SIR GILBERT PARKERI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that malpractices in regard to native women were alleged to have been the cause of the disturbances which led to the punitive expedition against the Nandi tribe in British East Africa; and whether the late Under-Secretary of State for the Colomes, during his recent visit to the Protectorate, made any inquiry into these allegations.
§ COLONEL SEELYThe Secretary of State is not aware that such allegations have been made, and no such statement was made to my right hon. friend during his recent visit to the Protectorate.
SIR GILBERT PARKERIs the hon. gentleman aware that these statements are very freely made in British East Africa, both in the Press and elsewhere?
§ COLONEL SEELYWe have no reason to think, and have no communication to show, that they are well-founded.