§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the official undertaking to the Nandi tribe that their lands in the Kenya Nandi Salient are to be purchased by the Government and returned to them in January-March, 1963, he will now increase the promised grant-in-aid so as to enable all European farms in the Salient to be purchased at a total sum of approximately £400,000; and if he is aware that this is a matter of urgency, 143W both from a security angle and in justice both to the European farmers concerned and to the Nandi tribe.
§ Mr. SandysIt remains the intention of the Kenya Government to buy these farms, which are understood to be valued at around £200,000. Her Majesty's Government have undertaken to lend to the Kenya Government the amount estimated to be needed this year for purchases.