§ 37. Mr. MacLARENasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give a return showing the number of prosecutions and convictions of persons refusing to work on the railway in the Entebbe district of Uganda for the four quarters ending March, 1929?
§ Dr. SHIELSIt is understood from the Governor of Uganda that there have been a few cases in which natives have been convicted in the native Courts of Buganda for refusing to work on the new railway from Jinja to Kampala. The Governor recognises that this is inconsistent with the Protectorate legislation and he has issued instructions to ensure that illegal sentences in the native Courts are, so far as possible, prevented. Detailed information as to the number of natives convicted for refusing to work on 446 the railway is not available, but when this has been obtained from Uganda I will communicate with my hon. Friend.