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~2- ) and employers, Mboya explained that up te the end of August this year Kenya had lost 322,000 man-days of production as a result of 278 strikes involving 78 ,O0O workers. But between the reaching of apreement over strike issues in June and the sipn- ing in mid-September of the Industrial Charter, Kenya suffered yet another strike ++ this time a nation wide one which affected virtually all African teachers, plus a few Asians and Eurepeans who are in menbership of the Kenya National Union of Teach- ers. The strike, called on eight counts, including the claim for a basic salary of B20 per month (at that time it was about B1O per month), a free pension scheme and a unified teachers’ emplowment service, involved hetween 15,000 and 20,000 ceachers for a threc weck period. he teachers reluctantly accepted a compromise of about half their original demands, which means a gereral increase in salary of between 74% and 12%, although some will benefit by ag much as 20%. The Pinuncial Fosttion an ern ee ee In the course of 1 ne ting with the teachers the gavernmenct mide a significant statcnent on Kenya's gene otia eral financial position:e ced s "The vhole question of the tcacher'’s strike must be considered egainst the hachk- ground of the Government's overell financial pesitien and of the further burdens which the sovernment will have to assume on Independence when grent-in-aid will not be availcbic towards meeting normal recurrent expenditure. "The deficit of the present 1962/63 budyet is some 42,500,000, part of which relates to special items such as food and famine reiiet. The basic deficit on Kenya's normal recurrent expenditure -- now covered by grant-in-aid -~ is £600,009, assuming that the 1962/63 revenuc estimates will be achieved -- which, on the basis ef receipts in the first two months of the year, will not be the case, “With the mational income not rising, revenue at existing rates of taxation is more likely to fall than to vise. The Gevers rent is facing a prospective deficit on normal recurre.k expenditure to be met From loc al resources in 1963 of some $3,000,009, and a much greater figure in the following year..." Security yet in spice of the major events, beth nenative end positive, oceurrine in the industrial field and in spite of this soberine statement of our economic position, it was the security position which hes been uppermost in many people's minds during the last few mouths. ALthouch the May Meu emergency ended officially in 1958, there Lave been a num ber of co:cs of “tllercl" osthing pievught to the courte in tho last few years, In 1900 a now cuoversive Gieanication, the Land Freedom Aroy, was brousht to the notice of the Remse public. Seme 7a prose believed to be connecicd with the LFA were ace rested af thor time, but in sptts of efforts by the security forces the erganisetion did nowt die At the end of Joly a new vesh oF of8thing breke cut in the Kiembu forest aren, vithin eo fow mfles of tiadrooi. The oaths, often administered to innocent people @psinst teear will, boon Line tarens ta secrecy, on fear «oF decth, with rerscids tea tie aetivitacs of the Lia; to al flresims ond to teke part in general auntie Qaverument activitler,