HC Deb 22 June 1967 vol 748 c317W
50. Mr. Wall

asked the Minister of Overseas Development if he will make a statement on the progress of the 400,000 acre resettlement scheme in Kenya.

Mr. Oram

As I indicated in my reply of the 4th May, this programme is in three parts. There has been no change as regards the programme of purchase for low density settlement. So far as private purchasers are concerned the Kenya Land Bank has now issued loans totalling £73,500. Under the Kenya Agricultural Development Corporation's programme of farm purchase, 31 offers have been made. Of these, 20 have been accepted; 7 have been refused and 4 withdrawn. 13 farms have been taken over, and dates have been agreed for the take-over of 4 more.—[Vol. 746, c. 716–17.]