§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in how many cases, apart from the recent Mau Mau raid on a farm near Nairobi, during which African farm workers were forced at panga-point to swear the Mau Mau oath, the Mau Mau conspaircy in Kenya is known to have succeeded in administering its oath in the last year.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe Governor of Kenya is not aware of any recent Mau Mau raids, either on farms near Nairobi or elsewhere in the Colony, or of any incident involving African farmworkers such as my hon. Friend mentions. In the last twelve months there have been two confirmed cases in which Mau Mau oaths have been administered. These occurred in the Meru Native Land Unit in January and March of this year, when remnants of a gang who were foraging for food administered the oath to Meru tribesmen to prevent them divulging the gangs whereabouts.