin-
dings to the Rufiji Basin
Development Authority
(RUBADA).. *

The Acting Director-
General af RUBADA Ndugu
B.J. Kabuzya’ said already a
number of power sources had
been identified.

Main rivers that run in the
basin include Luwegu, Kilom-
bero, Rufiji, and the Great
Ruaha, which according to
RUBADA constitutes about
15 per cent of Stiegler’s Gorge

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“total run-off with a catchment —

area of 84,000 square
kilometres, while Kilombero
constitutes 62 per cent with
an area of 40,000 square
kilometres.

River Luwegu | constitutes

18 per cent of the gorge’s total
run-off with a catchment area
.of 26,000 sq km and the
“Rufiji, with a catchment area
of. 27,000 sq km, constitutes 5
per cent of the total runoff
of the gorge.

The development of the
Rufiji basin would meet the
country's power demand by
the year 2010, provided flood
control for downstreeam area,
make available irrigation
water, fishing reservoir and
promote tourism industry in
the Selous Game Reserve.

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TANZANIA



The PNDC’s mini-budget to December
1982, allocated to the Ministry of Agricul-
ture $18m. to cover recurrent. expenses.
The Ministry had asked for $118m. The
$18m. will be used for livestock chemicals
and feed, agricultural chemicals and raw
materials for cutlasses and hoes.

The awareness created in Ghanaians to
produce more food has been very signifi-
cant. If this awareness is carried forward
for a year or two, Ghana should be
self-sufficient in food production-

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1



ANGOLA

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT

JPRS 82074

25 October 1982

No. 2709
CoNTENTS

Briefs

Transport Minister to France 1

Official Returns from Kinshasa 1

Unita Fighting 1

Message to DPRK Leader 2

Cuban Presence 2
PNDC Member Praises GDR on 33d Anniversary

(Accra Domestic Service, 13 Oct 82) .. . 3
Commentary on Formation of Peoples Militia

(Accra Domestic Service, 7 Oct 82) wo... .eeeeeeeeeeee eee 6
Two New Energy Bodies Established

(Accra Domestic Service, 12 Oct 82) ...cscccccecccccecvee 8
Efforts To Increase Food Production Surveyed

(Ben Ephson, Jr; WEST AFRICA, 27 Sep 82) ...seseeeeccceee 9
Briefs

EEC Assistance 12

ECOWAS Delegation 12

"Mass Productivity Day' Contemplated 13

PNDC Secretaries Appointed 13

GDR Donates Musical Instruments 13

Libyan Tractors 13

No Wage Freeze Agreement 13
Wanjigi Calls for Launching of Government Newspaper

(Chris Musyoka; DAILY NATION, 23 Sep 82) ........ see eeee 14
Ouko Explains Country's Foreign Policy

(Robert Ouko Interview; DAILY NATION, 19 Sep 82) ....... 15

{III - NE & A - 120]


[rationalized the appointment

by indicating that the salary
of the NHSB boss is higher
¢than that of the NBL Gover-
¥nor.

| Still, they felt that the
Fscope of authority was

jsteater on Broad Street than

yon the Watér Front.°-?

{ <The. second release on the
tshake up in the public bank-
ying issued yesterday, has not
clarified all that. It is Mr.
{Hanson’s deputy, not
himself, that goes to Hous-
Hing and Savings.

i. For Diggs, a 37-year-old
‘economist, it is ‘a definite
lpromotion. By early after-
*ndon yesterday, however, he
had not yet received his letter
of appointment, and was
_Tesisting all urgings to “get
to’the Water Front and take
up “his new assignment”’.

