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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 303

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 303 of June 30, 1955 one of the most potent measures taken to deal with the current Emergency in Kenya was the ban placed upon African political organisations.Although the authorities have been unable to discover the origin of the movement , it is believed to have originated from Members of the African Union "MAU" The ban has been lifted following the recent meeting of some 60 Trade Union delegates in Nairobi asked what constitutes a political meeting and what limits Government proposed to put upon the numbers attending.
Date:
June 30, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 303

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 302

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 302 of June 23, 1955 Encouraged by the belief it has the support of the western Powers, the Fascist Government of Salazar is through its agents engaged in increasing its repressive activities in order to crush the nationalists liberation movement in Goa.Volunteers reaching the Goa border in pursuance of the satygraha campaign are being mercilessly beaten up and bullets are being used to curb the non-violent satygrahis.
Date:
June 23, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 302

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 301

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 301 of June 16, 1955 From the report prepared by the Secretariat of the Commission for the convenience of the press, two salient points stand out.The first is on the urban policy and declares that" efficient urban administration aimed at the production of an integrated urban society and the establishment of a zoning system within the towns based not upon racialism but upon building standards" that to us suggests it would be based upon wealth rather than culture.Another recommendation which seems to contain the seeds of something very dangerous to in the note as follows"it is also suggested that governments should have powers of compulsory acquisition for public purpose but that should be clearly defined in law."
Date:
June 16, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 301

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 300

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 300 of June 9, 1955 Mr.Garfield Todd, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, has said in Durban that there was no ready solution for the racial question in Africa. Mr Todd visited Durban in the course of a brief lecture tour.He said the racial question in Africa was a practical issue in which prejudice and emotion should play no part. He considered that the question which hung over Africa was whether there should be partnership of the races or domination by one race over another."We in Central Africa believe that partnership is the best method.irrespective of who is right, the question is still there and must be answered", Mr.Todd declared
Date:
June 9, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 300

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 299

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ENGLISH: 2nd June 1955 issue 299 Weekly Comment newspaper A report from Uganda shows that African smallholders in Uganda are better off than their European small holder or crofter counterparts .Farmers from Uganda had the most prosperous year in their history in 1954 .From cotton and coffee alone they earned 11.4 million euros more than their previous 3 million euros in their previous year and hence good returns from the sales to all the farmers.
Date:
June 2, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 299

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 298

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 298 of May 26, 1955 The women's petition which has not received the publicity which might have been expected and may not be surprised to learn that the Broadcasting Service has refused to accept a notice asking for helpers.
Date:
May 26, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 298

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 297

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ENGLISH: 19th May 1955 issue 297 Weekly Comment newspaper The Indian demand for an enquiry follows closely upon the drawing up of the women's petition to the Queen on similar lines which has, regrettably , received so little support in certain influential quarters.
Date:
May 19, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 297

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 296

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ENGLISH: A district officer was called in one morning to try and deal with a sit-down strike in some cotton-grinding factory.He arrived and found the labourers squatting on the floor , refusing to work and refusing to explain to the owners why they were on strike.He advised the employees to appoint three delegates whom he would receive at a given time the next morning to examine the question of their grievances.Next morning the three chosen waited upon the District officer and when he opened the proceedings by asking them to state there grievances , he could not get them to talk , then one who appeared to be the leader suddenly exclaimed"we have no grievances; we were told that if we were members of a Trade Union we could strike. So we joined a Trade Union and went on strikes!"
Date:
May 12, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 296

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 295

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 295 of May 5, 1955 Government has seen fit to issue a document to civil servants here, to cover the event that they may find themselves wanted when the colony gets its freedom.A Settlers government would very soon take the Colony a few jumps forward such that more rather than less of all races would find themselves badly needed to keep up with the progress we would make.
Date:
May 5, 1955
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McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Weekly Comment 1955 no. 295

