§ 35. Mr. Dayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the amounts provided in the Estimates for the 12 months ended the last convenient date, for the maintenance of the Kenya Defence Force?
Mr. M. MacDonaldAs the answer contains a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ I assume that the question relates to all the Defence Forces maintained by the Government of Kenya. The sums provided in the 1939 Estimates are as follow:
1275| (a) King's African Rifles, Northern Brigade: | £ | £ |
| Recurrent | 150.045 | |
| Extraordinary | 26,019 | |
| 176,064 | ||
| (b) Coastal Defence Unit: | ||
| Recurrent | 9,138 | |
| Extraordinary | 150 | |
| 9,288 | ||
| (c) Local Forces (i.e., Kenya Regiment (Territorial Force) and Kenya Defence Force): | ||
| Recurrent | 12,660 | |
| Extraordinary | 9,653 | |
| 22,313 | ||
| 207,665 | ||
| These figures represent the gross expenditure in each case. Under (a) 38.7 per cent. is reimbursed to Kenya by the Government of Uganda thus reducing the Kenya net expenditure to. | 107,927 | |
| Under (b) the Governments of Uganda and Zanzibar reimburse 57 per cent., leaving Kenya to find | 3,995 | |
| Under (c) the Uganda Government has agreed to reimburse 38.7 per cent. of the expenditure on the Kenya Regiment (Territorial Force), thereby reducing the net expenditure on Local Forces to approximately | 17,343 | |
| Total net expenditure | 129,265 |