East Africa Royal Commission
The East Africa Royal Commission was a commission set up by the British government to review issues of economic development in British colonies across British East Africa.
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Sir Hugh Dow, Sir Frederick Seaford, East African Royal Commission. 1st Visit to Africa Spring. 1953
The Commission was established by Royal Warrant on 1 January 1953. It consisted of Hugh Dow, Sally Herbert Frankel, Arthur Gaitskell, Rowland Skeffington Hudson, Daniel Jack and Chief Kidaha Makwa.[1]
It focused on six issues
- economic development through introduction of improved farming methods
- reforming the traditional tribal systems of land tenure
- making more land available for cultivation and settlement
- finding suitable locations for industrial development
- reviewing conditions of employment in industry, commerce, mining and plantation agriculture in relation to the growth of large urban populations
- the social problems which arise form increased urbanisation and industrialisation
Report
East Africa Royal Commission Report 1953-5
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References
- http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/CommissionReports/E-A-Royal-Commission-1953-1955.pdf. East Africa Royal Commission Report 1953-5. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
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