§ 41. Mr. Manuelasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the circumstances in which members of the Washambala tribe have been required to leave their territory in Tanganyika and to live in the jungle.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI assume that the hon. Member is referring to the Wasambaa living in the Usambara Mountains where overcrowding and overstocking has resulted in serious soil erosion. A development scheme, in which the local native authorities are cooperating, aims at stopping cultivation on the steepest slopes and developing the plains for food production and eventual settlement. No members of the tribe have been required to leave their territory or live "in the jungle."