KENYA ! THE ROAD TO UHURU TEN YEARS AFTER THE BLOODY MAU 
MAU WAR AGAINST THE WHITES, THE BRITISH FINALLY AGREED LAST WEEK 
TO LET THEIR EAST AFRICAN COLONY OF KENYA TAKE ITS FIRST 
BIG STEP TOWARD UHURU FREEDOM . ENDING THREE WEEKS OF TALKS 
IN NAIROBI WITH KENYA'S TRIBAL-BACKED POLITICAL LEADERS, AMONG THEM GREY-BEARDED EX-MAU 
MAU CHIEFTAIN JOMO ( " BURNING SPEAR " ) KENYATTA, COLONIAL 
SECRETARY DUNCAN SANDYS EMERGED TO MAKE HIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PRESS 
. ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD MAY 18-26 FOR THE COLONY'S FIRST 
INTERNAL SELF-GOVERNMENT . TO BE ELECTED UNDER A NEW, 300-PAGE CONSTITUTION 
: SEVEN ASSEMBLIES, PLUS A TWO-HOUSE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT WITH OVERWHELMING BLACK 
MAJORITIES COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY FOLLOW IN SPRING 1964 . 
STANDING BY SANDYS' SIDE AS THE LATTER SPOKE, OLD BURNING SPEAR 
NODDED SILENT, SOLEMN APPROVAL . 