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32



MOTOR INDUSTRY UNIONS MERGE--The Zimbabwe Motor Industry Workers Union and the Zim-
pbabwe Motor Trade Workers Union have merged into a single union, the administrative
secretary of the ZCTU, Cde Carlton Moyo, said yesterday. The new union for the
industry will be the Zimbabwe Motor Industry Workers Union and will be led by a
six-man interim committee headed by Cde Patrick Nyandoro, as its president, and Cde
Moses Dera as the general secretary. The merger comes after a meeting held in Bula-
wayo at the beginning of the month by representatives from the two unions, Cde Moyo
said. The two unions had worked separately for the past three years. [Text] [Har-
are THE HERALD in English 22 Sep 82 p 4]

BEITBRIDGE VOTERS HARASSED--Zanu (PF) will still contest the district council elec-
tions in Beitbridge at the end of this month, a Zanu (PF) spokesman for Matabeleland
South said here yesterday. He said the party was focusing its attention on winning
the district council elections after Zapu won all the seats in the rural council
elections held in July. The spokesman said a series of meetings had recently been
held in the Chasvingo, Dite and Lutumba communal lands and each meeting was attended
by more than 1,000 people. The meetings were addressed by senators and Zanu (PF)
provincial chairman for Matabeleland South Mr John Maworese. The spokesman also
said most pedple in Beitbridge lived in perpetual fear of gun-brandising dissidents
who went around asking people's political affiliations. Those supporting Zanu (PF)
were harassed, he said. The dissidents were generally armed with AK and G3 rifles
and people in the area had appealed to the Government for more security, as they
were now afraid to express their political feelings.--Ziana. [Text] [Harare THE
HERALD in English 23 Sep 82 p 6]

LIBYANS HELP PRINTERS--The Minister of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Dr Eddison
Zvobgo, yesterday received $20,000 for Jongwe Printing and Publishing Company from
Cde Omar Dallal, the secretary of the People's Committee of the Libyan People's
Bureau. The gift was the second installment in.Libyan assistance which will even-
tually total about $55,000. "We are always with out brothers in Zimbabwe, especially
with Zanu (PF), to help them with their publishing," Cde Dallal said. Jongwe was
undercapitalised and relied mainly on equipment brought to this country after it had
been used in Mozambique during the struggle, Cde Zvobgo said. It was now operating
as a commercial publishing house, printing books, pamphlets, posters and Hansard,
but.it was hoped to print a Zanu (PF) journal once new machinery was bought. "We
want Jongwe to pay its own way, and hope to expand to bigger premises," Cde Zvobgo
said, [Text] [Harare THE HERALD in English 22 Sep 82 p 3]

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74



COUNTRY TO RECEIVE SH. 220M. IN AID

Nairobi DAILY NATION in English 21 Sep 82 p 4

[Article by Philip Wangalwa]

pee

[Text] KENYA is to receive over'SE.  “Fean’ Economic Community last Year”

#220 million this year from thé
+ European Community’s Stabex
scheme, a statement from the
-community’s office in Nairobi
said yesterday.

£ The scheme ‘is designed to help
{developing countries whose economy -
! relies heavily on commodity exports, the
+ statement said.

“° The statement said Kenya had

“already received an advance payment of *

* over Sh. 80 million.

.-+ The scheme benefits African, Carib-
bean and Pacific (ACP) developing
countries which are linked with the
European Community though the

“- Lome Convention.

Tt. provides subsidies when world
market prices for key commodities fall,
to low levels.

§ Kenya's coffee exports to the Euro-

"suffered from falling world prices, the
"statement said, hence the subsidy.

* Funds received under this scheme will
vbe used by agreement between the
Government and the EEC on
agricultural projects, the statement

said.

It also disclosed that ambassadors of
‘the ACP countries met recently in
Brussels to decide’ how the available
!. Stabex funds should be shared out.

There were 26 applicants for
assistance under the Stabex scheme this
“year. ‘The funds they sought for were
. more than double the cash that was
available for distribution, the statement
added.

When the Ministry of Finance was
contacted for statement a person
answering a telephone call in Mr. Arthur
‘Magugu’s office said he was not
available and that the Permanent
Secretary, Mr. Harry Mule, was busy in
"a series of meetings.

