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Thurgood Marshall — Part 12
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East Afrient Standard, Fridatj, January tS, 19g0. 77
Members’ plan supported
Me ‘HURGOOD MARSHALL, a Uniled Stales lawyer
ava wha is travelling ta London as consultant to. the
African Elocled Members at the Kenya constitutional con-
ference, suud in Nairobi yesterday that independence and
freedom for Kenya was due how. “I do: NOt want to say
is is overdue, because I do: cana ET earee
not beheve in bemg in the,
past,” he added,
Mr. Murshall owas. necomr,
panied by Mr. T. J, Mboyas
(Notrobi Arevy and Dr, J G.
Kiana (Central Province Soulh).
YRey saict the question of MT. |.
Marshall's uclual sltendance al}
the conference was a detail that
would. have io be settled in
London
Mr, Marshalt sald he wags "jp
complelé agreement with Une!
cuonslitutional prapustis put for-
tward by the African lected
Reinbers warkd
Aske whether be thought the 1 Naked if he would agree sith
voasiiutlonal changes aonouseed | ng application. of this §
for ‘Tanganyusa = formed aay ee they African ‘jand. 3 of
precedent for Meveopuents in K soya ng well as tg, the Hi b- |
Kenya, he auld Kenya must be peer Mr, Marshalt sald ke
logked at as Kenya. Comparison tenoughe his statement wag ‘brond’
Asked it he would advise the
African Elected. ; Nembeys wt .
arce anything Jess than one
mart ona vole. Mz, Marshall sald:
St depended whether they asked |
him, He saw no teasor to ale |,
agree with Aheir proposals.
Complete. agreament
He wns in complete agreement
with Africans in Kenya about the)
Highlands. He hod spent a ‘whole |
afternoon there, and yaw HOY
trensoi far Innad 1a be restricted: on
ithe basis of race anywhere In tha
j with gather places was didteull, onounh to cover any place, cf
{ Oehein ini ‘tant “T do not believe in ownership:
| Hi Taninipertant pf land being restricted Ouere
1 Lavig. ie Vhat sooner or inter. Cicleahe bale the right. <0}
we shall rome up against this vf ene de re i ‘
question, but ot present J wwoulel Hprestrtct land from being sald
rather ju. look nt Kenya” af PPA YORE birecig . rentrict It trony
Referring to the position of Sire the ianc Africans.”
members uf linmigrant saots os paling. a hail xaded that he}
who wished to look upon thém 7 i Mr. oe jera. some places
selves as Kenyans, Mr. Martial {femew tate We i owns
suit his Idew of fregdom ancl, hers to foetal residents.
democrncy wos that anyone whl pee ight ‘be. some sense in
lived inn Country and agremd to A se ae hd ‘aid not thir the :
its consHuution and laws. way 2] pet at ‘pr any other land
citizen. His place of origin way] UE TS restitcted: 6n the basls
obout tbe most unimportant talneg 4: ov “rnee er —
about him, and thig should’ be nin ‘Rnrshal said that wiveh
true anywhere in the warir. if WEE ASE: “haces en; ; -
Mr. Mboya sald {Ne important} nfiac: hed ech tgumned about te
part was thnt the person shoudl poi 8 aaa &
‘agree with A Meuntrys rbnsth, ithe Ualted Stales could para 10%
tution and set-up, Fewas ria good} dered fn Kenya, with Teqard
t people saylng they. wanted 19 look | “ ihay, bestita do-it
upon themselves as Kenyans, ff
Lthey did pot agree witht wiral
Kenyao was. :
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