§ 53. Mr. MORGAN JONESasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can assure the House that the finance, construction, and maintenance of main roads in Kenya where they pass through native reserves will not be placed under the authority of European district councils, but retained in the control of the appropriate Government Department as hitherto?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister)If the question is intended to suggest that a proposal is being referred to me by the Governor of Kenya it would not be proper for me, without seeing the proposal, to hind myself not to consider it; but I can certainly assure the House that I am fully alive to the obvious objections to giving district councils authority in native areas.