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Now, according to Malan, the (Kizumbas) are an internal Mozambique problem,
nothing to do with him. In fact, however, the (Kizumbas) are directly
controlled by the apartheid regime, and a“secret (Kizumba) document has now
emerged--in London as it happens--revealing an interesting fact: after the
SADCC conference’which took place in Malawi last November, the South African
authorities sent’ specific instructions to’ the (Kizumbas) to cut off Malawi
from Mozambique. Previous attacks on international road and rail links had
been mainly directed against Zimbabwean trade. But Malawi, well-behaved
until then, was getting out of line. So the friendly helping hand of Pretoria
was extended to: get back on the right line, the one that goes through

South Africa. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

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44



{ Mr. Lardner said the Head
fof State had already authoriz-
fed the Ministry of Finance to
fprovide a Government
guarantee of the loan. But
L Finance, which is head of a
“special committee set up by
the Liberian leaderclast July.
sto monitor and control
) Government, expenditure,
vhas asked for certain
‘specific information regar-
- ding the loan. It is this. infor-

‘ mation that. Maj.. Douglas. is
; seeking im Brazik. oe

YES’ Withdrawat.

In putting his case’. for
public controk of. city
transport, Mr. Lardner said
that “an . overwhelming... ma--
. jority of metroplitan: transit
services the world over’ are
provided by~- some form. of
municipal - authority, in view:
of the high saciak interest
associated with. this type of -
service.”

He said Mr. Bernard “knew
that it had not been’ proven:
» that private handling: of: tran-
sit services is more. reliable
‘ and efficient. :

The 300 odd: private: buses
plying the streets of
Monrovia in an “‘unorderly, in-
adequate and inefficient’
fashion attest. to this fact,
said Mr. Lardner. :

He said YES itéelf was
{forced to withdraw from the
+transit service’ “in - which it
“engaged some years ago and
rrestrict itself to contract ser-

i vices, ‘where its profits
§ could be protect..:.””
3. Mr. Lardner described as

deceptive the contention of
Mr. Bernard “that he did’ not
seek a monopoly in the tran-
sit proposal he was submit-
ting to Government.

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“system in

‘withhold

““If it is not» a. monopoly’

he is seeking, then why is
he- asking for duty free
privileges?’’, asked Lard-_
ner. ‘‘What about the
other bus owners,
shouldn’t they receive
such privileges, too?’’ he

_ demanded.

On Mr. Bernard’s point
that Government should
maintain an efficient road
order to
facilitate an efficient‘
regular transit system, Mr. °
Lardner asked whether
YES would withdraw its

proposal if Government
were not able to
guarantee an efficient
_foad system throughout
the year. ‘One must take
into account
Government’s limited
resources and realize that
implementation cannot

be completed in one year
or in five’’, he declared.

Mr. Lardner was asked by
this paper how much it was
stil! owing the Liberia Bank
for Development and Invest
ment, ‘which gave the cor

poration a loan to establish

itself and purchase 30 Tata
buses.

He replied that the credit
facility extended to MTA _,by
LBDI in October «41978
amounted to $2,034,739. The
amount which MTA had
received at the time. it col-
lapsed last year was about
$896,411.

Of this amount, MTA had
paid back only $49,476 — a
situation which, he confess-
ed, had caused the bank to
further
disbursements of the loan.

28

‘* This

“Asked what gave him the
assurance that MTA would
be able to service the LBDI
and Brazilian loans at the
same time, Mr. Lardner
teplied, “Our cash’ flow pro-
jections. indicate that we
shall be. able: to. service both
Toans to the tone of $300,000
a year.”

Discipline

But he was quick to add,
“We can do it only if we
-Feceive the full support from
the public and from Govern-
ment.”

Asked what kind of sup-

“port he expected. from
' Government, the acting MTA
|/boss said his corporation
would depend on Govern-
yiment “to maintain a level of

Sdiscipline among public
‘ employees”’.

