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Were Maudling's hopes illusory? Hardly had the Kenya Africans stepped off their planes in Nairobi when squabbling broke out among the leaders, notably KANU'S grey-bearded Jomo ("Burning Spear'') Kenyatta. 72. and solemn Ron ald Ngala, 39, president of KADU,* and since 1961 top African in the Kenya cabinet. Though Kenyatta and Ngala will jointly head Kenya's interim govern ment, they sounded like enemies. Bragged Ngala to his supporters on arrival: "KADU has emerged triumphant and has won out against Kenyatta.'' Old Jomo had a sneering retort: "We would have...
...fact, the constitution proposes substantial concessions to Ngala's minority KADU party. By contrast with KANU, which is overwhelmingly backed by Kenya's six most powerful tribes-notably the powerful Kikuyu-KADU seeks support from the Masai, Baluhya and other tribes that are numerically smaller but occupy far more land than KANU'S tribes. Fearful of a massive land grab by KANU supporters, many of whom devoutly believe Kenyatta's pledge that there will be land or jobs for all, Ronald Ngala demanded-and got-a measure of decentralization giving local control over African land rights...
Hope for Moderation. Though KANU has countered with reassuring proposals for a strong bill of rights and an independent judiciary. KADU leaders remain deeply apprehensive: impartial administration of justice, they argue, will be hampered for years by Kenya's almost total lack of trained native lawyers and the reluctance of white officials to stay on. Last year alone, 3,000 whites-5% of the white population-left the colony, where they are outnumbered...
Urging his followers to sharpen their spears, KADU's fiery William Murgor warned ominously last fortnight: "If it's clear that KANU has succeeded in bamboozling the British against our plans for a future Kenya, I'll blow a whistle from London and you will know there must be war." Opening the conference, Britain's Colonial Secretary Reginald Maudling insisted that Britain will not free the colony "unless we can be sure that we shall be handing over authority in Kenya to a stable regime, free from oppression, free from violence, free from racial discrimination...
...owned by the government, it was once a private residence. Once, when Queen Victoria visited, its splendor moved her to say to the owner's wife, the Duchess of Sutherland: "My dear, I come from my house to your palace."† KADU stands for Kenya African Democratic Union; KANU, Kenya African National Union...