§ Sir R. Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what official action has been taken over the recent accusation of political blackmail made by the vernacular newspaper Uhuru against the Speaker of the Legislative Council of Kenya.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe newspaper published the following apology on the 25th November:—
"In our editorial article of November 11th we referred to the decision of the Legislative Council to suspend the African constituency elected members and implied that this decision of the Legislative Council was taken with an ulterior motive. We implied that the ruling of Mr. Speaker on which that decision was taken was nonsensical and accused Mr. Speaker of political blackmail.
In so far as the objectional part of our editorial consisted of statements of fact it was untrue. In so far as it consisted of an expression of opinion, it was unjustified.
We therefore humbly apologise to Mr. Speaker and to the Legislative Council, and withdraw what we said."