§ 43. Sir ROBERT HAMILTONasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has now received from the Government of Kenya Colony Reports upon the raids made into that Colony by Abyssinian raiders; and if it is proposed to publish such Reports in this country?
§ Mr. LUNNThe answer is a very long one and, with my hon. Friend's permission, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Sir R. HAMILTONDoes the answer contain full Reports of the various raids?
§ Mr. LUNNThat is my intention.
Following is the answer: I presume that the hon. Member has in mind the raids into Kenya, west of Lake Rudolf, which were referred to in his question of the 10th July. Two such raids have been notified during the present year, and each has formed the subject of a Report by the Government of Kenya to the Secretary of State. The former was a raid by Marille tribesmen in March along the western shore of Lake Rudolf, some 25 miles south of the Kenya-Sudan frontier, and the latter a raid in May by Marille and Donyiro tribesmen at Lorumu, just south of the Kenya-Sudan frontier, approximately 40 miles west of Lake Rudolf. In both cases the raiding parties were followed and engaged 2027 by patrols of the King's African Rifles, and severely handled. As regards publication, a list of raids from Abyssinian territory into Kenya between 1916 and 1928 was published last year as Command Paper 3217. Particulars of raids into Kenya since 1928 have not been published in this country, but the raid in March referred to above formed the subject of a communique issued by the Kenya Government which was reproduced in the Press here on the 6th April.