Mrs. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many farm institutes of the Bukura type are established in Kenya; and what arrangements are made to follow up the work of the farmers and smallholders who come to study at such institutes.
§ Mr. Hopkinson,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 2nd July, 1952; Vol. 503, c. 42] supplied the following further information:
The Farm Institute at Bukura is the only one of its kind in Kenya at present but a start has been made on the establishment of three more of the same type. Men trained at the Institute are given special attention on their return to their farms by district agricultural officers.