Section V - Intelligence Reports: A Guide to the Kenya National ...

PCINFD .1/ 31 5 NORTHERN FRONTIER DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE REPORTS
(MOYALE DISTRICT). 1933-1938. 232 pp.
Correspondence re IRs.
Moyale District IRs, 1933. C. B. Norman, DC; G. Reece, DC; J. P. DICasta,
for DC. Jan-Dec. 66 pp.
Italian affairs: Somali incursions, murder; Abyssinian affairs: internal dis -
order, political intrigue, increasing lawlessness, cattle confiscations, stock
exports to Kenya stopped; tribal affairs: Boran-Ajuran feud and attempts at
settlerrtent, movements; tax; trade, customs; stock disease; water boring;
smallpox; smuggling; policeman murdered by lloutlawsll.
Moyale District IRs, 1934. G. Reece, DC; C. A. Cornell, DC; R. J. C.
Howes, DS. Jan-Dec. 65 pp.
Italian affairs: encroachment into Abyssinia, armed clashes resulting;
Abyssi~ian affairs: border movements, Belgian officers for army, illegal
confiscation of British Boran's cattle, disorder, repeated claims for parts
of Moy.ile District, soldiers trespassing into Kenya; tribal affairs: cattle
theft, murder, movements, blood spearing; tax; trade; smallpox; disorders
along Abyssinian-Somaliland border; game; murder; bandits.
Moyale District IRs, 1935. R. J. C. Howes, DC. Jan-Dec. 74 pp.
Large sxpansion of Italian border facilities; Abyssinian-Italian border tension,
disputes; Abyssinian affairs: border movements, apathy over Italian prepara-
tions, 3fficial dishonesty in trade; tribal movements, Boran-Degodia
"mass~rcres", Boran-Gurreh feud renewed; tax; trade; poaching; rabies;
poachirig; smallpox; Italian war preparations against Abyssinia; tribal uncon-
cern; refugees; game; KAR activity.
Moyale District IRs, 1936. R. J. C. Howes, DC; Capt H. M. Grant; Mr.
Thomas, for DC. Jan-Dec. 93 pp.
Italian affairs: officially armed tribesmen raid Gabbra tribe; Abyssinian af-
fairs: t)order movements, cattle smuggling across the border; Gur reh-Boran
feud; ti-ibal affairs: cattle theft, murder, movements, Ajuran incursions,
Gurret -Degodia feud; tax; trade; stock disease; malaria; Italo-Abyssinian war
continues; RAF, KAR readiness, heavy Kenyan border patrols; extensive war
details; tribal recruitment by Italians, Italian attacks, Abyssinian counter-
attacks, refugees; archeology site; stats on X-M.
Mandera Sub-District IRs, 1936. R. G. Turnbull, DO. Oct. 3 pp.
Tribal movements; trade; Italo-Abyssinian war's progress.
Moyale D~strict IRs, 1937. Capt H. M. Grant, DC; R. G. Darroch, DC;
D. D. G. Swayne, OIC; Capt D. H. Wickham. Jan-Dec. 89 pp.
Italian affairs: repeated banda incursions, British claims; tribal affairs: murder,
rrovements, Boran-Ajuran feud; Italo-Abyssiniar war: very slow Italian
advances, African recruitment by Italians, Mega Consulate closed end 1936,
extens:ve details of advancements and battles, Italian consolidation, Eritrean
mutineers, RAF and KAR readiness and maneuvers, rumours of Germans; tax;
trade.
Moyale D:.strict IRs, 1938. Capt D. H. Wickham, DC. Jan-June (continued on
IRl.209). 39pp.
Italian affairs: robber bands near Gardula, tax barazas, 170 murdered by
shiftas; tribal movements; trade; DC, Resident confer over banda incursions;
KAR rr,aneuvers; Italo-Abyssinian war continued: desertions from Italian forces,
extens..ve details of fighting.
PCINFD 31316 NORTHERN FRONTIER DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE REPORTS
(MOYALE; DISTRICT). 1938-1951. 823 pp.
Correspondence re IRs.