§ 80. Mr. Footasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many persons convicted of various offences in Kenya during the past 12 months have been ordered to be flogged; and the nature of the flogging that takes place.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe most recent figures available are for the year ended 31st December, 1953, during which 1,145 persons were sentenced by the courts to receive corporal punishment. Two hundred and twenty-one were adults and 924 were under 20 years of age. A rod or cane is used and the maximum number of strokes in the case of an adult is 24, and in the case of a juvenile under 16, 12.