Northern Frontier District (Talks)

HC Deb 29 July 1963 vol 682 c23W

Mr. Wall

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on his talks with the Somali delegation from the Northern Frontier District of Kenya.

Mr. Sandys

My noble Friend, the Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, received a delegation of Kenya Somalis on 24th July. The delegation expressed the view that the Northern Frontier District of Kenya was the responsibility of the British Government, and they sought a statement of its decision concerning the future of the area. They were informed of the British Government's desire that there should be the fullest possible consultation with all interested parties and that the British Government were proposing to the Somali Republic that there should be discussions on the future of the area.