He admitted that Mr. Ber-
nard had a point when he
mentioned the “I don’t care
attitude” of Liberian workers.
But, said Mr. Lardner, ‘with
the strong disciplinary sup-"
port of Government, we will
be able to succeed.”

In order to ensure at: least
90 per cent revenue intake,
he said his corporation
would adopt a “pay as you
enter’ system on the buses.
system, too, needed
Government approval and
protection, he added.

In conclusion, he said his
corporation was quite aware
of the magnitude of the
responsibilities which it was
seeking to undertake. “All we
want is the marching orders
to carry them out, and we will
do it.”



LIBERTA

FIRESTONE RUBBER COMPANY BRANCH ADOPTS COST SAVING MEASURES

Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 23 Sep 82 p12

[Article by S. Toe Nowinnie]

[Text] HARPER: Firestone Rub-

CSO:

ber Plantation Company’s
Cavalla branch in Maryland
County has instituted several |
measures aimed at cutting it
operational costs. Under the
new measures, electricity |
supply to various camps of. '
the branch will be curtailed |
for six hours each day. |
Equally, all street lights in | !
Drivers’ and Factory Camps,
including thosé around the |
plantations, hospital have -

been shut off.

Also, the company’s
school system is expected to |
be turned over to Govern: '
ment to be run as a public in- '
stitution. Already, evening
classes previously run for
workers have been closed | |
down.

Speaking to the DAILY,
OBSERVER about the
measures, the general!
manager of the Cavalla'
branch, Mr. Albert I. |
Wilkson, said the measures
are being taken in the wake |

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of the company’s financial
difficulties.

Owing to the worldwide
recession, Firestone says it
has lately had difficulty sell-

ing its rubber, and this has '

reportedly caused a cash

crisis for the international

conglomerate.

Mr. Wilkson said the even-
ing session of the plantations
schoo! system has been shut

down because the company
could no longer afford to,
meet payment of teachers

assigned there.

He said it was costing the
company a huge sum of
money to run schools for its
employees, and added that
“the company is in the pro-
cess of turning over the
system to the government’’.

The general manager
disclosed that no additional
construction of houses for
employees and workers was
anticipated, but he said that
some renovation work
should be carried out on ex-
isting ones as soon as the

37

financial situation of - his
branch improved.

The industrial relations
manager, Mr. G. W. Frank,
said 90 units valued at nearly
$70,000.00 have already been
assigned to tappers at Camp
No. 3,

Although the company has
no plans to build new units,
it was doing everything
within its reach to tackle the
question of housing for its
employees and tappers, he
added.



financial issues that confront us.
The events of August Ist have
brought these issues into even
more critical focus. Action is
required if we are not to suffer
from the flight of capital, losses
on tourism, decline in’ invest-
merit, and drop in revenues.

Depends

‘The Government depends for
most of its revenue upon taxation
of the private sector, If private
‘sector is thriving, Government
{-révenues are high; if it stagnatés,
F revenues stagnate. To increase
he levels of taxation on a
} stagnant private sector will starve
i it even more of cash and profits

and cause it to decline, with, of
‘course, lay-offs and increased
* unemployment.

‘There has been a need for us to

increase our borrowing to meet
| our expenditures. We have

borrowed nearly a third of the

amount to meet our expenditures
cin the last financial year. This
has had two main impacts on the
economy. Firstly, there has not
been sufficient credit for expan-
sion in the private sector.
Secondly, borrowing to service
our debts overseas has depleted
our foreign exchange reserves.

We cannot continue to live off
this level of borrowed money from
both domestic and overseas
sources. We shall have to curtail
our spending.

