The redundant officials were terminated under the 1962 Civil Service Law on redundancy grounds

Evidence

1. The Government of the Republic has, with an act which we consider to be contrary to the spirit of the delegated law on the Establishment of the Civil Service, sent letters of communication to a number of civil servants informing that ”… because they have not been included in the new Establishment and in accordance with Art. 35 (4) of the Civil Service Law dated June 7, 1962, their service with the Government of the Republic has been terminated with effect from April 1, 1965 on grounds of redundancy.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 801