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Kenya.
Undeterred by the ugliness of
the Mau Mau rebellion and appar-
emily impatient with the progress
which African politicians are seek
ing for their people through consti-
tutional channels the kim organ
izers are fostering the growth Of
an illegal secret society whose
oaths and other trappings resemble
those of the Mau Mau organiza-
ton in a number of respects.
Several hundred of its members
have already been arrested by po-
lice and security men, and in his
opening address to Kenya's Legis-
lative Council recently, Sir Evelyn
repeatedly stated that the KIM
has taken active steps to organize
violence again.
This admission is a significant
one, for Sir Evelyn is given neither
to exaggeration nor sensationalism.
The fact that he felt forced to
make it at time when Kenya is
attempting to build up its tourist
trade and is seeking a period of
peace for rehabilitation after the
ravages Of Mau Mau, appears to
indicate that the growth of the
KIM is more serious than at first
appeared.
OF the 1900 Mau Mau suspects
originally detained at the peak of
the emergency in Kenya, all have
been released except for a hard
core of some 5000 terrorists.
Meanwhile, various African poll
ticians elected to represent their
fellows in the Legislative Council
have condemned the KIM in strong
terms.
Their aim is to increase the num-
Der of seats held in the council
by Africans to the point where
Africans will hold political con-
troll of the country. Inspired by
the leadership of Tom Mboya, the
young Kenya trade union chief,
they have adopted an uncompromis-
ing standpoint and have rejected
the measure of progress offered
by British Colonial Secretary Alan
Lennox- Boyd in the new consti-
tutional plan which he imposed late
last year.
Mr.. Mboya, much inspired by
the example of Ghana's DR.. Kwame
Nkrumah, whom he met during a
recent visit to West Africa, has
set his heart on African rule in
Kenya.
Whites Outnumbered
But although the lesson Of Mau
Mau has had a liberalizing effect
on numbers of Kenya's white set
tiers outnumbered more than 100
to l by the African populace, there
is little white enthusiasm for CIV
ing Mr.. Mboya and his colleagues
the % seats for elected Africans
which they are demanding in the
Legislative Council.
Mr.. Mboya and his colleagues
recently staged walkout from the
council during the opening cere-
mony of its new session. With the
ro,,ctance of whites. on the one
hand, to yield any more than they
already have at this stage, and
with Mr.. Mboya's refusal to COM
promise, on the other, Kenya is
confronted with a political dead
lock.
Thus with African progress
stalled for the moment through
constitutional channels, the illegal
kim apparently has flourished,
dividing African opinion as to the
pest methods to advance.
Further division has been caused
among Africans by controversy
over the future role of Jomo Ken
vatta, former leader of the Kenya
African Union, convicted Of man.
aging Mau Mau and now imprison-
ed at Lokitaung in Kenya's remote
Northern Frontier District.
Kenyatta is still serving his SEN
tence, but even though the govern
ment has made clear that he will
be exiled to remote area when his
prison term expires and will not be
allowed to return ito the scene of
his former criminal activities" his