JUVENILE EMPLOYMENT IN KENYA
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—Having heard of and read in the British Press state- ' ments concerning the controversy which has arisen over the employment of juveniles in Kenya, particularly in the tea- picking and gold-mining areas, and having read carefully the Report of the Committee which was appointed in July, 1938, by His Excellency the Governor of Kenya to investigate the whole matter (published in Nairobi, the capital and seat of Government of Kenya Colony, on December 12th, 1938), we are satisfied that the Government of Kenya is doing its utmost to regulate in the best possible way all forms of juvenile employment. And we have confidence that every effort is being made, and will continue to be made in the future, to render impossible abuse of such employment, at the same time encouraging the provision of such amenities as conduce towards the moral and intellectual welfare of those employed.
We commend to the careful study of all those interested in this important matter the above-mentioned " Report of the Employment of Juveniles Committee " (Colony and Protec- torate of Kenya), which can be obtained from the Crown Agents for the Colonies, Millbank, London, S.W. t.
REGINALD, Bishop of Mombasa.
S. H. WINGFIELD DIGBY, Canon of Mombasa Dio- cese and Canon Emeritus of Salisbury Cathedral.
T. CECIL SMITH, Secretary, C.M.S. Kenya Mission.
Nairobi, Kenya Colony.
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