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Apparently since the cnd of August @ nou-step campaign against the LVA has been proceeding. During this period there hive been frequent reports of the capture of home-made guns and the arrest of LYA su:pects. Sone 100 ar so people have been sen- tenced for illesal oathings and another sixty convicted on charses of beines in illegal possession of 250 arms and ot rounds of ammunition. The arcas affected include those of Nakuru, “Molo, Kericho and Kiavbu, Many of the gun-cache discoveries and arrests have been made on Purepein owned farms and this has caused some African lend- ers to susnest that Eurupeuns have been brivina their farm hands ‘to tale oaths and make gens. These allegations are being investigated by the Ministry of Defence, but in the meantime they have unleubtedly caused a worsening in race relations. In a Legictiative Council debate a few days apo, the acting Minister for Defence talked of successful action against LY, but stressed ‘We are not out ef the wood yvet.'' He went on to say that althourh the LFA Ass pretty well confined to the Kikuyu tribe, only a small minority of that tribe were involved. One can po a long way to explaining Mau Mau in terms of a nationalist movement strurgling against a colonial power, of Jand hunger, of secial discrimination and of inter clan feuding, but it is by no means easy to understand this new movement except in terps used by the ectine ilinister of Defence that its membership is recruited “frou the fanaties of the 1850's who da not understand that times have changed, the thurs and criminals, fron the unemployed and the incurably tribaliste." at has been gratifsing te note thit almest every African leader, including Jomo Kenystta, hes rovwndly condemned oathing and gun-making. Censtitvetonal Frosress Orly a week before he becats Chancellor of the Exchequer and hancéed over the Colonial Office te Duncan Sandys, Resgirald Maudlins spent five days in Kenya in July to review the progress mice by the two raujor partics, KANU and KADU, in solving the Getnils ef the outstanding problems in the new draft constitution. He was obviously net content with the pregress that had been made for he announced that in view of the leck of avreemert, he intevded imposing sulutiens concerning central-regional povern- ment povers im the following spheres:- education, health, labour, the public service and the special position of Nairobi. Flections will not be neld until 1963, most prelahly in March. his is a bir disuppointment te mmy -- not only Africans -- who Ceel that this continucd hiatus is crcating an extremely uunecithy situation. & big share of the responsi ility for this celay must surely rest with the British Governsent. *lhe third and fourth (the Repiennl Boundsries and Constituencies) comuissions of the five agreed en at Lancas- ter House were apmointed four months after the completion of the cenference and tiie fifty two months beter! Th. feeling tint this is pere of a ccliberate stalling pro- cers on the purt of H.W.G. is widespresd, particularly in RAND circles. Land Ersettlesert Repdneald Mouwdiing alse announced the welcove news that iMG. Le prepared ta finances tle purchase of 2,096,000 acres cf iand in the Seueueled Areas (formar Vaile Hicotands) far fviiecn reesettlonrent. Talis comorftutes a@hout one third of the band fereed by Curopesus and the seheme will cast abeut bB1O,000,C09, About 200,000 acres \ A OQveuwr fer iise yearu wilt be takes over. Ab the ond of fyve years the situation en HSee Tone Keport,