Report on the present political uncertainty in Kenya and on the reactions of whites to the prospect of independence, based on interviews with politicians and settlers.

Continued detention of Kenyatta is the main issue in African politics for KANU refuses to co-operate with the government until he is released. Meanwhile the readiness of the other African leader Ngala (KADU) to form a government before Kenyatta is released indicates a split in the African approach to independence. Kenyatta in his first interview discounts the possibility of tribal violence, and his party secretary Tom Mboya adds that after independence all citizens will enjoy the same rights and protection. Immediate concern of settlers, however, is with financial compensation for the land rights they are fearful of losing and one of their spokesmen, Coalition Party leader Cavendish-Bentinck, demands that "the just claims of minorities be recognised", while adding that Kenyatta should never be released. A farmer speaks bitterly of betrayal by the British government. Leader of the more moderate Liberal Party Michael Blundell recognises the need for Europeans to "muck along in the problems of Kenya."