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(iv) Central African Federation
The O.D.M. (paragraph 40) do not propose to include pensions in respect of service to
the former Federation of Rhodesia and
Nyasaland in the take-over because:
(a) the Federal Public Service was a
wholly local public service.
(b) Federation pensions are all post-
independence pensions.
(c) Federation pensions are covered by the Central African Pension Fund (CAPF)
The CAPF was set up at the dissolution
of the Federation. H.M.G. is responsible
for making good 25% of any deficiency in
the Fund, the balance being contributed by Southern Rhodesia (45%), Zambia (22.5%) and Malawi (7.5%).
In the view of Zambia and Malawi,
federal service pre-dated their independenc
and they will argue strongly that
federation was imposed on them against
their will by Britain and that the U.K.
should therefore accept responsibility for
meeting the Zambian and Malawian shares of
any future deficit in the Fund.
Although the Federal Service was local
to the extent that officers were recruited
from the three territories, they were not
necessarily citizens of the Federation.
And in accepting an obligation to meet part
of a deficit in the CAPF, H.M.G. has
acknowledged an interest in the Federal
Public Service.
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