§ 24. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received a copy of the petition from the Kikuyu Central Association to His Excellency the Governor; and does he intend to take any action to accede to the request contained therein that Messrs. Harry Thuku, George Muge Kenji, and David 8 Waigango, who have been imprisoned on grounds of sedition since 1922, shall be released?
§ Mr. AMERYThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative and the second part, therefore, does not yet arise.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWill the right hon. Gentleman consider afresh the question of the liberation of Harry Thuku and the others? I think the case was gone into by the Coloniel Office some years ago. Would the right hon. Gentleman inquire into it again, and see whether the further detention of these people justified?