Then-External Affairs minister, Oscar Kambona addresses the UN General Assembly at its 19th session. Since independence in 1961, Kambona had slowly built a faction of young and dynamic leaders who posed a threat to the older members of Tanu.
The tension came to the forefront in the confrontations of the Tanu National Executive of December 16-18, 1964. Kambona had bungled a sensitive matter that President Nyerere had told him to deal with. He lost; he lost badly. PHOTO | file
