[47] See Tanganyika Standard 19thJune 1953 TAA executive committee: Julius Nyerere, President; Abdulwahid Sykes, Vice-President; J.P. Kasella Bantu, General Secretary; Alexander M. Tobias and Waziri Dossa Aziz, Joint Minuting Secretary; John Rupia, Treasurer and Ally K. Sykes as Assistant Treasurer. Committee members were Dr Michael Lugazia, Hamisi Diwani, Tewa Said, Denis Phombeah, Z. James, Dome Okochi, C. Ongalo and Patrick Aoko.
Alikuwamo katika kuasisi na kuanzisha AA, TAA, TANU ambapo alishiriki vizuri katika baraza maarufu la wazee wa TANU wakati huo akiwa pamoja na kina Mzee Mwinyikambi, Tambaza, Mshume, Chamwenyewe, Haidar Mwinyimvua na Rajab Diwani. Kubwa ni kwamba walipotoka TAA na kuanzisha TANU, ‘Bwana Mkubwa’ Rupia alitwishwa mzigo wa kuwa Makamu Mwenyekiti wake chini ya uongozi wa Julius Nyerere, akiwa na kadi namba 7.