§ 20. Mr. SNELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies when orders were given by the Governor of Kenya Colony to disarm the Masai tribe of their fighting spears; and the number of the members of this tribe who, since they were deprived of the means of defence which their spears provided, have been attacked and injured by wild beasts?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREI am not aware that any general order has been given by the Governor of the nature indicated, but by the Native Authority Ordinance the headman is empowered either of his own motion or under the orders of a senior commissioner or district commissioner to prohibit or restrict the carrying of arms, and such an order was in fact made in 1922 upon one of the Masai tribes as a punishment for certain thefts and murder. I have no reason to suppose that this exercise of authority has led to the consequences suggested.