KENYA THE RETURN OF BURNING SPEAR IN DAZZLING SUNLIGHT LAST WEEK, 30,000 
SINGING, DANCING AFRICANS GATHERED BEFORE NAIROBI'S MINISTRY OF WORKS . A 
GREAT ROAR WENT UP AS TWO SOLEMN MEN EMERGED . ONE 
WAS KENYA'S BRITISH GOVERNOR MALCOLM MACDONALD . THE OTHER, WEARING HIS 
CUSTOMARY LEATHER JACKET AND BEADED BEANIE, WAS BURLY JOMO ( " 
BURNING SPEAR " ) KENYATTA, THE MAN WHO SERVED SEVEN YEARS 
IN JAIL AS THE CONVICTED " MANAGER " OF THE MAU 
MAU TERRORISTS, AND WHO ONLY THREE YEARS AGO WAS DENOUNCED BY 
THE PREVIOUS GOVERNOR AS " THE LEADER TO DARKNESS AND DEATH 
. " LIFTED BIBLE . AS IF TO BRUSH AWAY THE 
BITTER PAST, MACDONALD TOLD THE CROWD THAT THIS WAS A " 
GLAD DAY IN KENYA'S HISTORY " AND WISHED KENYATTA ('EVERY SUCCESS 
IN HIS TASK OF LEADING KENYA FORWARD TO UHURU (FREEDOM) . 
" KENYATTA ECHOED THE CRY OF UHURU, THEN, LIFTING A BIBLE 
HIGH IN HIS RIGHT HAND, HE TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE 
AS PRIME MINISTER OF SELF-GOVERNING KENYA . JOMO KENYATTA MADE THE 
GIANT STEP FROM PRISONER TO PRIME MINISTER WITH THE HELP OF 
HIS KANU (KENYA AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION) PARTY, WHICH LAST WEEK WON 
A LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN KENYA'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS, CAPTURING 66 OF 117 
SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND 19 OF 41 SEATS 
IN THE SENATE . KENYATTA NOT ONLY DEFEATED RONALD NGALA'S RIVAL 
KADU (KENYA AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC UNION) AND PAULNGEI'S AFRICAN PEOPLES PARTY, BUT 
ALSO DEALT SKILLFULLY WITH THE CLEVER KANU RIVALS BELOW HIM WHO 
HAVE BEEN HOPING TO BE NAMED AS KENYATTA'S HEIR APPARENT . 
THEY ARE TOM MBOYA, 32, THE BRIGHT, ABLE AND RUTHLESS LABOR 
LEADER WHO LEADS A MODERATE FACTION INSIDE KANU, AND COMMUNIST-LEANING OGINGA 
ODINGA, 52, WHO WEARS A BLUE MAO TSE-TUNG-STYLE WORKINGMAN'S UNIFORM . 
KENYATTA MOVED PROMPTLY TO SECURE A PROPER BALANCE IN HIS NEW 
ADMINISTRATION, HANDED ALMOST EQUAL CABINET POSTS TO THE TWO CONTENDERS : 
MBOYA WAS NAMED MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, AND ODINGA 
WAS GIVEN THE POTENTIALLY POWERFUL HOME AFFAIRS MINISTRY . AGAINST ALL 
PREDICTIONS, KENYATTA NAMED NO ONE AT ALL AS VICE PREMIER . 
NO CONGO . KENYATTA HAS MELLOWED WITH AGE, IMPRISONMENT, AND REPEATED 
MARRIAGES (HE HAS HAD FOUR WIVES, THREE OF WHOM SURVIVE, AS 
DO SEVEN CHILDREN AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN) . IN NAIROBI LAST WEEK 
HE SAID FLATLY : " KENYA IS NOT GOING TO BE 
ANOTHER CONGO . " AS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE 55,000 
WHITES LIVING NERVOUSLY AMONG KENYA'S 8,000,000 AFRICANS, KENYATTA SAYS THAT THE 
WHITE MAN " WILL BE PROTECTED AS ANY OTHER CITIZEN IN 
KENYA IS PROTECTED . HE WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO OWN 
PROPERTY . HE WILL BE EQUAL TO EVERY OTHER CITIZEN . 
" UNDER THE COMPROMISE CONSTITUTION WORKED OUT LAST YEAR IN LONDON, 
BRITAIN WAS TO RETAIN CONTROL OF DEFENSE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNAL 
SECURITY . BUT LAST WEEK, PRESUMABLY IMPRESSED BY KENYATTA'S MODERATE WORDS, 
BRITAIN'S MACDONALD DISCLOSED THAT ALL THREE WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE 
NEW GOVERNMENT, AND COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE MAY WELL BE WON BY THE 
FIRST OF THE YEAR . A HIGH BRITISH OFFICIAL IN NAIROBI 
EXPRESSED GUARDED OPTIMISM : " IT'S MUCH MORE PROMISING THAN I 
EXPECTED . MORE AND MORE EUROPEAN SETTLERS HAVE DECIDED TO REMAIN 
IN KENYA, AND I THINK THEIR VIEW IS JUSTIFIED . OF 
COURSE, TRIBALISM COULD MUCK IT ALL UP . BUT WITH A 
LITTLE LUCK, I THINK KENYA CAN GRADUALLY CRAWL FORWARD . / 
