§ 41. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what action the Secretary of State proposes in connection with the measure to vest Kenya Native reserves in trustees with the power to lease part of such lands to persons of European descent?
§ Mr. LUNNI would refer my right hon. and gallant Friend to the reply which I gave on 6th November to the right hon. Member for Stafford (Mr. Ormsby-Gore). As regards leases of land in a native reserve these will not be confined, as my right hon. and gallant Friend seems to suggest, to persons of European descent, but may be for development by members of another tribe 2026 or for joint undertakings as between Government natives and European enterprise.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODIs the hon. Gentleman aware that these leases of land in the native reserve may be given to whites under an Ordinance which is now being considered in Kenya, and will he take care that natives have not got this just cause of fear that this Clause in the Bill may be used to alienate their rights?
§ Mr. LUNNI shall be very pleased to convey to; my Noble Friend what the right hon. Gentleman says.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODI suppose I am right in thinking that it is possible for the Secretary of State still to effect a modification in a Bill which has not yet been passed by the Kenya Legislature?