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

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IR/266
problems resulting from murder of Lamu tribal retainer in Garissa; tax;
trade, customs; locusts; widespread poaching; stock disease; influenza epi-
demic failure of Boran and Gabbra in Marsabit to send sons to school; il-
legal E rms; Wardeh secession "simmers" in Garissa; stats on X-M.
Northern Frontier (Province) IRs, 1933. V. G. Glenday, AgPC; R. G. Stone,
PC. Feb-Dec. 150 pp. (for Jan, see IR/380)
Italian affairs: propaganda, boundary quiet, tribal border movements, inci-
dent 01 Shebelle River, rumours of Italians taklng over British areas;
Abyss.nian affairs: tribal border movements, smallpox, extortion, internal
disorder and political intrigue, refugees; tribal affairs: Aulihan collective
fine, 'Najir and Italian Somali encroachment into Garissa District requiring
forceable removal, Degodia-Aulihan settlement; tax; trade; locusts; widespread
poach~ng; stock disease, rabies; murder cases; illegal arms; widespread
drougflt, cattle losses, effect on tax, famine relief; "repairing the Kenya -
Italian boundary"; robbers near Italian border.
DT/ MBT 3/ 1 /2 MARSABIT [ sic] PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER'S MONTHLY
INTELLISENCE REPORTS. 1937. 344 pp.
Northern Frontier Probince IRs, 1937. G. B. Rimington, for OIC. Jan-Apr
(continue1 on IR/266). 116 pp.
Italo-ICthiopian war: slow Italian advance, Mega consulate closed, troop move-
ments, fighting, rumours of Italians taking over British areas, Somali troops
to Europe; tribal affairs: movements, cattle theft, murder, Degodia incur-
sions, Abd Wak-Aulihan feud; tax; trade; poaching; stock disease; court cases;
game jamage, Garissa District; smuggling; "bones and teeth" excavated in
Wajir; game; RAF, KAR activities; stats on X-M.
Northern Frontier District IRs, 1937. G. B. Rimington, for OIC; V. G- Glenday,
OIC; R. 'Turnbull, for OIC. May-Dec. 224 pp.
Italo-Abyssinian situation: slow Italian advance, propaganda re takeover of
Northern Kenya, tax, new Juba irrigation channel, return of banda from
Europe, Abyssinian resistance, Fitaurari Tadame with 1500 refugees enter
Kenya, other large refugee parties, banda border incursions, rumour s re
Jubaland cession to Germany, shifta activity troubles Italians, Eritrean mutiny,
African military recruitment; tribal affairs: murder, feuds, movements, tribal
boundaries trespass, problems of destitute Turkana in Marsabit; tax; slight
improvement of Italo-Kenyan trade; poaching; stock disease; coronation celebrations;
Marsabit forest conservation; "oil exploration" by D'Archy Exploration
Company; RAF, KAR activity; refugee problems re protection, health (esp
smalll~ox); disagreements with Italian officials in Abyssinia over banda incursions
and Boran rights of movement across border; game damage; special
district supplements from July-Dec re refugees, Italian activities; stats on
jud, staff movements, X-M.
DC/ MBT 3/ 1 / 3 MARSABIT [ sic] PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER'S MONTHLY
INTELLIGENCE REPORTS. 1938. 315 pp.
Northern Frontier District IRs, 1938. V. G. Glenday, for OIC; G. Reece, OIC.
Jan-Dec. 313 pp.
Italo -.4bys sinian situation: training of Somali sailors, propaganda re Jubaland
cessicn to Germany, shifta raids, Abyssinian guerrilla resistance, withdrawal
of white troops, continuing African military recruitment, new roads, increased
armaments on the Kenyan frontier, Italian "spy-phobia"; tribal affairs: murder,
movernents, tribal boundaries trespass, fines, intra-tribal Aulihan feud; tax;
trade; locusts; poaching; stock disease; KAR recruitment; KAR, RAF activity;
alien ::saak Somali discontent over non-native poll tax, demand for Asiatic
status, passive resistance; refugee camp problems, esp stock disease;
Korokoro beliefs about porcupines; border problems over tribal movements;
prospecting for oil; widespread drought; Marsabit forest conservation; game
damage, counter-measures; African (esp Somali) reactions to European inter-
national situation; special district supplements re general district affairs, incl
Italian movements and refugee problems; maps; stats on jud, staff movements.