§ 93. Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in what circumstances Captain Ernest Law, a former chief officer of the Kenya Prison Department, was detained in Kamiti Prison, Nairobi, Kenya, in the convicts' compound from January to June, 1958, without trial; and what compensation the Kenya Government propose to pay Captain Law for his detention.
§ Mr. J. AmeryCaptain Law was detained at Kamiti Prison, which accommodates vagrants as well as convicted prisoners, by authority of a Magistrate's Orders made under Section 10 of the Vagrancy Ordinance on the 18th January and 17th April, 1958. He was repatriated to this country on the 16th June, 1958.
Whether or not Captain Law could have any claim for compensation on the grounds of his detention is a matter for his legal advisers.