After the cabinet crisis in 1964, Banda became increasingly isolated in African politics. On the other hand, his antipathy for Roy Welensky and what he denounced as the "stupid federation" was a smokescreen he used to reject the proposed Bangula Hydro-electric dam – proposed to be bigger than the Gezira Dam in Khartoum – that Welensky's Federation had sought and obtained funding for from the British government
Pambuyo pa kugalukira kwa cha nduna (cabinet crisis) mu 1964, Banda anapitilira kusalidwa pa ndale mu Africa. Kumbali ina, anagwiritsa ntchito kusakondwa kwake ndi Roy Welensky komanso zomwe amadzudzula zokhuza chitaganya ngati chiphimbamaso kukana ntchito zamagetsi ku Bangula, zomwe zimayembekezera kukhala zopambana damu la Gezira mumzinda wa Khartoum - powonjezera kunena kuti ndichitaganya cha Welensky chinasaka ndi kupeza ndalama kuchokera boma la Britain