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after that certain irresponsible satirists divide the 

 native population into two classes : those in prison 

 and those who want to be. There are two first class 

 prisons, one at Nairobi and one at Mombasa, into 

 which all long-service prisoners are removed. Here 

 they are taught various industries, such as chair- 

 making, basket-work, carpentering, etc. ; indeed up to 

 191 1 jail was the only place in which a native could 

 get any technical education. The unfortunate result 

 of this was that a native who had any knowledge of a 

 useful trade was, ipso facto, branded as a criminal. 

 The short service prisoners at the various district 

 lock-ups are very rightly made to do their share of 

 work and are employed in such tasks as road-making, 

 bush-clearing, gardening and generally in keeping 

 clean and tidy the various Government Stations. 



Taken as a whole, it cannot be gainsaid that the 

 police force is a fine one and splendidly administered. 

 Those who suffer through various crimes and feel that 

 they do not get sufficient police protection, which is of 

 course more especially the case with regard to stock 

 thefts, are apt to minimise the huge difficulties with 

 which this force is confronted. Rather is it a cause of 

 admiration that they effect as much as they do, and a 

 source of gratification that the grip of law and order 

 over the country increases year by year. 



The King's African Rifles merit most attention, not 

 only on account of their splendid record and personnel, 

 but, as I have said, through the questions of expense 

 and distribution to which they give rise. 



The ordinary military expenditure in 1908 was 

 ,£45,387 ; in 1909, ,£46,639; and in 1910, £"40,398. 

 These sums represent, not only a very large figure per 

 head of the military force, but a very large proportion 