‘This is very hard to do. But I
“am giving instructions that it

must be done. In. effect, some

non-essential programmes will
suffer and the first set of
» easualties will be those huge
projects I referred to earlier which
‘have eaten -up our resources
without giving’us due earningst

| My ‘third topic is that of the
E
'
i

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We cannot afford to raise loans

! for agriculture and then fail to
‘ collect those loans. Further, there
has to be an austerity within the
Government on spending. There
will be a drastic programme of
restraint which I am asking the
Minister for Finance to draw up.

The effort to set things right
will be mainly our own. However,
I have already asked. various
donor and international institu-
tions to consider our situation: 1
am sure that, with the knowledge
that we are now’ tackling the
economic issues in the light of the
measures I have outlined, we can

* anticipate a positive response to
our requests. Already we are
receiving some favourable
response.

‘ithin the Government, I shall
expect strict observance of follow
up action. I have recently set up
an implementation committee to,
ensure that all actions required to
-get projects moving are under-
taken. As I had announced earlier

~on, the districts will become the
centres for development in the
tural areas and I have instructed
all Ministries to ensure that this
new approach is put into full
operation by Ist July 1983,

By working together, we cannot
only overcome our present dif-
ficulties but develop -better life
for each one of us and the nation.
Tam confident we can do this and
Ishall ensure that-we do so.

Let us move forward together
in the spirit of NYAYO.

23



The professional army has a major role to play in national defense as soldiers
have been trained to acquire very high military skills and devote all their
time to defense duties, But the heightened security demands of the day mean
that there must be people's militia to assist in defense duties, especially
arranged internal sabotage and quite’ external infiltrations, for night patrol
duties, the safeguarding of vital installations and buildings, antismuggling
exercise and the like, The people's militia could be relied. upon so that
professional soldiers are not taken away from perhaps more important assign-
ments. Thus the formation of the’ militia all over the country and the
proper coordination of those which have already sprung up can no longer be
delayed.

To form and institutionalize the people's militia without unnecessary: opposition,
however, the vicious.propaganda being spread that’the professional army will

be disbanded, must be combated. The need for a standing army is beyond
question, and the enemies of the revolution must be stopped from sowing seeds

of suspicion in the vital issue’of national defense, The people's militia

will only. be another safeguard of security of the nation and the forward
march:of the revolution.

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TANZANIA

BRIEFS

IRINGA REGION POTATO PILEUP--Regional authorities in Iringa have expressed disa-
ppointment over the lack of efficiency over collection and distribution of the pota-
toes piled up in the region. In a telephone interview from Iringa, an official of
the Regional Director's 6ffice, said the team sent to the region to make an on the
spot assessment conducted survey in Makete district. He said the report which the
team forwarded to the authorities showed that there were about 10 thousand bags of
Irish potatoes in the region, thus discrediting the earlier report from regional
authorities. [Text] [Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 25 Sep 82 p 1]

TANESCO, JAPANESE FIRM SIGN AGREEMENT--The Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO)
and a Japanese firm--Nishizawa Limited, have signed an agreement to implement in
rural electrification project in Kilimanjaro region. The project estimated to cost
over 40 million/-will involve construction of 33 kv, and an eleven sub-stations as
well as low tension transmission lines. Briefing SHIHATA after the signing ceremony
yesterday a TANESCO spokesman said implementation of the project goes into immediate
effect and that work on the transmission and distribution network would be completed
within two years. He said the project was part of the electrification scheme to
supply electric power to Sanya Juu in Hai district, Rombo and Mashati in Tombo dis-
trict, Mwanga, Ugweno, and Usangi in Mwanga district and Gonja in same district.
Under the agreement, Nishizawa will provide all materials, transformers, and con-
struction equipment, for the transmission lines and construction of the substations,
while TANESCO will undertake the installation of the transmission lines. Ndugu S.
Mosha, the Managing Director signed on behalf of TANESCO, while Toshiharu Abe, signed
for Nishizwa. [Text] [Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 25 Sep 82 p 3]

