The United States has the Great Western Development; the East African version should be called the Great Southwest Development. The Westward Movement in the U.S. involved large-scale land grabbing from the East Coast to the inland regions.
Meanwhile, East Africa is undertaking a massive advance into the southwestern region, unlike the already weakened Native Americans, the southwestern region still has quite a few indigenous tribes.
The "pocket" area drawn by Felix is estimated to have an indigenous population of around three million. East Africa now needs these three million people to contribute to the construction of East Africa.
Of course, according to East Africa's usual policy, indigenous children and women are not needed; only young and strong laborers are required.
With such screening, the final "laborers" left amount to around one million, adding to the current East African "laborers," which totals over two million.