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: ~4-« ) will be reviewed and perhaps an extension of the scheme contemplated, At the beginning of October the Minister for Land Sectlement announced his Min- istry's plans for the next five vears under this schere. By the middle of 1963 seme 209,000 ecres will have been purchased for settlement. All of the 1,000,006 acres will be given over to high-density farming schemes involving the sub-division of plots into an average of 16 acres each, Le is acecpted that this will resuit ina Bet-back to the economy, buc the case of the landless and their consequent threat to security has been given precedence, Two Large areas near Nakuru and Kitale are being set aside for permanent larre scale farming as a “sort of insurance policy apainst a drop in agricultural production us African re-settlement gets under way." There is, however, a considerable anount gf speculation as to whether this ‘ . : 4 a : . * ' . emphasis on helpiag the lerdless as opposed to maintaining econoilc production will be maintained Chroucheut the five year period. In addition to these snail farm sehemes the Kenya Government is assisting about 120 Airicans to buy farms totalling 45,341 acres. There have been other signe of positive progress during the past few tianihs. The most sipnificans of these was the five day convention in Nairobi enritled "The Kenya Ve Want. It oes primarily the brain-child of Dr. Julius "iano, the present Parliamentsry Secretary to Jomo Koenyatla. Ut was sponsored by leading citizens of all races frem the fields of commerce and industry and government. It received in the initial stares the blessins of both Kit] and KADU, and an impressive list of speakers, in the main from Fenva was drawn up. It had ambitious iceas of producing = La... on ££ trowel - ae te —-+-.1! er ae | ee eee ee a ee | = ee ee ree | ~~ @ Vile, adil 2hl HEY SB SOU AIRE Stee eed ead ket Gate a pb teeth Uta et 4 work wos put into the Committee sessions end since then groups have beer working on the follow-up. Unfortunately EADU vithdrey its official support from the convention a few days before it besan. evertheless, a number of HADU supporters participated and ar least ene KADU Leeco member addressed a plenary session. Te is not essy to assess tie sipnifiesanee of such a conference in terms of the validity ef the plans and ideas it produces, although even these may preve to be of considcroble significance. but ua one enn doubt its being a clear demonstrcrion of the ability ef people from various races, tribes and political parties to think and work torether censtructively ou important national issues. Kenya needs mere of this kind of activity and of the spirit which pervaded ir.