The official approach, British and local, to both slavery and free porter labour included a genuine belief that the man doing the work had real interests which deserved concern and protection. No such concern was evident among parliamentarians, missionaries or administrators for those at work on the construction of the Uganda Railway. It was decided to build the railway as quickly as possible; its construction was viewed almost as a military attack—casualties were inevitable and might be large if the objective were to be attained and momentum not lost.[1]
總計招募了35,729苦力與工匠,1,082工頭,總計36,811人。[11]每名苦力簽署(或按指紋)的勞動合同規定每月工薪12盧比,吃住免費,歸國返回招募地免旅費,住院期間工薪減半,治療免費。[11]民工招募從1895年12月至1901年3月。第一名完成工作合同回國的苦力是在1899年。從1895年至1903年死亡2,493民工,年均死亡357人。[11] 大部分民工回到印度,但有6,724人決定留在東非,產生了肯尼亞印度裔人(英語:Indians in Kenya)社群。[5]
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