§ 4. Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has considered the petition from Mr. Harry Nkumbula, President of the North Rhodesian African Congress, on behalf of several hundred citizens who are being dispossessed of their land in connection with the Kariba Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme; and what reply he will make.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI have received the petition and am awaiting the Governor's comments on it.
§ Mr. SwinglerIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that many Africans are already leaving the land in that area in fear of dispossession, as the result of the great disturbance that has taken place? 1186 Can the right hon. Gentleman not do something to give an assurance to those people that they will be properly compensated with land if they are dispossessed as the result of this scheme, as it would get rid of the cause of the present disturbance?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI have every confidence in the Governor's scrupulous regard for the interests of those people in the development plan.