§ 55. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is yet in a position to state the result of his discussion with the Governor of Kenya Colony upon the advisability of publishing ordinances not only in English but in a language that the natives are capable of understanding?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREI have just received a despatch from the Governor in which he reports that this question has recently been considered and that general notification of enactments particularly affecting natives can best be effected by district officers explaining at barazas in the local vernaculars the principal provisions of such enactments and by recording similarly in writing such main principles for the benefit and guidance of local native councils. It is hoped in course of time to provide native councillors and the chief headman with summaries in the vernacular of the chief ordinances affecting natives, and directions to this end have already been given.