§ 27. Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what efforts are being made by his Department to attract private capital to construct an oil refinery in Kenya.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe Kenya Government have acquired a site south of Mombasa and have leased it to the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company to enable them to construct an oil refinery. Negotiations continue between the Company and the Government over certain points which affect a final decision by the Company.
§ Mr. WallWhile thanking my right hon. Friend for that reply, may I ask him if it is a fact that, as there is no refinery between Aden and Durban, the construction of one at Mombasa is of strategic and economic importance, and that the best way of attracting private capital is a stable political climate?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydYes, Sir.