HC Deb 01 July 1936 vol 314 cc388-9
27. Mr. DAY

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will give particulars of the latest report received from the Government of Kenya respecting the raids made by Abyssinian raiders into that Colony to the south of the Kenya-Sudan frontier?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

I have no information that there has been any raid into Kenya by Abyssinian tribesmen since September, 1933. On that occasion a Turkana fishing village was attacked by Merille tribesmen. Thirty-eight in all of the Turkana were killed and five children were carried off. The children were all recovered subsequently. It is alleged that this raid was a reprisal for the murder of five Merille by Turkana on the previous night.

Mr. DAY

Will the Minister say whether these raiders were pursued by British troops?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

There are no British troops on that frontier. They are the King's African Rifles; they are natives.

Mr. H. G. WILLIAMS

Were any questions addressed to the raiders?

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