§ Mr. Bennasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Africans, held in prison and detention camps in Kenya, were subjected to corporal punishment for offences committed against the Prison Regulations in each of the years 1952–58; and how many were subjected to mechanical restraint by handcuffs or leg irons in each of those years.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 29th June, 1959; Vol. 608, c. 20], supplied the following additional information:
KENYA — Corporal punishment inflicted under the Prisons Ordinance Mechanical restraint (Leg irons) 1952 98 56(a) 1958 63 264 (a) Corrected figure. Statistics relating to mechanical restraint by handcuffs are not kept.
§ Mr. Bennasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give the number of Africans sentenced to prison in Kenya for Mau Mau offences in each of the years 1952–58; the number of such prisoners who died in prison; the number who completed their sentences and were released; the number who completed their sentences and were subsequently held as detained persons; and the number still serving sentences for these offences.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 29th June, 1959; Vol. 608, c. 19], supplied the following information:
I am afraid that I cannot supply the details requested in the first four parts of the Question. They could not be obtained except by an examination of several thousand individual case files, and I do not feel able to ask the Governor to do this.
The answer to the last part of the Question is that 82 convicts who are Mau Mau adherents are now serving prison sentences.
122WAt the height of the emergency there were more than 18,000 Mau Mau convicts. 4,972 of these had their sentences remitted so that they could be transferred to detention for rehabilitation. Many of the remainder were also detained when their sentences had expired.
§ Mr. Bennasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give the total number of Africans detained without charge in Kenya for Mau Mau activity in each of the years 1952–58; the number of such detainees who died during detention; the number released from detention; and the number still detained.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 29th June, 1959; Vol. 608, c. 19], supplied the following additional information:
— Number of Africans detained in each year (from March)(2) Number of Africans who died in detention in each calendar year Number of Africans released in each year (from 1st March) 1952 See Note (1) Nil See Note (1) 1953 9 1954 216 1955 5,075 327 14,019 1956 1,189 128 21,230 1957 92 73 21,151 1958 8 32 13,339 NOTES: (1) Separate annual statistics for the total number of Africans detained without charge for Mau Mau activities, and the total number released, are not available before 1st March, 1955 (2) The figures in this column do not include Mau Mau convicts transferred to detention orders for rehabilitation and accelerated release.