§ 74. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on whose authority the District Commissioner for the Central Nyanza district of Kenya requires 24 days' work per year from members of the Banyala tribe; what payment they receive; and what are their conditions of work.
§ Mr. ProfumoSection 22 of the African District Councils Ordinance, 1950, empowers African District Councils to make by-laws requiring able-bodied adult male Africans to work for not more than six days in any quarter on minor communal services, which are performed in the direct interest of the community concerned and are considered to be a normal civic obligation. I am asking the Acting Governor for the answer to the second and third parts of the Question and will write to the hon. Member.