HC Deb 19 December 1956 vol 562 cc167-9W
80. Mr. R. Edwards

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken by the Government of Tanganyika to set up a minimum wages board to investigate complaints of the Tanganyika Federation of Labour of the conditions under which African labourers

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The following is the information:

African Voters in Kenya
Tribe Total Voters Registered at 30th November,1956
1. Abaluyha 8,006
2. Bukusu 8,158
3. Digo and Duruma 1,921
4. Elgeyo and Marakwet 722
5. Embu 2,239
6. Giriama 1,539
7. Kamba 14,405
8. Kikuyu 8,779
9. Kipsigis 3,819
10. Luo and Kisii 18,812
11. Masai 586
12. Meru 18,191
13. Nandi 783
14. Riverine (Tana River) 690
15. Samburu 175
16. Swahili 26
17. Teita and Taveta 1,052
18. Tugen and Suk 820
19. Settled areas containing more than one tribe, where tribal breakdown is not available 1,538
Total 92,261

Only very approximate figures are available of Africans over the age of 21 in the Colony, but the proportion of registered voters compared with this total, by constituency, is as given below. The statistics do not permit of this computation on a tribal basis.

under contract are transported in Tanganyika and to increase facilities for higher education and technical training for Africans.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The Dar-es-Salaam Minimum Wages Board was established on 4th May, 1956. The complaints received by the Government of Tanganyika about the transportation of African contract labour are being investigated. A technical institute is at present under construction in Dar-es-Salaam and a new trade school is to be opened at Moshi in 1957. During 1957 the Ifunda Trade School is to be expanded. Facilities for higher and technical education are also available at Makerere College and the new Royal Technical College. Nairobi.