24. Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has considered the petition from Njomo Sjo Kihika, for and on behalf of Mbari Ya Ngaru, respecting native evictions from land in favour of a Mrs. Druirs, at Rui-Rwaka River, on the north-east of Limuru station, Kianbu district, in Kenya; whether he can state the grounds for alienating this land from these Africans; what compensatory land has been offered; and what administrative purpose this process serves?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreI have received a copy of the petition to which the hon. Member refers, and the original will, it is stated, be forwarded through the Governor, whose report I must await before considering the petition. As regards the 381 policy generally, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to him on the 10th of this month. The administrative purpose served is to secure a final settlement of land in Kenya.
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreI cannot say.