The Governors who recently met in conference at Nairobi submitted a memorandum It reads as follows:- Land (i) There are those lands which were indubitably unoccupied and unclaimed at the time when British Government was established. (ii) There are those lands to which only there was a doubtful claim. (iii) There are lands effectively occupied by a large and settled native population. These lands mentioned in (iii) should clearly be reserved to its original native owners. In (i) and (ii) sufficient land for their own use should be secured to the native tribes originally sprinkled or wandering over it but the rest is clearly the property of the British Government to develop in the manner which it considers most suitable and effective
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