§ 4. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that some loyalists are leaving Kenya because they have no assurance of adequate protection from violence, even in the city of Nairobi, where another murder occurred last week; and if he will state what steps are being taken to protect loyalists, coloured and white, in Kenya.
§ Mr. LytteltonI am not aware that any loyalists are leaving Kenya in the circumstances alleged by the hon. and learned Member. Steps taken to protect loyal persons include the disposition of large forces of the Army and the police, the formation of African Home Guard units and resistance groups, and the concentration in guarded villages of labour forces on farms and in forest areas.
§ Mr. HughesWill the right hon. Gentleman take it from me that there are some loyalists who are forced to leave Kenya because of the atrocities, and does he realise that that will have a very important bearing on the re-settlement of Kenya after these troubles have been obviated?
§ Mr. LytteltonI do not know. Of course, I take it from the hon. and 368 learned Gentleman if he has some instances, but I think they must be very exceptional.