§ Mr. Bennasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give the number of Africans sentenced to prison in Kenya for Mau Mau offences in each of the years 1952–58; the number of such prisoners who died in prison; the number who completed their sentences and were released; the number who completed their sentences and were subsequently held as detained persons; and the number still serving sentences for these offences.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAs the figures I have cover only part of the period in question, I am consulting the Governor and will circulate the information he can supply in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
The number of Mau Mau and K.K.M. convicts on the 31st March, 1959, was 245.
§ Mr. Bennasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give the total number of Africans detained without charge in Kenya for Mau Mau activity in each of the years 1952–58; the number of such detainees who died during detention; the number released from detention; and the number still detained.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAs the figures I have cover only part of the period in question, I am consulting the Governor and will circulate the information he can supply in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
20WThe number detained under Emergency Regulations on the 31st May, 1959, was 1,146.
§ Mr. Bennasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Africans, held in prison or detention camps in Kenya died as a result of the use of illegal violence against them by members of the prison or camp staffs, in each of the years 1952–58.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI have asked the Governor of Kenya for the information in regard to the years, 1952 to 1956, and will circulate a further reply in the OFFICIAL REPORT. Deaths which occurred in 1957 and 1958, after, but not necessarily as a result of, the use of illegal force by members of prison or camp staffs, are as follows:
— Number of deaths Name 1957 … … 1 Muchiri Githuma 1958 … … 2* Kibebe Macharia and Kabugi Njuma* * One case is sub judice, since the officer convicted of assault on Kabugi Njuma has appealed against his conviction.
§ Mr. Bennasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Africans, held in prison and detention camps in Kenya, were subjected to corporal punishment for offences committed against the Prison Regulations in each of the years 1952–58; and how many were subjected to mechanical restraint by handcuffs or leg irons in each of those years.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydSeparate statistics are not kept by race. The following are the figures for 1952 to 1957, so far as they are available:
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— Corporal punishment inflicted under the Prisons Ordinance Mechanical restraint (leg irons) 1952 … … … 98 79* 1953 … … … 183 68 1954 … … … 71 2,832 1955 … … … 58 1,281 1956 … … … 37 298 1957 … … … 84 111 * Subject to confirmation. The figures relating to corporal punishment do not include such punishment inflicted on emergency detainees since it is not the Prisons Ordinance but the Emergency (Detained Persons) Regulations, 1954, which create offences in the case of emergency detainees. I am asking the Governor whether he can supply figures for 1958, and also statistics relating to handcuffs, and will circulate a further reply in the OFFICIAL REPORT.