1.
GV. MARCH PAST NAVAL BASE, MBOYA, OFFICER TAKES SALUTE.
0.7

2.
SIDE VIEW.. DITTO TWO SCENES.
0.14

3.
SV. MBOYA, OFFICER TAKES SALUTE.
0.17

4.
LV. MBOYA.
0.21

5.
GV. NAVAL DETACHMENTS ON PARADE GROUND.
0.28

6.
GV--SV.. MBOYA WALKS OFF WITH PARTY.
0.31

7.
GTV. ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREW ON BOARD MINESWEEPER.
0.39

8.
SIDE V.. MBOYA AND PARTY WATCH FROM BRIDGE.
0.43

9.
GV. CREW ON FIRE EXERCISES.
0.51

10.
SIDE V.. MBOYA WATCHES
0.55

11.
CU DITTO
1.1

12.
GTV. STERN.
1.6



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Background: THE ROYAL EAST AFRICAN NAVY, DUE TO BE DISBANDED SOON, WAS HOST JAN 9 TO MR.TOM MBOYA, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE KENYA AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION.

DISBANDMENT IS TO COME FOLLOWING TANGANYIKA'S UNILATERAL WITHDRAWAL OF HER FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE NAVY'S GBP100,000 UPKEEP.

AFTER A CEREMONY AT MOMBASA NAVAL BASE, MR.MBOYA WENT TO SEA, IN ONE OF THE NAVY'S TWO SHIPS, A 21-YEAR OLD MINESWEEPER.

MR.MBOYA SAW MOST OF THE NAVY'S PERSONNEL : EIGHT OFFICERS, FOUR EUROPEAN INSTRUCTORS, 150 MEN.HE SAID HE WANTED TO SEE THE NAVY SURVIVE.AN INDEPENDENT KENYA WOULD NEED A NAVY, EVEN IF IT WAS FOR NOTHING MORE AND GRANDIOSE THAN COASTAL PATROLS AND CEREMONIAL DUTIES.

HE WAS ALSO REPORTED AS SAYING: WE ARE A MARITIME COUNTRY AND WILL INEVITABLY NEED A NAVY.BUT IN THIS CONTEXT I WOULD STRESS THAT IT MUST BE OUR OWN NAVY - WE DO NOT WANT A BRITISH NAVAL BASE HERE.BUT HE ALSO FELT THAT BRITAIN SHOULD HELP MAINTAIN THE NAVY UNTIL INDEPENDENCE ARRIVED.