§ 14. Mr. HICKSasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, under 1790 the East African Native Authority Ordinance, as recently amended, it is possible to call up native labour for compulsory unpaid work on roads or other public works?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERProvision still exist!! in the Kenya Native Authority Ordinance, to which I assume the hon. Member refers, for resort to compulsory unpaid labour for works for the benefit of the community to which the natives belong.
§ Mr. MORGAN JONESDoes this compulsion apply merely to native workers or does it also apply to European workers?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERIt applies only to native workers and only to services which are performed by natives for their own advantage.
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERPerhaps I might just quote to the hon. Member the Provision of the International Convention which especially exempts
minor communal services of a kind which, being performed by the members of the community in the direct interest of the said community, can therefore be considered as normal civic obligations incumbent upon the members of the community.
§ 15. Mr. HICKSasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in East Africa, when a boundary mark has to be put up between areas of European and native jurisdiction, any labour, paid or unpaid, is contributed by Europeans, and /or whether any contribution towards the cost is made by Europeans or from public funds?
Sir P. CDNLIFFE-LISTERI assume that this question relates to Kenya. The demarcation of the boundaries between the Native Reserves and European or other areas is undertaken by the Survey Department which is remunerated from the public revenue of the Colony; and I have no information to show that unpaid labour, whether native or European, is employed.