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} ~4e ) will be reviewed and perhaps an extension of the acheme contemplated. At the beginning of October the Minister for Land Settlement announced his Min- istry's plans for the next five years under this scheve. By the middle of 1963 sere 209,000 ecres will have been purchased for settlement. All of the 1,000,009 acres will be given over to high-density farming schemes’ involving the sub-division of plots into aa average of 16 acres each, Ie is accepted that this will result ina set-back to the econemy, but 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 permsnent large scale farming as a "sort of insurance policy against a drop in agricultural production us African re-settlement gets under way." re is, howe. r, 4 considerable anount gf speculation as to whether this empha en helpi the lerdless as opposed to maintaining econeriec production will be maintained throuchout the five year period. In addition to these small farm schemes the Kenya Government is assisting about 120 Airicans to buy farms totalling 45,34] acres. There have becn other signe of positive progress during the past few months. The most significant of these was the five day convention in Nairebi entitled "fho Kenya Ye Veat." It wes primarily the brain-child of Dr. Julius iano, the present Parlias y to Jomo Kenyatla. It was sponsored by leading citizens of all races from the fields ef commerce and industry and government. It received in the initial stases tie blessing of both KAN and KADU, and an impressive list of spealers, in the main from Kenya was dra It had ambitious iceas of producing te a : 8 e Camnittee sessions end since then groups tary Secrota z for K 26 put into th the follow-up. ave beer working on Unfortunately LAMY withdrew its official support from the convention a few days before it bezan. Nevertheless, a number of KADU supporters participated and at least one KADU Legco moniver addressed a plenary session, Tt is not exsy to assess tiie significance of such a conference in terms of the validity ef the plans and ideas it produc » prove to be of cance. Lut uo one cx doubt its being a clear demonstrcvien of te fron varia reces, tribes and political rlies tot and portant national issues. Kenya needs mere of this irit which pervaded it. although even these rm considers a th ity of pes work topether censtructively on ir kind of activity end of the s les B-L19