JUMBE ON ISLAMIC TEACHINGS--The chairman of the Zanzibar Revolutionary Council, Alhaj
Aboud Jumbe, has called on Tanzanians to desist from engaging in practices that both
violated religious teachings and hampered national development. Addressing an IDD EL
HAJ BARAZA at the House of Representatives in Zanzibar yesterday, he said every true
follower of Islam must lead a straight life. Alhaj Jumbe reminded adherents that
IDD EL HAJ was not only an important occasion in Islam but also a day of peace. He
called on all Tanzanians to cultivate the spirit of peace as a permanent feature of
their life. The Revolutionary Party Chairman observed that a true muslim did not
nurse hostile feelings against his colleagues, but always endeavored to promote
peace and understanding in the society. He said advices advanced by leading Muslim
leaders in the Isles during the BARAZA yesterday should be heeded in moulding good
muslims as well as mark the point of departure for a morally acceptable life. Alhaj

59



MOZAMBIQUE

BRIEFS

CONGO PARTY DELEGATION--The president of the FRELIMO Party and of the
People's Republic of Mozambique Samora Machel, received the PCT [Congolese
Labor Party] delegation led by (Celestin Foutou), the chairman of the

Central Commission for Party Verification and Control, in Maputo this morning.
In Maputo this afternoon, the FRELIMO Party and the PCT will sign a
cooperation agreement in the field of control following talks held between
the two parties delegations. [Text] [EA132122 Maputo Domestic Service

in Portuguese 1300 GMT 13 Oct 82]

CHINDE TO REOPEN--The port of Chinde in Zambezia is due to reopen this year
after 8 years out of action. To this effect (Emilio Gateva), the director

of the Department of Navigation and Transport, has arrived in Quelimane,
accompanied by a Soviet technician, to carry out measures aimed at rehabilitat-
ing the port. (Emilio Gaveta) disclosed in Quelimane that a Mozambican
delegation led by the minister of ports and land transport is presently in
Norway to hold talks with Norwegian marine officials with a view to financing
the project. [Text] [EA120102 Maputo Domestic Service in Portuguese 1700 GMT
11 Sep 82 EA]

COOPERATION WITH GDR--Mozambique and the GDR today signed a cooperation protocol
in the economic field following talks held within the framework of the fifth
session of the joint commission. The document was signed by Minister of Public
Works and Housing Julio Carrilho. (Viktor Ullich) signed on behalf of the
German Government. The Mozambique-GDR Joint Commission met to review coopera-
tion in the last 5 years and draw up new areas of bilateral cooperation. [Text]
[EA030146 Maputo Domestic Service in Portuguese 1700 GMT 1 Oct 82 EA]

COOPERATION WITH CUBAN CP--A cooperation memorandum between the FRELIMO Party
and the Cuban CP was signed in Maputo today. The document provides for the
development of bilateral economic cooperation in various fields including the
fields of sugar, forestry, citrus fruits, tobacco, aviation, civil architecture
and fisheries. The document was signed by Jorge Rebelo, a member of the FRELIMO
Party Political Bureau, and Jorge Risquet, a member of the Political Bureau

of the Cuban CP, [Text] [Maputo Domestic Service in Portuguese 1700 GMT

1 Oct 82 EA]

45



TURN OF EVENTS IN CAPRIVI COUP STORY

Windhoek THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER in English 29 Sep 82 p 4

[Text] —

The foiled ‘coup’
“which took place in the
‘Caprivi in- April took
‘another turn last week in
“the Windhoek Supreme
‘Court when the main
seonspirator, Godwin
i Sibuku Mabengano. dis-
elosed further —_par-
_ticulars in the ‘case
+ between himself and the
‘ Bukalo Tribal Court.

OA member of the
‘Ministers’ Council, as well
sas’ the South — African
“Security Police and Army
;Officers were alleged to be
‘implicated in the con-
-spiracy which, it was sub-
jmitted, was aimed at
'deposing an alleged pro
“Swapo tribal chief.

