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ON December 20 question was raised in the House of Commons by Sir R. Hamilton as to the situation which has arisen in Kenya in regard to native rights in the land and the leases which are to be granted by the Crown for mineral development in the new gold-field in the district of Kakamega and elsewhere. Certain amendments to the Native Lands Trust Ordinance have been embodied in a Bill which was read for a second time in the Legislative Council of Kenya on December 21. Under these amendments, it is proposed to exclude temporarily from a native reserve, land leased for mineral development, without the provision of an equivalent area of land in exchange and without the requirementof notice to the local native council concerned. Sir R. Hamilton asked whether these proposals were made with the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and further, whether the amendment of the Native Lands Trust Ordinance had been considered by the Morris-Carter Commission. In his reply, Sir P. Cunliffe-Lister stated that not only had the provisions of the Bill been agreed to both by the Morris-Carter Commission and by the Central Lands Trust Board, but that he was satisfied that the arrangements for compensation and consultation provided ample safeguards for the interests of the native occupants of the area in question.
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Native Lands in Kenya. Nature 130, 990–991 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130990c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/130990c0