§ 76 and 77. Mr. C. R. Hobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) what steps are being taken to defend the Turakana tribe from the raiding Merille of Ethiopia;
(2) what communications he has had from the Governor of Kenya about raids into Kenya territory by armed subjects of the Emperor of Ethiopia.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe Governor has reported each of these raids to me as it occurred and Her Majesty's Ambassador at Addis Ababa has been in close touch with the Ethiopian Government. I hope that a joint Commission of Inquiry may soon be set up to investigate these incidents and consider means of preventing similar trouble in the future.
In the meantime the Turkana are being protected by the police, reinforced by the King's African Rifles. There have been no raids since 13th December.