The ‘coup’ was allegedly
xtimed to coincide’ with a
‘DTA _ public meeting, in
Apri

Ii a dramatic turn of
events, ‘Mr Mabengano
said he did not want to be

= the scapegoat alone, as he
had acted under the in-
fluence of member of the

* ‘Ministers’ Council Patrick
* Limbo and Chief Richard
i Muhinda Mamili of the
Mafwe ‘tribe, to depose

|. Chief J M Moraliswane of
} the Basubia. =

©"SChief Mamili and. Mr

Limbo supported me and

f told me at the meeting that

Col G N Opperman, OC

’ of the SWATF and Maj

Ben Mouton (Security

« Police) suported the plan to

«, overthrow

-

Moraliswane
due to his anti-SWA ac-
tivities” Mr Babengano’s
affidavit read. :

According to the state-
ment, a Mr David Lopa al-
legedly suggested _ that
Mabengano -had to hire a

-Zambian to shoot Chief

Moraliswane . and . his
Negambela (assistant)...

Once that was achieved,
Mr Grave Mubusisi would
be made the new chief.
The intrique started during
July last year..when Mr
Robert Sinvula was made
the Ngambela (assistant to
a chief).

Mabengano said he was

~ ot satisfied with the ap-

* pointment of Mr. Sinvula

and planned to take over
his position.

He allegedly held con-

sultations with Chief
Mamili of the Mafwe tribe
to gain support.. An idea
was aired to contact Mr
Patrick Limbo for as-
sistance.

In an affidavit filed with
the Supreme Court in May,
Mabengano pleaded for
pardon for attempting to
overthrow Chief

 Moraliswane, after he had

interdicted the Tribal

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“Court earlier not. to in- _

» terfere with his freedom of
_ movement or _to close

down his shop in Katima
~Mulilo. ‘“

pan nerene eee ea

“The plan had to be
started in Windhoek by
Limbo so that we could
‘have politicalarmy and
t Police support”.

;

x AGREEMENT

Agreement was reached
with Mr Limbo and
Mabengano, Muyiwa,
Mubita and Z Mwilima
decided to . carry out
further plants.

“Time and again we
(Mabengano, Muyiwa ‘and
Mubita) met with Limbo
and Mamili, who told us
that since two . DTA
i meetings were scheduled
‘for Caprivi; Mamili ar-
ranged one to be held at
Bukalo, where Chief
Moraliswane had. to be
overthrown”.

A total of about nine

: meetings were held
between February and
;March and Mafive tribe
members tried to recruit
Subias, ‘who could support
the plan against their own
chief.

On March 20, David
Lopa’ Mbeha recruited

iface Nyambe
Likando, not knowing that
the was a kuta (Tribal
(Court) special adviser”

NAMIBIA

He received a letter from
Mr Mbeha informing him
that Dr Ben Africa would
;.come to Bukalo for a DTA
| meeting and not Mr Dirk
Mudge, as __ originally
scheduled, Mabengano
said.

Mbeha’s actions aroused.
suspicion and Mabengano
said he reported ‘his con-
cern to Chief Mamili, who
on his part consulted ‘Col
Opperman. Both expressed
their doubts. Mbeha. and
confirmed . Mabengano’s
suspicions. A sinister plot
was worked out to protect
Mabengano in case -the
coup failed. +
-- At the. ‘same «time,
Mabengano said he was
reassured that the change
of public speakers at: the

DTA Bukalo meeting did
not make any difference.

MISFIRED
However, as he
suspected, Mabengano was
arrested . shortly after
Mbeha had written a letter
to him and the plan mis-
fired. ~

“I. was influenced by
Mamili and Limbo and
plead guilty before Chief
Moraliswane
Ngambela Sinvula and oe
their forgiveness”
Mabengano said in his
statement.



price of spraying chemicals will rise from
50 pesewas to €30 and the spraying will
now cost €700 instead of C30. But the
government will subsidise the spraying
chemicals and machines by 20 per cent.

