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Description:: 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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Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection

Description:: 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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Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection

Description:: 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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Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection

Description:: 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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Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection

Description:: 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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Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection

Description:: 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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Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection

Description:: 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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Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection

Description:: 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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Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection

Description:: 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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Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection

Description:: 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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Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection

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