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 294

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ENGLISH: 28th April 1955 issue 294 Weekly Comment newspaper The future , as being fraught with hazard the native under-developed and over-organised such that in Kenya the rule of law and order might break down through the excesses of its policies; witness the atrocious murder of two european boys on the outskirts of Nairobi, by one of two gangs hovering thereabout the authorities pretending the rebellion is on its legs.
Date:
April 28, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 294

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 292

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 292 of April 14, 1955 Mr.W.McLellan Wilson presented a memorandum explaining the situation of land occupation in the Kiambu area in 1900 when he first had personal knowledge of the district .He stated that in 1902 when he took up his present farm there were no Kikuyu nearer than three or four miles, and they were only the adventurous of the tribe.
Date:
April 14, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 292

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 291

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ENGLISH: 7th April 1955 issue 291 Weekly Comment newspaper A fair and impartial article upon a multi-racial school was a feature of contempolary.One assertion was, however both mystifying and disturbing , it was said that the average European in the colony is dead set against schools of a tri-racial character for" reasons not easily defined and essentially individualistic".
Date:
April 7, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 291

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 290

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 290 of March 31, 1955 The great deal of hypocritical talk being broadcast about the prosperous state of Kenya is difficult to avoid as the edifice of Kenya is becoming dangerously top heavy due to the overborrowing for a small country and expenditure continous to mount alarmingly.Most disturbing of all is the pressure being exercised from every quarter outside Africa to raise the standard of living of our millions to something like European level.We must not borrow anymore as it would be fatal for british Kenya , the budget will soon be upon us and will be scarcely be pleasant.
Date:
March 31, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 290

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 289

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 289 of March 24, 1955 White settlers in Kenya excited over the visit by General Sir Gerald Templer to finish off the mau mau war and ensure it never happens again however it is believed that the mau mau will fake "mass repentance" with the intention of fighting another day.
Date:
March 24, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 289

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 288

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 288 of March 17, 1955 Tom Mboya, the Secretary of the Kenya Federation of Registered Trade Unions, is a strong force and if the present insistence upon accelerating the pace towards multiracial government continues, we are likely to hear a lot more of Mboya in the near future and Mr. Humphrey Downes on behalf of the Department of Information told the country of the marvellous work being done in improving conditions in the Kikuyu Reserve, telling all tribes in East Africa that if they adopted a similar state of rebellion as Kikuyus have then they could expect to have similar good things.
Date:
March 17, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 288

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 287

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 287 of March 10, 1955 Threat to civil servants as they are prohibited from taking any part in the politics of Kenya and Mombasa strike alleged to be in line with the disbursements made to Civil Servants under the Lidbury Report coupled with the African cost of living
Date:
March 10, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 287

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 286

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 286 of March 3, 1955 How peace can be brought to Kenya and what price we are prepared to for it and Depressing week for the Johannesburg Stock Exchange following a quiet but somewhat uncertain start, London became a heavy seller of mining issues around mid-week and prices tumbled to their lowest levels for sometime
Date:
March 3, 1955
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McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Weekly Comment 1955 no. 286

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 283

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 283 of February 10, 1955 Mau Mau killing livestock in rebelling the white government and The 1955 Mau Mau oath administered in the Rift Valley within 5 days of the Governor's historic speech at Nyeri, the new oath is taken at a bowing position over water, ash and sheep's eyes
Date:
February 10, 1955
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Weekly Comment 1955 no. 283

Weekly Comment 1955 no. 282

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ENGLISH: Weekly Comment newspaper issue 282 of January 3, 1955 There are two wars raging in Kenya- the bloody war of the panga and bullet between the security forces and dwindling but increasingly desperate Mau Mau gangs, and bitter cold war of backbiting and recrimination between the Administration, the army and the police and Suicide Month being February where it is reported that in this season when people are likely to be found unexpectedly deceased under circumstances where foul play is not suspected.
Date:
February 3, 1955
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McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Weekly Comment 1955 no. 282