March 1957 will live in history as the turning point in Kenya and African politics. In that month the desires and aspirations of some five million Africans were fulfilled as Ghana gained independence, and the hopes for self-government of millions of other Africans in trusteeship and non-self-governing areas were raised.
TT IS UNFORTUNATE that our constitutional conference is still going on 1 and I am therefore unable to discuss certain aspects of the changes that we are trying to secure in the constitution. All that I can say is that our Government's intention is not to go back unnecessarily on any agreements that we made last year.