Mr. David Adamsasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why a Kikuyu Native school at Mukui has been closed down and three teachers fined?
Mr. M. MacDonaldAs regards the reason for the closing of this school I would refer the hon. Member to the replies given on the 20th and 21st July to questions by the hon. Member for Dewsbury (Mr. Riley) and the hon. Member for the Isle of Ely (Mr. de Rothschild).
I have now received a further report from the Governor of Kenya from which it appears that although orders had been given for the closing of the school it remained open until November, 1937, when the Director of Education ordered its closure under Section 34 of the Education Ordinance. The head teacher was subsequently fined £25 for continuing to conduct the school. In June this year the school was again re-opened and the same head teacher was sentenced to a fine of £50 and two assistant head teachers to fines of £25 each. Notice of appeal has been lodged.