The evacuation of approximately
100,000 tonnes of cocoa from the hinter-
land by students early this year left people
wondering about the role of the CMB staff.
The present staff strength of the CMB is
105,800. Fit-Lt. Rawlings hinted at the
Tepa rally that the CMB staff is to be
pruned. He told the farmers to reflect on
the. fact that at a time when the world price
of cocoa was £3,000 and Ghana could
produce over 500,000 tonnes, the CMB
maintained half the number of employees
that it has today. .

Under the ‘Farmers New Deal’, a Pur-
chasing Clerk on a receipt of a farmers’
cocoa, issues the farmer with a special
farmers’ cheque indicating the quantity of
cocoa received and the amount due. The
cheque has space for the particulars of the
farmer such as bank account number and
identity card number, name and branch
of the bank with which the farmer keeps
his account. These provisions would insure
the farmer against the risk of the cheque
falling into wrong hands. The cheque is
only payable into the account of the payee
and if he does not have one he has to open
an account with any bank of his choice.

One organisation which has an impor-
tant role to play to ensure the success of
the ‘Green Revolution’ is the Ghana Seed
Company. The Company has been selling
high yielding maize, rice groundnuts, local

and exotic vegetable seeds to farmers, with
agents all over the country. The company
has stepped up production in view of the
increase of back-yard farmers.

At the end of August this year, the
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) presented six trac-
tors and spare parts worth about $220,000
to the Ghana Seed Company. In a short
speech, the US Ambassador to Ghana said
that American support for the Ghana Seed
Company was based on the fact that
“improved seed is essential to increase the
productivity of Ghana’s agriculture. The
Company has increased its maize seeds’
production from 600,000 to nearly 910,000
tonnes. The Company also hopes to pro-
duce enough seeds to account for 50 per
cent of the country’s food requirements by
the end of 1984.

In the field of poultry, Darko Farms Ltd.
has been outstanding. Under its Grand
Parent Project, the company has, since last
year, been producing 150,000 parents
chicks per annum for breeding and produc-
tion of commercial layer chicks. Apart
from Ghana, the project can be found in
only South Africa and Egypt.

Rice production is also seriously being
pursued. The first phase of the $23bn.
Afife Irrigation Project constructed with
Chinese technical aid was formally handed
over to the Ghana Government on August,
27 1982. Started in 1970, the Project was
completed in July, 1982 and is capable of
producing 6,800 tonnes of rice annually.
The second phase covers the rehabilitation
of dams built by Soviet experts, abandoned

since 1966, the construction of ten hectares
of fish ponds and the reclamation of
additional hectares of land.

There are several irrigation projects in
the pipeline. There is the one proposed by
the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO)
plans of which are being worked out.

There are plans to develop the Volta River
as a canal, develop all the land below the
lower Volta and to have pumps at different
centres, pending any major canals which
might be brought into being by huge
projects. There is also the Kpong Irrigation
Project.

Like everywhere, agriculture in Ghana
has its problems. Prominent among them is
the unavailability of inputs such as machin-
ery and chemicals. There is also the prob-

lem of storage of surplus food. The Ghana

Food Distribution Corporation (GFDC)
has budgeted to spend €125m. to buy and
store maize during the current farming
season to offset shortages during the lean
season. It has set the target of storing
500,000 tonnes of maize. The Ccrporation
has also made financial allocation for the
purchase of other items like yam, plantain,
beans, groundnuts, millet, sorghum, palm
oil, cocoyam and gari.

At the end of August, this year, the
GFDC commissioned its €1.?2m. siio at
Sekyedomase in the Ashanti Region. The
GFDC expects 250,000 bags of maize from
farmers in the Sekyedomase area. Nine
other silos are being constructed in other
regions at a total cost of C18m.

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