§ 34. Mr. Haleasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of detainees still in prison or detention camps in Kenya who have never been brought to trial, giving the number of males and females in each camp and the number of qualified rehabilitation officers employed at each camp.
§ Mr. MaclayAs the reply contains a number of figures, with permission I will circulate the information in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. HaleSurely it is possible for the right hon. Gentleman at least to tell us the number of rehabilitation officers employed? In view of recent strictures in relation to the absence of rehabilitation officers and the statements that at a large number of camps there are no officers, will he give us some information?
§ Mr. MaclayThe Answer includes a large number of figures, but I can certainly answer the hon. Gentleman's question about the number of rehabilitation officers. There are 37, but they are, assisted by 89 rehabilitation assistants, 28 screening clerks and 143 screening elders.
§ Mr. PagetDoes not the right hon. Gentleman agree that it is a very serious matter that so many thousands of people in our Empire should be in prison without trial, and should have been there 171 for so long? Surely the rehabilitation process needs to be pushed forward very hard.
§ Mr. MaclayThe hon. and learned Gentleman will probably know that under the rehabilitation schemes more than 30,000 natives have already come out of the camps.
§ Following is the reply:
| KENYA—DETAINEES AND REHABILITATION STAFF AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1956 | |||
| Camp | Population | Rehabilitation officers | |
| Female | Male | ||
| Fort Hall District | |||
| Fort Hall Reception Centre | 4 | 618 | |
| Kamaguta | 429 | 1 | |
| Kandara | 684 | 2 | |
| Kangema | 641 | ||
| Kigumo | 258 | ||
| Mariira | 261 | ||
| Embu District | |||
| Dondueni | 114 | ||
| Gathigiriri | 1,470 | 1 | |
| Kandongu | 339 | 1 | |
| Karaba | 560 | ||
| Mwea | 755 | ||
| Thiba | 951 | 2 | |
| Meru District | |||
| Mbeu | 842 | ||
| Nyeri District | |||
| Aguthi | 769 | ||
| Karatina | 325 | ||
| Mukuruweini | 293 | ||
| Mweru | 409 | ||
| Othaya | 18 | 368 | |
| Show Ground | 388 | ||
| Kiambu District | |||
| Gatundu | 186 | 1 | |
| Githiga | 207 | 2 | |
| Kiambu Transit Camp | 228 | ||
| Ngenya | 937 | 1 | |
| Waithaka | 212 | 2 | |
| Rift Valley Province | |||
| Marigat | 1,015 | 2 | |
| Coast Province | |||
| Hola | 209 | ||
| Mkobe | 164 | 1 | |
| Takwa | 193 | 1 | |
| (with Hola) | |||
| Southern Province | |||
| Athi River | 1,087 | 3 | |
| Kathonzweni | 203 | 1 | |
| Mara River | 361 | 1 | |
| Ngulot | 336 |
| Camp | Population | Rehabilitation officers | |
| Female | Male | ||
| Miscellaneous | |||
| Lodwar | 442 | ||
| Kamiti | 1,394 | — | 5 |
| Mageta Island | 2,406 | 1 | |
| Manyani | 6,966 | 1 | |
| Nairobi Dispersal Centre | 213 | ||
| Saiyusi Island | 630 | 1 | |
| South Yatta | 1,275 | 1 | |
| Fort Hall Prison | 1 | ||
| Embu Prison | 2 | ||
| Meru Detention Camp | 5 | ||
| Kisumu Prison | 6 | 553 | |
| Marsabit Prison | 1 | ||
| Nairobi New Prison | 22 | ||
| Kamiti 'Y' Camp | 51 | ||
| Hindi | 101 | ||
| Mombasa Prison | 40 | ||
| Wamumu | 884 | 6 | |
| Total | 1,422 | 29,404 | 37 |
§ There are, in addition to the rehabilitation officers, 89 rehabilitation assistants. No professional qualification is demanded of candidates for the post of rehabilitation officer, but they are appointed on grounds of character and knowledge of Africa and of African languages. They also undergo special training courses in Kenya.